Technology
To find living donors for kidney transplants, a pilot program turns to social networks
[ad_1] HARRISBURG, Pa. — Fernando Moreno has been on dialysis for about two years, enduring an “unbearable” wait for a new kidney to save…
Tag: organ transplants
Sports
Ex-Browns QB Bernie Kosar has liver transplant after over a year on the waiting list
[ad_1] CLEVELAND — Bernie Kosar received a liver transplant on Monday, more than a year after being placed on the waiting list. “Hey, I’m…
Gadgets
Man Has Pig Kidney Removed After Living With It for a Record 9 Months
[ad_1] Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have removed a genetically engineered pig kidney from a 67-year-old New Hampshire man after a period of decreasing…
Technology
New Hampshire man resumes dialysis after record 271 days living with a pig kidney
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — A New Hampshire man is resuming dialysis after living with a gene-edited pig kidney for a record 271 days, doctors said…
Breaking News
Trump administration to close Miami organ donation group it calls ‘failing’
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The Trump administration moved Thursday to shut down a Miami organ donation group, calling it “failing” because of underperformance, unsafe practices…
Technology
She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump
[ad_1] NEW YORK — Doctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a dramatic pair…
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Local News
A Temple Hospital worker needed a kidney transplant. When the call finally came, his colleague performed it
[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…
Gadgets
He Got a Pig Kidney Transplant. Now Doctors Need to Keep It Working
[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…
Gadgets
This Bag of Cells Could Grow New Livers Inside of People
[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…
Gadgets
A Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Was Just Transplanted Into a Person for the First Time
[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…
World News
Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf has died at 64. He shot themes from gay nightlife to the royal family
[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 —…
Technology
How a family’s choice to donate a body for pig kidney research could help change transplants
[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…
Technology
Pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplants
[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…
Finance
Indonesian police crack down on traffickers who sent 122 people to sell their kidneys in Cambodia
[ad_1] JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police are investigating the illegal trade of human organs involving police and immigration officers who were accused of helping…
Health
Ticks’ Secret Weapon
[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…
Finance
Are you confronting a big medical bill? Attack it with a plan — and these tips
[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…
Breaking News
Right-wing populist Javier Milei gains support in Argentina by blasting ‘political caste’
[ad_1] BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — He believes selling human organs should be legal, climate change is a “socialist lie,” sex education is a ploy…
Breaking News
Trailblazing transgender lawmaker Georgina Beyer dies at 65
[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,…
Breaking News
Today in History: FEB 14, Arizona becomes 48th US state
[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…
Technology
Making pig livers humanlike in quest to ease organ shortage
[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…