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US surgeons transplant pig kidney to live patient for second time
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSurgeons in the United States have transplanted a modified pig kidney into a living person for the...
She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump
Houston Chronicle· 2 days agoDoctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a...
Heartfelt relief: USC transplant center opening in Las Vegas to ease burden for Nevadans
Las Vegas Sun· 12 hours agoKeck Hospital of USC’s Chief of Operations Jon Reuter, front left, and Transplant Administrator Pat...
Surgeons perform first combined heart pump and pig kidney transplant
CNN via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoThe first transplant surgery to combine a mechanical heart pump as well as a gene-edited pig kidney...
'You need a transplant': How a breathless beach walk saved Toms River woman's life
App.com | Asbury Park Press via Yahoo News· 9 hours ago"I couldn't walk five feet without having to stop. I had never felt anything like that before."...
Relatives of those who died waiting for livers at now halted Houston transplant program seek answers
Houston Chronicle· 2 days agoSeveral relatives of patients who died while waiting for a new liver said Wednesday they want to...
...14K Black Patients Moved Up On The Kidney Transplant Waitlist After Race Was Determined An...
AfroTech via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoA long-time factor for a medical test for kidney transplant evaluations has been rectified, which...
Lawyer for Houston transplant program doctor, families agree on withheld court evidence
FOX 26 Houston· 1 day agoOn Thursday, attorneys representing the families of deceased individuals waiting for organ ...
New Jersey woman gets first-ever pig kidney transplant with mechanical heart pump
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 days agoNew Jersey native Lisa Pisano has gotten a new lease on life, thanks to a combined transplant of a...
Stem cell transplants and survival rates on the rise across all racial and ethnic groups
Medical Xpress· 1 day agoThe volume of hematopoietic cell transplants rose among all racial/ethnic groups, but grew faster...