A pig kidney that had been removed from its host and frozen 10 days earlier, was thawed and prepared for a transplant experiment at Massachusetts General Hospital in March.

DHR Health will hold a free community event titled “Miracle of A Kidney Transplant.” DHR Health Transplant Institute ...

A kidney transplant recipient got to meet the donor who changed his life Thursday afternoon at Stony Brook University ...

And, survival rates are higher after a kidney transplant. Still, it’s a complex surgery. Here’s what you should know before you decide it’s right for you. How Do I Get a Donor Kidney?

A kidney transplant places a donor kidney into your body during surgery. A donor organ is a healthy organ that you get from another person. A donor kidney may come from a living or a deceased person.

As children, Amaris and Dominique Elston were inseparable. When Dominique needed a kidney, Amaris immediately wanted to donate.

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...

Pigs might help solve the organ transplant crisis if researchers can make the process safe enough. Preventing rejection in brain-dead subjects is a step toward that goal.

A growing number of lawsuits claim the nonprofit that administers the nation’s organ transplant network used a racist calculation to require Black people with kidney failure to be sicker before ...

An Alabama woman has become the third person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig, her doctors announced Tuesday. Towana Looney, 53, is off of kidney dialysis after ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...