Tailor-made temporary organs for transplant emergencies are being tested in human patients — livers, arteries, and soon hearts created from the patient’s own cells.

World-First Experiment Running Human Blood Through Pig Liver Could Be Vital "Bridge To Transplant" It means that pig livers could one day be used to support patients waiting for a transplant.

Platelets are blood cells that normally release PF4 to alert the immune system and clot blood at wounds. The researchers found that PF4 also rejuvenates the old brain and boosts the young brain, ...

A pair of gene-edited kidneys from a pig has cleared creatinine from the blood and has produced urine after xenotransplantation into a brain-dead patient.

Hidden within our bones, marrow sustains life by producing billions of blood cells daily, from oxygen-carrying red cells to immune-boosting white cells. This vital function is often disrupted in ...

Erythritol may impair cellular functions essential to maintaining brain blood vessel health, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder. Findings suggest that erythritol ...

A new study discusses the impact of several human viruses on blood-brain barrier function and insulin sensitivity.