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 ...

Dr Colleen Farmer talks to Simon Watt about the croc heart on Radio 4's Hybrid. Hearts have adapted to do some truly amazing things. There are animals that can use tricks to repair their own ...

The tantalizing possibility of using a potentially unlimited supply of organs from animals to replace damaged human ones -- through xenotransplantation -- has, in just the past few years, jumped the ...

During hibernation, animals slow their metabolisms and match their internal ... Understanding the molecular drivers of hibernation, especially in primates, could provide new solutions for organ ...