On Friday, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that a 66-year-old New Hampshire man had successfully received ...

eGenesis isn’t the only company developing pig organs for human transplant. In February, the FDA approved the first large ...

Does dopamine have a beneficial effect in acute renal failure? Numerous studies in animals and a few in humans using low-dose dopamine have been reported. In this review, the authors summarize the ...

Animal organs have been under development ... plans to test its pig kidneys first in six patients with end-stage kidney disease and then in as many as 50. Patients will be considered for the ...

It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, and the first of three that will be done at Mass General as ...

Some medical experts have raised ethical and health concerns around such transplants, including the risk of infection from animal ... kidney to her mother decades ago and then developed kidney ...

Many pet cats die of renal failure. It is known that other animals of the cat family, including lions and cheetahs, are also prone to developing kidney disease, although why they do so remained a ...

More than 550,000 Americans have kidney failure, and nearly 100,000 people ... strict biosecurity protocols and regularly screen the animals for pathogens, The Times reported.

Like standard grapes, raisins can be toxic to dogs. Even one raisin can make your dog very sick or lead to sudden kidney failure. Many types of grapes and products made from grapes are poisonous ...