A new analysis finds that an organ’s biological age might predict a person’s risk of diseases such as cancer, dementia and ...

The Nigerian Association of Nephrology and the Transplant Association of Nigeria have advocated for the use of vital organs ...

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

Your organs might be aging faster than you are -- and that could increase your risk for serious diseases, including c ...

The immune system, made up of cells, tissues, and organs, protects against illnesses. It has innate and acquired immunity.

Marcus Edsall-Parr, a teenage kidney patient in Michigan, has been getting dialysis treatments for years. Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times The sickest patients are supposed to get priority ...

A blood test that detects the biological age of organs can predict the risk of health conditions many years in advance, ...

That's because in more and more cases, the list is a lie. For decades, fairness has been the guiding principle of the American organ transplant system. Its bedrock, a national registry, operates under ...

The restored early-1800s Tannenberg pipe organ began its return to the new York County History Center on Monday March 17, ...

The researchers used the analysis to help measure the gap between a person’s age and the biological age of nine of their organs: heart, blood vessels, liver, immune system, pancreas, kidneys ...

“The organ is dead.” To solve the problem of hyperacute rejection, companies such as eGenesis and United Therapeutics have used the CRISPR/Cas-based gene editing system to modify the DNA of pig ...

For three years, since I was diagnosed I’ve been in the hospital upwards of 30 times from throwing up and diarrhea and pain,” ...