But not just any transplant: a pig kidney is being transplanted into a human. This is known as a xenotransplant. The human recipient is not alive—he suffered brain death as a result of a ...

Urine can reveal early signs of kidney issues. Changes in colour, smell, or consistency shouldn’t be ignored, as they may ...

A new study published in Nature Neuroscience has uncovered evidence that Parkinson’s disease and related conditions may start ...

Tim Andrews knew that he needed dialysis to manage his end-stage kidney disease, but over months of treatment, he started to wonder whether it was worth it. Desperate for another option, he found a ...

As plastic breaks down over time, it degrades into smaller and smaller bits ‒ eventually small enough to slip inside the human body. Most of the plastics the scientists found in brain, kidney ...

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The liver was transplanted last year into a person who was brain-dead ...

Doctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The liver was transplanted last year into a person who was brain-dead ...