Organ transplant is a potentially lifesaving medical intervention, but there is a critical lack of donor organs. Even in a ...

A pig kidney kept an Alabama woman alive for five months - longer than anyone ever before. Doctors aren't sure yet why it ...

Researchers at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences have developed a new imaging method, D-PSCAN, which enables ...

The world's longest-lasting pig organ transplant has failed, doctors announced Friday. Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., had her pig kidney removed on April 4, after her body rejected the ...