Biotech 3D printing startup BioLife4D has just a month ago successfully produced human tissue in the form of a cardiac patch, bringing it one step closer to printing organs viable for transplant.

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Traditional bioprinting methods – similar to 3D printing – often aim to directly recreate the final anatomical shape of an organ, like the heart, therefore overlooking the crucial role of dynamic ...

A US woman has become the world's longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant, after living healthily with her new kidney for 61 days. Towana Looney, 53, received the experimental organ in ...

Demand's 500th transplanted organ, being announced today, is emblematic of the gaps and inefficiencies in the current ...

Only four other Americans have received hugely experimental transplants of gene-edited pig organs and none lived more than two months.

An Alabama woman is doing well a record 61 days and counting after receiving a pig kidney, a new milestone in the quest for ...

The country is also working on a lung transplant program, while continuing to support its ambitious initiatives following successes in organ transplantation, such as stem cell and pancreas transplant ...

An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday by becoming the longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting.