Tag: Organ Transplants
New Trial Will Test Gene-Edited Pig Liver for Sudden Liver Failure Patients
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A new clinical trial will soon test if a pig liver can help...
Pig Kidney Removed After Historic Transplant in Alabama Woman
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors have removed a genetically modified pig's kidney from an Alabama woman after...
Organ Transplant Patient Dies After Contracting Rabies
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A Michigan resident has died after receiving an organ transplant infected with rabies,...
GLP-1 RA Use Tied to Better Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Patients With Diabetes
Findings show benefits for patient survival
Duke Doctors Perform First Living Mitral Valve Transplant
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, March, 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- In a groundbreaking series of surgeries, doctors at Duke Health have successfully performed...
PTLD Up for Seronegative Recipients of Epstein-Barr Virus-Seropositive Donor Kidneys
22.1 percent of EBV D+/R− kidney recipients had posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder at median of 202 days after transplant
Longest Pig Organ Transplant Survivor Passes 60 Days With New Kidney
By India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- An Alabama woman has become the longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant,...
U.S. Woman Living Healthy With Kidney Sourced From Pig
By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Dec. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A 53-year-old woman from Alabama has a new lease on life after receiving...
Woman Receives World’s First Robotic Double-Lung Transplant
By Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Nov. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A 57-year-old woman with COPD has received the world's first fully robotic...
Artificial Intelligence Model Predicts Kidney Graft Survival
UK-DTOP model shows marked improvement compared with traditional Kidney Donor Risk Index
