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Modified pig-to-human heart transplant had unexpected changes in heart's conduction system
NewMediaWire via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoResearch Highlights: Electrocardiogram (ECG) measures taken after the Jan. 2022 pig-to-human heart...
One month after experimental pig heart transplant, doctors say they see no signs of rejection or...
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOne month after an experimental procedure to transplant the heart of a genetically modified pig into...
Pig organ transplants are 'not going to be easy,' researcher says after latest setback.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoLisa Pisano, the fourth person to ever receive an organ from a pig, had to have the kidney removed...
Man who received 1st pig kidney transplant has died. Why experts say animal organs could still 'turn...
Yahoo Life Style via AOL· 1 month agoRichard Slayman underwent his transplant in March, receiving a genetically modified pig kidney....
Donor heart travels 12 hours across Atlantic before use in successful transplant in world first
Euronews via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSurgeons in Paris successfully carried out a heart transplant earlier this year after a donor organ...
UPDATE 3-US surgeons perform first pig-to-human kidney transplant
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoA 62-year-man with end-stage renal disease has become the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig, doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston announced ...
How a family's choice to donate a body for pig kidney research could help change transplants
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMary Miller-Duffy was dazed and grieving. Now she faced a tough question: Would she donate his body...
One year since the first pig heart transplant
Newsy via AOL· 1 year agoIt’s been about a year since the world met David Bennett. Doctor Bartley Griffith surgically transplanted the pig heart. Doctors have developed new, more sensitive tests after initial ones missed a virus in the donor pig heart.
The allure and dangers of experimenting with brain-dead bodies
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 3 months agoImaging of the head of a brain dead patient show filling of the artery branches in the scalp, but...
The US organ transplant system is outdated – and costing lives. An overhaul is underway.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEvery year, 6,000 people die waiting for a transplant. The U.S. organ transplant system is antiquated – and updating it could save thousands of lives.
