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More people need transplants than there are organ donors. Pigs might be a solution
CNN via AOL· 1 month agoThe need for transplant organs is immense and growing. Some scientists think animal organs might be...
Arkansas man receives first-ever face transplant, including whole new eye
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIn a 21-hour surgery performed in May, a NYU Langone Health surgical team transplanted an entire...
Fix inequity of Black people being overrepresented on organ transplant waitlists | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEditor's note: This is the final in the #BeTheGift series of guest essays in the USA TODAY Network...
Organ Donor Whose Lungs Had Legionella Bacteria Might Have Caused the Deaths of Two Transplant...
People via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIn July 2022, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH) received two reports of...
Mum has life-saving kidney transplant after successfully appealing for an organ donor on Facebook
Yahoo Life UK· 1 year agoNicola Hinds (left) and Ann Gath (right) meeting up after their kidney transplant surgery. (SWNS)...
Gene-edited pig kidney keeps monkey alive for 2 years, trial finds, a step toward longer-lasting...
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAbout 13 people die every day while waiting for a kidney transplant because of a lack of organ...
Pig kidney transplanted into human patient for 1st time ever
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA woman in blue scrubs, gloves and a face mask removed a bagged organ in a jar in preparation for...
Why lifesaving tests for organ transplant patients are now out of reach for many
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoEvan Dame lives in near-constant fear his body will reject his transplanted kidney. For a time, a...
Opinion: Why organ donors need our help
CNN via AOL· 10 months agoEditor’s Note: Sigrid Fry-Revere is a medical ethicist with a focus on patients’ rights. She wrote the initial draft of the 1990 Patient...
Millions of Californians are willing to donate organs, but relatively few do. Here's why
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAbout half the U.S. population, including 18 million Californians, are registered organ donors. But...