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She Didn't Qualify for a Transplant—So Now She Has Two Pig Organs
Wired News· 5 days agoA 54-year-old New Jersey woman has become the second living person to receive a genetically...
Henry Ford Health surgeon emphasizes importance of organ transplants in minority communities
ClickOnDetroit· 5 days agoOne critical area of education that transplant specialists focus on is an improved understanding...
She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump
WKBT La Crosse· 5 days agoDoctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a...
Keck Medicine of USC opens new Las Vegas transplant care clinic
Newswise· 5 days agoLOS ANGELES — More than 660 Nevadans need an organ transplant, according to Nevada Organ Network, a...
Brandon firefighter saves eight lives through organ donation
Bay News 9 Tampa Bay· 4 hours agoFirefighters and paramedics from Hillsborough County Fire Rescue gathered Monday to honor Jared Huprich, who died in May 2023 after 12 years of service with the department. Hurprich’s legacy ...
Penn State Health halts liver transplants as national oversight body reviews program
Centre Daily Times· 7 hours agoSTATE COLLEGE — Penn State Health has stopped performing liver transplants at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center while a national oversight body conducts a performance review ...
Relatives of those who died waiting for livers at now halted Houston transplant program seek answers
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 days agoSeveral relatives of patients who died while waiting for a new liver said Wednesday they want to...
Nearly 1,300 in Denver metro area in need of life-saving organ and tissue transplants
CBS News· 3 days agoRight now, nearly 1,300 people in the Denver metro area community are waiting for a lifesaving organ...
Paying back the time: Black patients unfairly kept off transplant list get credit due
The Post and Courier· 16 hours agoBetween January 2023 and mid-March, more than 14,300 Black kidney transplant candidates have had...
Lawyer for Houston transplant program doctor, families agree on withheld court evidence
FOX 26 Houston· 4 days agoOn Thursday, attorneys representing the families of deceased individuals waiting for organ ...