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Fish delivers protein, and when you choose a fatty fish like tuna, salmon or trout, you're also getting omega-3 fatty acids.
If you have kidney disease or diabetes, you need to pay close attention to what you eat and drink. Here’s what you can eat to ...
Hoping to someday stave off immune rejection after xenotransplantation, researchers at New York University's Langone ...
Small Changes, Big Impact, Everyday Habits to Keep Your Kidneys Healthy: Kidney disease is a 'silent' invader. Most often, it comes into one's notice only at an advanced stage. Alarmingly, more ...
The patient was in kidney failure and her immune system would reject a human organ. Scientists hope genetically modified pig organs prove safe and will alleviate the organ shortage and save lives.
A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...
An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday – a disappointment in ...
Last March, surgeons at Mass General performed the first-ever pig kidney transplant in a living human, 62-year-old Richard Slayman of Weymouth. Slayman’s recovery began well, but he died of ...
Surgeons from Keck Medicine of USC and UCLA Health have performed the world's first-in-human bladder transplant.