The small trial will help to establish whether kidneys from genetically modified pigs can be transplanted into people safely and effectively.

Damaged hearts could be mended using small "patches" of heart muscle grown in the lab, say scientists writing in Nature. The ...

These 10 patches, each comprised of about 400 million heart cells, kept the woman stable until she could receive a heart transplant three months later, according to a paper published Wednesday ...

A woman with heart failure was kept alive long enough to receive a heart transplant, in part thanks to newly developed ...

An enzyme called Ubiquitin-specific peptidase 5 is a key factor in protein quality in heart muscle cells ...

An Alabama woman who is the only living recipient of a pig organ transplant became the longest living person with a ...

Renowned Indian heart surgeon Dr K M Cherian, who was instrumental in several pioneering cardiac surgeries in India including ...