Researchers transplanted a single-edit α-Gal knockout pig kidney and thymus into a brain-dead recipient, followed by 61 days ...

A new study demonstrates the first successful reversal of pig organ rejection in a human, potentially changing the future of ...

A pig kidney with one genetic change functioned in a brain-dead human for 61 days, more than doubling previous records.

A detailed, two-month analysis of a transplanted pig kidney revealed specific antibody and T cell attacks – and showed they ...

A study of a pig kidney that flourished for two months in a brain-dead recipient shows that a protocol developed by ...

Researchers have uncovered and then overcome an obstacle that has led to the failure of pioneering efforts in xenotransplantation, in which an animal kidney is transplanted into a human.

A study reveals tthat a ransplant protocol designed by Columbia researchers diminishes rejection in xenotransplantation.

Serious damage to short-term kidney function-known as acute kidney injury, or AKI-can be fatal and also increase the risk of irreversible chronic kidney disease. It can be triggered by stressors ...

Research on animals was conducted with approval from the institutional committee on animal use (case number: SYXK [Su] IACUC 2012-0029). All experimental procedures involving piglets were performed in ...