HARRISBURG, Pa. — Fernando Moreno has been on dialysis for about two years, enduring an “unbearable” wait for a new kidney to save his life. His limited world…
Read more To find living donors for kidney transplants, a pilot program turns to social networksCLEVELAND — Bernie Kosar received a liver transplant on Monday, more than a year after being placed on the waiting list. “Hey, I’m out and I’m feeling good.…
Read more Ex-Browns QB Bernie Kosar has liver transplant after over a year on the waiting listSurgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have removed a genetically engineered pig kidney from a 67-year-old New Hampshire man after a period of decreasing kidney function, the hospital confirmed…
Read more Man Has Pig Kidney Removed After Living With It for a Record 9 MonthsWASHINGTON — A New Hampshire man is resuming dialysis after living with a gene-edited pig kidney for a record 271 days, doctors said Monday. His experience is helping…
Read more New Hampshire man resumes dialysis after record 271 days living with a pig kidneyWASHINGTON — The Trump administration moved Thursday to shut down a Miami organ donation group, calling it “failing” because of underperformance, unsafe practices and paperwork errors. The Life…
Read more Trump administration to close Miami organ donation group it calls ‘failing’NEW YORK — Doctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized…
Read more She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pumpJulian Harmon assists doctors, nurses and patients in the operating rooms where organ transplants are performed at Temple University Hospital. Harmon also has lived with kidney disease for…
Read more A Temple Hospital worker needed a kidney transplant. When the call finally came, his colleague performed itOther than rejection of the organ, one of the most common transplant complications is infection. Doctors have to strike a balance when prescribing immunosuppressive drugs: too low a…
Read more He Got a Pig Kidney Transplant. Now Doctors Need to Keep It WorkingIn early experiments, Lagasse found that if he injected healthy liver cells into the lymph nodes of mice, the cells would flourish and form a second, smaller liver…
Read more This Bag of Cells Could Grow New Livers Inside of PeopleSlayman received his first kidney transplant in 2018 from a human donor. The donor kidney initially functioned well, but Slayman started to go into kidney failure after years…
Read more A Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Was Just Transplanted Into a Person for the First TimeAcclaimed Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf has died at age 64 ByMIKE CORDER Associated Press September 20, 2023, 3:08 PM THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Erwin Olaf, an acclaimed Dutch…
Read more Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf has died at 64. He shot themes from gay nightlife to the royal familyNEW 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 she donate his…
Read more How a family’s choice to donate a body for pig kidney research could help change transplantsNEW 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 an operation the…
Read more Pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplantsJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police are investigating the illegal trade of human organs involving police and immigration officers who were accused of helping traffickers send 122 Indonesians to…
Read more Indonesian police crack down on traffickers who sent 122 people to sell their kidneys in CambodiaIn 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 way of knowing…
Read more Ticks’ Secret WeaponAn enormous medical bill can trigger a wave of panic, but try to resist. That startling invoice that arrived in the mail may not be what you wind…
Read more Are you confronting a big medical bill? Attack it with a plan — and these tipsBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — He believes selling human organs should be legal, climate change is a “socialist lie,” sex education is a ploy to destroy the family and…
Read more Right-wing populist Javier Milei gains support in Argentina by blasting ‘political caste’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 at the age…
Read more Trailblazing transgender lawmaker Georgina Beyer dies at 65Today 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. Today’s Highlight in…
Read more Today in History: FEB 14, Arizona becomes 48th US stateEDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The ghostly form floating in a large jar had been the robust reddish-brown of a healthy organ just hours before. Now it’s semi-translucent, white…
Read more Making pig livers humanlike in quest to ease organ shortage
