Cloning human organs has sparked intense interest and debate in recent years, drawing attention from scientific, ethical, and medical communities. The potential for cloning human organs presents ...

Biotech startup eGenesis developed a gene-edited kidney that was successfully transplanted into a living patient last week. Its CEO says the company is just getting started. Last Thursday, surgeons at ...

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 ...

More than one hundred thousand people are currently waiting for life-saving organ transplants but 17 of them die each day due to lack of donors. Now one woman is working with lawmakers to change the ...

Scientists have discovered a method of helping human stem cells thrive in an animal embryo—a key development in efforts to grow human organs in animals for medical transplants. A study by UT ...

But will these “bodyoids” ever be ethically acceptable? This week, MIT Technology Review published a piece on bodyoids—living bodies that cannot think or feel pain. In the piece, a trio of experts ...

In a first, researchers in China have used pigs to grow early-stage kidneys made up of mostly human cells. The advance is a step closer to producing organs in animals that could one day be ...

In an effort to address its ongoing organ donor shortage crisis, Japan has started breeding the first pigs genetically engineered for human organ transplants. This significant success, announced by ...

Some biohackers dream of a future where organ transplants help humans achieve immortality. But scientists say there are still major hurdles—for one, we can't yet transplant the human brain. A kidney ...