Chinese researchers have taken a big step toward a world in which we can cultivate organs for transplant, with the first-ever ...

Gene-edited pig livers, synthetic embryos, and 3D-printed tissue implants… the world of organ transplantation is becoming increasingly bizarre as scientists explore high-tech ways to keep people alive ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a body on a morgue table with only the feet showing and a toe tag on the big toe Death is inevitable and often unpredictable. But ...

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 ...

Sad sack or serious salvation? A small group of scientists is angling to replace laboratory animals with living “organ sacks” grown from human cells. R3 Bio, a billionaire-backed biotech startup, is ...

The successful transplant of a gene-edited pig kidney into a human patient has raised hopes that cutting-edge technology can make pig organs safe for other transplant patients. Towana Looney, a ...

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For decades, scientists and surgeons around the world have been trying to solve the organ donor crisis. The answer could be rolling in the mud. At a farm and lab in the Midwest, biotechnology company ...

If you’re feeling altruistic and want to give back to society even after you die, body donation is an excellent option. Giving yourself—literally all of yourself—is arguably the most generous gift you ...

Things in Dr. Anthony Atala’s lab at Wake Forest University are not always what they seem. On one lab bench, surrounded by gutted printer cartridges, lie the inner workings of an inkjet printer. But ...