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Relatives of those who died waiting for livers at now halted Houston transplant program seek answers
Houston Chronicle· 1 day agoSeveral relatives of patients who died while waiting for a new liver said Wednesday they want to...
Lawyer for Houston transplant program doctor, families agree on withheld court evidence
FOX 26 Houston· 11 hours agoOn Thursday, attorneys representing the families of deceased individuals waiting for organ ...
US surgeons transplant pig kidney to live patient for second time
AFP via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSurgeons in the United States have transplanted a modified pig kidney into a living person for the...
Donate Life Month: Celebrating life and honoring the gift of organ donation
KTVX via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoMURRAY, Utah (ABC4 Utah) – April is National Donate Life Month, which brings attention to the...
Surgeons perform first combined heart pump and pig kidney transplant
CNN via AOL· 8 hours agoThe first transplant surgery to combine a mechanical heart pump as well as a gene-edited pig kidney...
One in five people awaiting a transplant are Hispanic—here's what to know about organ donation
Medical Xpress· 3 days agoThe number of Hispanic organ donors in the U.S. has increased in recent years, but that growth has...
During Donate Life Month, organ donations are needed more than ever
News 12 Augusta· 7 hours agoIn Georgia, there are 2,946 people on the organ transplant waiting list. Lifelink, a group that...
She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump
WKBT La Crosse· 1 day agoDoctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a...
‘Conspiracy theorist’ Max Azzarello, who burned himself to death outside Trump trial, was organ...
NY Post metro via Yahoo News· 5 days ago“Both of Mr. Azzarello’s kidneys were transplanted, and he was able to save two people's lives on...
New Jersey woman gets first-ever pig kidney transplant with mechanical heart pump
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThere are no documented instances of anyone with a mechanical heart pump receiving an organ ...