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[ad_1] NEW YORK — Doctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries...
[ad_1] Julian Harmon assists doctors, nurses and patients in the operating rooms where organ transplants are performed at Temple University Hospital. Harmon also has lived with...
[ad_1] Other than rejection of the organ, one of the most common transplant complications is infection. Doctors have to strike a balance when prescribing immunosuppressive drugs:...
[ad_1] In early experiments, Lagasse found that if he injected healthy liver cells into the lymph nodes of mice, the cells would flourish and form a...
[ad_1] Slayman received his first kidney transplant in 2018 from a human donor. The donor kidney initially functioned well, but Slayman started to go into kidney...
[ad_1] Acclaimed Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf has died at age 64 ByMIKE CORDER Associated Press September 20, 2023, 3:08 PM THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Erwin Olaf,...
[ad_1] NEW YORK — Mary Miller-Duffy was dazed and grieving. Her brother suddenly collapsed and days later was brain-dead. Now she faced a tough question: Would...
[ad_1] NEW YORK — Surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s worked normally — a critical step toward...
[ad_1] JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police are investigating the illegal trade of human organs involving police and immigration officers who were accused of helping traffickers send...
[ad_1] In the three-plus decades I’ve been alive, I have never been bitten by a tick. Actually, that may be a lie, and I have no...
[ad_1] An enormous medical bill can trigger a wave of panic, but try to resist. That startling invoice that arrived in the mail may not be...
[ad_1] BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — He believes selling human organs should be legal, climate change is a “socialist lie,” sex education is a ploy to destroy...
[ad_1] WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Georgina Beyer, a trailblazing New Zealand politician who in 1999 became the world’s first openly transgender member of Parliament, died Monday...
[ad_1] Today in History Today is Tuesday, Feb. 14, the 45th day of 2023. There are 320 days left in the year. This is Valentine’s Day....
[ad_1] EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The ghostly form floating in a large jar had been the robust reddish-brown of a healthy organ just hours before. Now...
[ad_1] Today in History Today is Friday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 2022. There are eight days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History:...
[ad_1] NEW YORK — Brittany Newton’s family grieved last spring when her life was cut short, at age 30, by a brain aneurysm. But they got...
[ad_1] Of all the nicknames I have for my cat Calvin—Fluffernutter, Chonk-a-Donk, Fuzzy Lumpkin, Jerky McJerkface—Bumpus Maximus may be the most apt. Every night, when I...