Your body is with you 24/7. But how often do you actually stop to think about what it’s doing? Probably not much, and honestly, that’s for the best. Because the more you dig into how it really works, ...

A human kidney is built once, before birth, and the rules guiding its construction have been largely inferred from animal models. Researchers at Penn Medicine have now read those rules directly in ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Pig kidneys transplanted into a human have worked to preserve life in a ...

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The renal or kidney medulla is the inner part of the kidney. The medulla helps regulate the concentration of urine by filtering out water, salts, and acid. The National Institute of Diabetes and ...

What causes certain individuals who experience a sudden decline in kidney function to develop kidney disease while others recover? A new study co-led by bioengineers at the University of California ...

Tim Andrews was the first patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney as a “bridge” to a human organ transplant.

In January 2026, Tim Andrews, who had received a genetically edited pig kidney in January 2025, became the recipient of a human kidney. A new Mass General Brigham paper, published in The Lancet, ...