The first 'across the bridge': Man who received experimental pig kidney transplant now has a human organ

One year ago, Tim Andrews was among the world’s first recipients of a genetically modified pig kidney. Now, he is the first ...
Kaleido Scope

New study: Pig kidneys — for the first time — demonstrate “life-sustaining kidney function” in a human

Photography: Steve Wood For the first time in a human, genetically modified pig kidneys provided “life-sustaining kidney function” during the course of a planned seven-day study — all while using ...

Organ-on-a-chip simulates drug-triggered muscle and kidney injury

Rhabdomyolysis is a condition in which muscle damage—often caused by drug intake—can lead to impaired kidney function and ...
SFGate

Putting pig organs in people is OK in the US, but growing human organs in pigs is not – why is that?

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Monika Piotrowska, University at Albany, State University of New York (THE ...
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

Kidney Glomerulus-on-a-Chip Advances Severe Kidney Disease Treatment

Translational medicine researchers used the Mimetas® human kidney glomerulus-on-a-chip to investigate potential pharmaceutical interventions for patients with a severe kidney disease called focal ...
Technology Networks

Microfluidic Chip Models How Drug-Induced Muscle Injury Leads to Kidney Damage

KAIST researchers developed a modular organ-on-a-chip that reproduces rhabdomyolysis, revealing how drug-induced muscle ...