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Heartfelt relief: USC transplant center opening in Las Vegas to ease burden for Nevadans
Las Vegas Sun· 2 days agoKeck Hospital of USC’s Chief of Operations Jon Reuter, front left, and Transplant Administrator Pat...
Kimball man, Colorado woman meeting for the first time since life-changing kidney transplant
Scottsbluff Star-Herald· 5 hours agoKeith Jones will meet Jennifer Kaufman, a Colorado woman who donated a kidney to him in October 2023. Jones, who is a funeral director at Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball, and Kaufman have exchanged ...
One in five people awaiting a transplant are Hispanic—here's what to know about organ donation
Medical Xpress· 5 days agoThe number of Hispanic organ donors in the U.S. has increased in recent years, but that growth has...
She Didn't Qualify for a Transplant—So Now She Has Two Pig Organs
Wired News· 3 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· 3 days agoOne critical area of education that transplant specialists focus on is an improved understanding...
A Miraculous Match with Intermountain Health
KLAS Las Vegas· 4 days agoEach April, the United States recognizes National Donate Life Month, bringing attention to organ, eye, and tissue donation and transplantation. Donate...
New race-neutral kidney evaluation moves thousands of Black patients up transplant waitlist
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJazmin Evans is one of more than 14,000 Black kidney transplant candidates who found out that an...
Grandmother gets new lease on life from heart pump, pig kidney
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days ago"I don't think it's going to look that much like primates. It's going to be a really different...
Organ donors give hope and life to others. Kansas City, here’s how you can help | Opinion
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLast year, Midwest Transplant Network helped 488 kidneys, 218 livers, 107 hearts, 148 lungs, 22...
Terminal cancer to cancer-free: 'Lungs in a box' technology saves Kentucky man's life
LEX 18 Lexington· 22 hours agoCurrently, nearly 140,000 people in the United States are waiting for an organ transplant. According to Donate Life America, 16 people die each day while ...
