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One in five people awaiting a transplant are Hispanic—here's what to know about organ donation
Medical Xpress· 6 days agoThe number of Hispanic organ donors in the U.S. has increased in recent years, but that growth has...
She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump
Roanoke Times· 4 days agoDoctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a...
Nearly 1,300 in Denver metro area in need of life-saving organ and tissue transplants
CBS News· 2 days agoRight now, nearly 1,300 people in the Denver metro area community are waiting for a lifesaving organ...
Henry Ford Health surgeon emphasizes importance of organ transplants in minority communities
ClickOnDetroit· 4 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· 4 days agoDoctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a...
...University Medical Center Kidney Transplant Leaders Participate in National...Events to Increase...
Newswise· 3 days agoWith more than 103,000 men, women and children on the national transplant waiting list and 17 patients dying each day while waiting to receive an organ ...
New technology is helping make organ transplants easier and better — and saving more lives
CBS News· 6 days agoA vigil in Delaware County over the weekend remembered Damien Hocker, a 17-year-old killed in an...
How one transplant helped an Iowan make lifelong friends
KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids· 5 days agoIn 1999 Crystal Ellis was just starting college when she faced a life-changing injury; when a virus...
She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump
Rapid City Journal· 4 days agoDoctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a...
Grandmother without long to live gets breakthrough pig kidney transplant
New York Post· 4 days agoThat surgery was performed by Dr. Robert Montgomery, who performed the world’s first gene-edited...