The ultimate goal of this type of work is to grow human organs inside of other animals as a means to ending the organ shortage that is costing thousands of Americans — who need a transplant ...

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

Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans.

The radical “innovation” of xenotransplantation—the idea of transplanting genetically engineered organs from animals into ...

Izpisua Belmonte is addressing the shortage of human organs for transplant with a scientifically innovative—albeit ethically controversial—solution: growing human cells in animal embryos to ...

Human brains are growing in size, causing a reduced risk of dementia, a new study has found. A team at UC Davis has made a ...

The team wants to develop chimeras—organisms composed of cells from two or more species—capable of growing human organs. Similar experiments using pig or sheep embryos have faced technical challenges, ...

He and his team focused on these particles’ accumulation and distribution in human organs. Their findings, published in Nature Medicine, revealed that MNPs accumulated at higher levels in the brains ...

Human brains contain higher concentrations of microplastics than other organs, according to a new study, and the amount appears to be increasing over time. In the study, published in early ...

Researchers and ethicists advocate for continued investment in alternative solutions, such as growing human organs from patients' own cells and improving the management of conditions that lead to ...