One of the main arguments made for bodyoids is that they could provide spare human organs. There’s a huge shortage of organs ...

It may be disturbing to characterize human bodies in such commodifying terms, but the unavoidable reality is that human ...

WASHINGTON — On this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the journey of animal to human transplants, or ...

A patient with end-stage kidney disease successfully received a genetically engineered porcine kidney and was released from ...

A genetically modified mini pig’s liver was able to function in the body of a brain-dead patient throughout a 10-day experiment.

These organoids provide scientists with better models for studying liver biology, and for developing treatments for various liver disorders.

Writing in the journal Nature, he added: “Auxiliary liver transplantation ... uffered from type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure as well as end-stage kidney disease. When the human kidney ...