Several liver transplant recipients have stayed off anti-rejection drugs for at least three years following an experimental ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sapporo University Professor Juro Wada examines Nobuo Miyazaki after Japan's first heart transplant operation at the Sapporo ...

Animal-to-human organ transplants promise a future where survival no longer depends on another person’s death.

Biotech company eGenesis recently announced its implanted a pig kidney into a second human patient. This animal-to-human organ transplant, or xenotransplant, was made possible through advancements in ...

Scientists are making a major leap toward freezing organs for future use without damaging them. A new study reveals that one ...

We’ve reached a new frontier in organ transplantation. In a medical first, scientists announced this week that they successfully kept a genetically modified pig liver functioning inside a human ...

Patients can now access financial assistance for complex procedures costing above ₹5 lakh up to ₹ 22 lakh.

Facing a shortage of organs needed by tens of thousands of patients, scientists have been studying pig organs as a potential solution. Genetically modified to suit humans and transplanted in the same ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Watch “Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Animal Pharm” on Sunday, May 18, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CNN. There were more than 48,000 organ transplants in the United States last year. They’re ...

There were more than 48,000 organ transplants in the United States last year. They’re commonplace now, but the practice was considered experimental only a half-century ago. Until just the past few ...