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Pigs aren't the future of organ transplants—stop acting like they could be
Fast Company Magazine· 20 hours agoWhile the hospital, Massachusetts General, has stated that there’s no evidence that the patient’s...
Pig-to-human transplants condemned as "cruel and dangerous" after death
Newsweek· 5 days agoAnimal rights organization PETA has condemned the use of animal organs in human transplantation...
The first man to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig has died
NPR· 6 days agoWILLIAMS: We do not think that the transplant contributed to his unfortunate passing. No, we don't. STEIN: ...been genetically modified to prevent rejection ...
Genetically engineered pig hearts transplanted in two brain-dead patients reveal more about immune...
Medical Xpress· 13 hours agoA large team of biomedical researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across the U.S., the U.K., Saudi Arabia and France, has learned more about many of the factors involved in xenotransplantation ...
New rule proposed by HHS aims to reduce racial disparities among Black kidney transplant patients
The Washington Times· 6 days agoA new rule proposed by the Biden Department of Health and Human Services intends to increase access...
'Heart-in-a-box' technology lets Canadian organ donor save a life
CBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhen Robbie died on May 7, he became the first Canadian adult to donate his heart after cardiac or...
It’s illegal to pay people for organs, but some advocates want a $50,000 tax credit for kidneys
Philly.com· 5 days agoGregory Hess was running out of time. For two years, Hess had scrambled to find a kidney donor....
12 Great Movies About the Trans Experience
Cosmopolitan via AOL· 12 hours agoAll About My Mother explores issues of AIDS and gender identity through the lens of an Argentine nurse who leads the donor organ transplant program at a...
Cutting-edge machine at MUSC extends viability of donor livers for transplant
ABC News 4 Charleston· 6 days agoDespite a record year for liver transplants in the United States, there's still a shortage of...
Xenotransplant Responses, Interactions Unraveled With Multiomic Analyses
GenomeWeb News· 3 days agoA team from the Broad Institute, NYU Langone Health, and other centers has used multiomic profiling to characterize immune and other responses to xenotransplantation surgeries where modified ...
