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

Doctors at New York University say two new studies show that they are a significant step closer to making cross-species kidney transplants a real option in the near future.

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

In a successful transplant in a man with brain death, scientists prevented the immune system from attacking a genetically ...

NEW YORK — Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig's kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on the gurney rolling ...

It is notoriously difficult for transplant patients around the world to secure life-saving donor organs, thanks to limited supply, long waitlists, and complex qualification criteria. While some ...