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Organ transplant milestone: As US crosses 1 million mark, advances offer hope for millions more
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRichard Herrick, 23, was facing certain death in 1954 when his identical twin, Ronald, agreed to...
Adding stem cells to a kidney transplant could get patients off anti-rejection drugs, trial finds
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoA novel approach to organ transplantation allowed patients to wean off anti-rejection drugs after...
Transplant breakthrough could ‘teach’ a patient’s body to accept new organs
The Independent UK via AOL· 8 months agoA major breakthrough in transplant therapy could potentially help patients avoid the need for...
Long-term survival of monkey with transplanted pig kidney offers hope in alternative organ search:...
ABC News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoHarvard-affiliated scientists say they have been able to keep a monkey alive for two years with a...
This Oconomowoc woman is among the longest-surviving transplant patients of the world
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOconomowoc resident Charlotte Markle, 81, is what Mayo Clinic's Dr. Thomas Schwab calls a...
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...
3D-printed organs may soon be a reality. ‘Looking ahead, we’ll not need donor hearts’
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoLast year, in San Antonio, Texas, Dr. Arturo Bonilla carefully implanted an outer ear on a...
Baby Elias is first child in Texas to receive partial heart transplant at Dell Children's
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 11 months agoElias Robinson-Rodriguez smiles at his parents and doctors. Like most 1-year-olds, he is quick to...
Will brain transplants ever be possible?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 years agotwo-headed dog from Russian experiments Organ transplantation has come a long way. It's now possible to transplant not just hearts and livers, but...
Duke doctors performed world’s first partial heart transplant on NC newborn
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 2 years agoThe procedure had only ever been performed on pigs, doctors told Tayler and Nick Monroe as they...