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Pig organ transplants are 'not going to be easy,' researcher says after latest setback.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 15 minutes agoMohiuddin hopes the Food and Drug Administration will allow his team and others to transplant...
Transplant patient stable and on dialysis after pig organ removed due to ‘unique challenges’ with...
KION 46 Salinas· 1 hour agoThe patient, 54-year-old Lisa Pisano of New Jersey, is stable and has started dialysis, her doctors...
First pig-to-human liver transplant recipient 'doing very well'
Nature· 18 hours agoThe transplant aims to prolong the life of the patient and provide important lessons for doctors.
New US liver transplant policy raises cost and equity concerns, according to new study
CNN.com· 2 days agoInstead of operating within defined regional service areas, the new policy prioritizes the sickest...
Upcoming Check Your Heart Rally in Lansing encourages organ donation education, registration
ClickOnDetroit· 1 day agoThere are more than 100,000 people on the national organ transplant waiting list. Of those, more...
Biden’s health department looks to push equity requirements on transplant lists
BizPac Review· 4 days agoThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is looking to push equity requirements on hospitals providing kidney transplants, according to a recent ...
New tax-form check box boosts Michigan organ donor registry
Midland Daily News· 2 days agoThe Secretary of State’s Office says 57% of Michigan residents are registered organ donors, and...
Cancer patient gets pig liver transplant
China Daily· 4 days agoChinese researchers have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a human patient with severe liver cancer, they announced on Friday ...
Liver, yes. Corneas, no. FDA urged to relax tissue donation ban for gay and bisexual men
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoBut Puente said gay men cannot donate their corneas unless they were celibate for five years before death. He found that, in one year alone, at least 360 men were rejected ...
In 1926, women bred like livestock to claim a demented tycoon's fortune
Boing Boing· 7 days agoAmong the various bequests in his 1926 will, one clause stood out: Millar promised the bulk of his...