Surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it worked normally — a critical step toward an operation the New York team hopes to eventually try in living patients.

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 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: With more than 100,000 people in need of an organ transplant in the U.S. alone, scientists have turned toward perfecting human-animal chimeras as a ...

The first few days of a human embryo’s development, known as pre-implantation, are important. It’s when the first cells are formed, and these decide if the embryo can survive, how it will implant in ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Monika Piotrowska, University at Albany, State University of New York (THE ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...