Up to 50 transplant patients will receive a genetically modified pig kidney in a clinical trial that will launch this summer ...

Growing human organs in laboratories has rapidly moved from the annals of fiction into the realm of actual science. But ...

On Friday, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that a 66-year-old New Hampshire man had successfully received ...

The second person ever has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney.

Researchers studied samples of human brains and found high levels of microplastics, but it's unclear how they slip past the ...

Organ xenotransplantation, the transplantation of genetically engineered organs from pigs to humans, is not a viable solution for the organ shortage, according to a new article by authors affiliated ...

A new study found that the brain may contain higher levels of microplastics, equivalent to the amount found in a standard ...

People diagnosed with dementia have up to 10 times more microplastics present in their brains than those without the condition, a new study has found.

A new study shows that microplastics are making their way into our brains, and that their concentrations are rising.

Nearly every disease has an inflammatory component, but blood tests can't pinpoint inflammation in specific organs or tissues in the human body.

As with a human donor kidney, he’ll need to take medications for the rest of his life to keep his body from rejecting ... For patients like Andrews, this new organ holds a promise he never ...