A very different kind of "hog farm" is being built by United Therapeutics Corp. on the edge of Stewartville to raise gene-edited pigs in a $110 million pathogen-free facility to harvest kidneys and ...

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 ...

Type 1 diabetes kept Matthew Martinez tethered to a kidney dialysis machine for 11 hours a day and dependent on daily insulin ...

Kwon, 71, who was diagnosed with liver cancer two years ago, underwent liver resection at the time, but the cancer recurred ...

Organ transplant is a potentially lifesaving medical intervention, but there is a critical lack of donor organs. Even in a ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking the cooperation of the Department of Transportation to improve air transport ...

Researchers identified a natural 'brake' within the innate immune system: the inhibitory receptor Siglec-E (SigE) and its human counterparts, Siglec-7 and Siglec-9. This receptor helps prevent ...

The clinic's cutting-edge Afro Hair Transplants procedures are a breakthrough in the world of hair restoration. These ...

Discovery of innate immune receptor "brake" Siglec-E offers a novel therapeutic target to prevent organ transplant rejection ...

Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University have found fecal transplants may be helpful in reducing drinking behaviors in ...

Immusoft of CA, a cell therapy company dedicated to improving the lives of patients with diseases modifiable with therapeutic proteins, today announced that Paul J. Orchard, MD., Professor, Division ...