A creature that is part human, part animal; this sounds like something out of a mythological sci-fi, or a blatant hoax. But thanks to some genius scientists, a creature like this is now a reality.

A crackdown on problems with fairness and safety is achieving results, including a big drop in the number of sick patients ...

Unlike traditional transplant approaches, the goal is not to permanently replace a failing liver, but to create a temporary, ...

Researching are throwing lots of ideas at the wall to see what sticks, but the U.S. just put some serious cash behind the ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Watch “Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Animal Pharm” on Sunday, May 18, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CNN. There were more than 48,000 organ transplants in the United States last year. They’re ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While research on human-pig chimeras is on an indefinite pause, xenotransplantation is moving ahead. wildpixel/iStock via Getty ...

Miniature organs have a new lifeline. Mimicking the way early human embryos grow blood vessels, scientists nudged multiple types of mini organs to sprout their own vascular networks. Also called ...

Human organs could be bioprinted for transplants within 10 years, according to Lithuanian startup Vital3D. But before reaching human hearts and kidneys, the company is starting with something simpler: ...

Picture this: a 3D printer that can build a viable human organ at the push of a button. Sounds futuristic, but Dallas ...

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