A 62-year-old man has died months after becoming the world’s first living recipient of a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, hailed as a medical milestone. Rick Slayman received the kidney at ...

On either side of the middle of your back are your kidneys. Your kidneys help filter waste and toxins from your blood so they can be passed from your body as urine. Your pancreas sits behind your ...

The first reported person in the world has received a genetically modified pig kidney. A transplant surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital successfully performed the groundbreaking, four-hour ...

April 15 (UPI) --A patient with end-stage kidney disease successfully received a genetically engineered porcine kidney and was released from the hospital in February, according to biotech firm ...

Your kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs found below your rib cage on either side of your spine. The primary function of your kidneys is to filter waste and extra fluid from your blood to make ...

The kidney transplant evaluation process starts with a visit to a transplant nephrologist and a transplant surgeon. These doctors will discuss your health history and physically examine you. You will ...