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Doctors combine a pig kidney transplant and a heart device in a bid to extend woman's life
WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke· 7 days agoLisa Pisano’s combination of heart and kidney failure left her too sick to qualify for a traditional...
Thousands of Black patients moved up the national kidney transplant waitlist after new, race-neutral...
13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads· 5 hours agoAfter a series of tests, doctors told Norris he had pneumonia. "They did [an] ultrasound on my ...
Kidney Patients Issue National Health Alert on High Potassium
WTNH-TV New Haven· 4 hours agoThe American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the oldest and largest independent kidney patient consumer organization in the U.S., is raising public ...
Woman Becomes First Person to Receive Both Pig Kidney Transplant and Heart Pump
Scientific American· 6 days agoPeople with heart failure may be eligible to receive a heart transplant; people with kidney failure...
Family seeks justice after alleged wrongful death linked to organ transplant program
FOX 26 Houston· 6 hours agoRecent developments surrounding Memorial Hermann's organ transplant program have sparked legal...
University of Utah Health's living kidney donor program is saving additional lives
KSL Salt Lake City· 22 hours agokidney donation at University of Utah Health's Transplant Center. The growth in the living donor...
... 14K Black Patients Moved Up On The Kidney Transplant Waitlist After Race Was Determined An...
AfroTech via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA long-time factor for a medical test for kidney transplant evaluations has been rectified, which...
Woman becomes 1st patient to undergo combined heart pump implant, pig kidney transplant
KUTV Salt Lake City· 6 days agoA 54-year-old woman from New Jersey became the first patient to undergo a combined heart pump...
Surgeons perform first combined heart pump and pig kidney transplant
CNN via AOL· 5 days agoThe first transplant surgery to combine a mechanical heart pump as well as a gene-edited pig kidney...
Kidney Transplant System Continues To Deal With Racial Bias, Despite Changes
Black Enterprise· 7 days agoAs BLACK ENTERPRISE previously reported, the eGFR test was revamped after criticism that it was...