A pig kidney with one genetic change functioned in a brain-dead human for 61 days, more than doubling previous records.

Scientists are making historic progress in xenotransplantation, using genetically modified pig organs for human transplants. Recent trials show promis ...

Researchers have uncovered and then overcome an obstacle that has led to the failure of pioneering efforts in ...

The successful treatment in a brain-dead man could be used in living people, to prevent the immune system attacking donor organs.

A clandestine startup privately funded by tech billionaires is looking into germline gene editing a human embryo.

Multiomics analysis of immune rejection of a pig kidney transplanted into a human decedent uncovers key antibody and T cell responses.

As neural implant technology and A.I. advance at breakneck speeds, do we need a new set of rights to protect our most ...

A common type of human papillomavirus (HPV) could be more dangerous than we thought. The virus, known as beta-HPV, was ...

A major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based ...

The team learned that pig organs were being rejected due to an immune system reaction from specific antibodies -- which ...

Earlier this year, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn created a first-of-its-kind drug customized to ...