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First pig kidney in a human: Is this the future of transplants?
Al Jazeera· 4 days agoHow did the first pig kidney transplant go? Slayman had been diagnosed with end-stage renal disease,...
Houston hospital halts liver and kidney transplants as it investigates ‘inappropriate changes’ to...
CNN.com· 22 hours agoA Houston hospital has temporarily stopped liver and kidney transplants after it says it learned one of its physicians altered patient records in a government ...
Axios Boston
Axios· 6 days agoThe success of the world's first pig kidney transplant into a Massachusetts man could stoke large-scale clinical trials on implanting ...
Houston hospital says doctor's changes to a database made patients ineligible for liver transplants
Associated Press· 4 days agoA Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor...
Houston transplant surgeon accused of altering records to deny patients organs; program suspended
USA Today· 4 days agoA decorated transplant surgeon in Houston, Texas is being accused of depriving his patients of new...
Kidney disease is focus of Patient Symposium, with sessions in person and virtual
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 4 days agoEarlier this year, a 62-year-old man in Massachusetts became the first living person to receive a genetically edited kidney from a pig, a medical breakthrough ...
More than a trillion cicadas to emerge in the US this spring
South China Morning Post· 11 hours agoUsing needlelike mouthparts, cicadas feed on plant juices, called xylem, drawn from the roots of...
'It would be an answer to a prayer': Woman who needs kidney makes plea for help
WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley· 7 days agoMaggie Hengst has been on the transplant list for nearly three years.
5 myths about organ donations, Anne Allred shares her life-saving transplant story
KSDK St. Louis· 4 days ago"Whenever you ask Americans, over 90% say they support donation, but only about 50% to 60% actually sign up on the donor registry," Vice President of Organ Operations at Mid-America
Startup SelSym hopes to control bleeding with squishy synthetic platelets
FierceBiotech· 7 hours agoLike whole blood for transplants, platelets are perpetually in short supply. “Because of the short...
