NEW YORK — Doctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New…
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A Temple Hospital worker needed a kidney transplant. When the call finally came, his colleague performed it
Julian Harmon assists doctors, nurses and patients in the operating rooms where…
He Got a Pig Kidney Transplant. Now Doctors Need to Keep It Working
Other than rejection of the organ, one of the most common transplant…
This Bag of Cells Could Grow New Livers Inside of People
In early experiments, Lagasse found that if he injected healthy liver cells…
A Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Was Just Transplanted Into a Person for the First Time
Slayman received his first kidney transplant in 2018 from a human donor.…
Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf has died at 64. He shot themes from gay nightlife to the royal family
Acclaimed Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf has died at age 64 ByMIKE CORDER…
How a family’s choice to donate a body for pig kidney research could help change transplants
NEW YORK — Mary Miller-Duffy was dazed and grieving. Her brother suddenly…
Pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplants
NEW YORK — Surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man…
Indonesian police crack down on traffickers who sent 122 people to sell their kidneys in Cambodia
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police are investigating the illegal trade of human…
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Are you confronting a big medical bill? Attack it with a plan — and these tips
An enormous medical bill can trigger a wave of panic, but try…
Right-wing populist Javier Milei gains support in Argentina by blasting ‘political caste’
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — He believes selling human organs should be legal,…
Trailblazing transgender lawmaker Georgina Beyer dies at 65
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Georgina Beyer, a trailblazing New Zealand politician who…
Today in History: FEB 14, Arizona becomes 48th US state
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Feb. 14, the 45th day of…
Making pig livers humanlike in quest to ease organ shortage
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The ghostly form floating in a large jar…
Today in History: December 23, Japanese war leaders executed
Today in History Today is Friday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of…
HIV-positive heart donor’s family, recipient meet
NEW YORK — Brittany Newton’s family grieved last spring when her life…
I Was Allergic to Cats. Until Suddenly, I Wasn’t.
Of all the nicknames I have for my cat Calvin—Fluffernutter, Chonk-a-Donk, Fuzzy…