The kidneys are the body's filtration system. These fist-sized, bean-shaped organs manage the body's fluid and electrolyte balance, filter blood, remove waste, and regulate certain hormones. They ...

Woman recovering after risky pig kidney transplant. It could 'help so many people.' Four people who received pig organs died within two months of transplant.

According to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, roughly 27,000 kidneys were transplanted in 2023, but nearly 89,000 people were on the waitlist for those organs.

Organ transplant breakthrough as pig's kidney survives in body of brain dead man for two months. The kidney was observed in the body of 58-year-old Maurice Miller for 61 days ...

Chef Josh Rathbun is in need of a kidney transplant and is asking the Wichita community for help. Jaime Green The Wichita Eagle On Tuesday afternoon, well-known Wichita chef Josh Rathbun shared a ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney has been removed from a transplant patient after it started losing function, according to a statement on Friday from NYU Langone Health. The patient, 54-year ...

The genitourinary tract includes the urinary and genital organs. Various conditions, such as urinary tract infections and kidney problems, may affect the genitourinary tract. The genitourinary ...

Kidneys from living donors typically last twice as long as the alternative. In addition, to receive a deceased person’s organ, a patient’s organ function has to drop below a certain level.

The new three-episode Peacock docuseries “Anatomy of Lies” (now streaming) covers the unbelievable story of former “Grey’s Anatomy” writer Elisabeth Finch, who wove a web of lies more ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney has been removed from a transplant patient after it started losing function, according to a statement on Friday from NYU Langone Health. The patient, 54-year ...

WCVB, MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL, CNN By John Bonifield, Brenda Goodman and Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — Rick Slayman, the world’s first living recipient of a genetically edited pig kidney transplant ...