A new process involving 'sugar coated' cells could help to treat liver disease without needing an organ transplant.

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A new process could help to treat liver disease without needing an organ transplant, a new study reveals. Hepatic progenitor ...

Columnist Sam Kirton marks four years since his bilateral lung transplant by reflecting on his health, his family, and his ...

The team behind a pioneering device that keeps human organs alive outside the body has earned a top engineering prize. The device manufactured by Oxford-based OrganOx won this year's MacRobert Award, ...

Poultry consumption, vigorous exercise, and oily fish consumption were among the factors correlated with biologically ...

The pig’s heart was graying rapidly, so McCully decided to try it. He loaded a syringe with the extracted mitochondria and ...

The human kidney is a masterclass in biological engineering. Responsible for filtering approximately 50 gallons of blood ...

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new tool that can compute the “biological age” of human organs by ...

A receptor on macrophages dictated their ability to reduce inflammation after liver transplant, offering potential ...

Lifesaving organ donation can happen in two ways — through deceased donation and living donation. Deceased donation is a decision to donate viable organs, including the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys ...

BACKGROUND: Fontan circulatory failure (FCF) is a chronic state in palliated single ventricle heart disease with high morbidity and mortality rates, including heart failure, multisystem end-organ ...