For those with kidney failure, a transplant is often the greatest promise of a healthier, longer life. Yet thousands wait ...

It is notoriously difficult for transplant patients around the world to secure life-saving donor organs, thanks to limited supply, long waitlists, and complex qualification criteria. While some ...

The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O used special enzymes ...

Wide-eyed piglets rushing to check out the visitors to their unusual barn just might represent the future of organ transplantation – and there's no rolling around in the mud here. The first ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 700 million people worldwide and is caused by genetic and environmental ...

Scientists move one step closer to "universal" donor organs with a successful kidney transplant in a brain-dead patient.

The breakthrough was made possible with the help of specialized enzymes designed to address blood-type incompatibility in transplants.

Scientists have reported the first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O, ...

Shift workers are more likely to develop kidney stones, with people who work nights most at risk, warns a new study.

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine recently joined a nationwide NIH-funded initiative to create the first comprehensive digital map of the healthy human body.

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Wide-eyed piglets rushing to check out the visitors to their unusual barn just might represent the future of organ transplantation – and there’s no rolling around in the mud ...