A Concord man is the latest recipient of an unusual procedure: He's had his kidney replaced with one from a pig.

For 5 weeks, the tiny Impella kept Katrina Penney's failed heart pumping while a second heart transplant was secured.

At that point, Pollard had been experiencing heart failure for almost three years, being listed for a new heart at hospitals ...

Grafting patches of lab-grown muscle to the surface of the heart could offer a lifeline for people waiting for a transplant.

The recipient was Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old New Hampshire resident who had end-stage kidney disease and was on dialysis for ...

The patient was awaiting a heart transplant when she underwent the experimental stem-cell procedure as part of a clinical ...

Friday is National Go Red Day, an initiative by the American Heart Association that aims to raise awareness for ...

For the second time in less than a year, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital have transplanted a genetically-edited pig ...

For the second time in less than a year, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital have transplanted a genetically-edited pig ...

It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, and the first of three that will be done at Mass General as part of a new clinical trial sanctioned by the Food and Drug Administration.

The FDA will allow two biotechnology companies to run clinical trials: United Therapeutics and eGenesis. United Therapeutics ...

A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be ...