How can long-term space flight influence astronaut health, and specifically their organs? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as a large team of ...

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

Cells expressing PAX8 (nucleus, red) considered podocyte precursors, line the outer Bowman’s capsule. Activated during the low salt-fasting mimicking diet (LS-FMD), the cells migrate and ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 700 million people worldwide and is caused by genetic and environmental factors, as well as existing medical conditions. Known genetic risk factors for ...

Pig kidneys transplanted into a human have worked to preserve life in a breakthrough case. The genetically modified kidneys were transplanted into a brain-dead patient and were found to function just ...

Learn more about UAB's Xenotransplant program here. “It has been truly extraordinary to see the first-ever preclinical demonstration that appropriately modified pig kidneys can provide normal, ...

In a remarkable advancement in the field of xenotransplantation, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) successfully performed a kidney transplant from a genetically edited pig to a human ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into a brain-dead man’s body is functioning well more than 4 weeks later.

Doctors say it could lead to more animal-human transplants in the future. Doctors at NYU Langone in New York City announced Wednesday that they have successfully transplanted a genetically engineered ...