Doctors at New York University say two new studies show that they are a significant step closer to making cross-species kidney transplants a real option in the near future.

Findings also confirmed that a pig kidney can effectively serve as a replacement for a human kidney. Researchers have ...

As researchers get closer to making pig kidney transplants work in humans, patients in need of donations have new hope.

It is notoriously difficult for transplant patients around the world to secure life-saving donor organs, thanks to limited supply, long waitlists, and complex qualification criteria. While some ...

Multiomics analysis of immune rejection of a pig kidney transplanted into a human decedent uncovers key antibody and T cell responses.

Researchers uncovered how fatty molecules called ceramides trigger acute kidney injury by damaging the mitochondria that ...

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Tim Andrews, 67, had the organ removed on Oct. 23 because of its declining function, according to Mass General Brigham.

Scientists have reversed acute kidney injury in mice by genetically altering ceramide processing, preventing damage to ...

Scientists have discovered a way to fully reverse acute kidney injury in mice by blocking harmful ceramide molecules that damage kidney cell mitochondria. This breakthrough, targeting metabolism ...