Awake kidney transplant: patient watches his own operation
A 28-year-old Chicago patient in need of a kidney transplant was able to watch his surgery live as part of ...
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First pig kidney transplant recipient dies
He was one of the great hopes of xenotransplantation for millions of people around the world: almost two months after ...
A first successful pig kidney transplant: the recipient leaves the hospital in good health
A 62-year-old American leaves the hospital just two weeks after successfully undergoing a genetically modified pig kidney transplant at Massachusetts ...
Updating allocation algorithms could help donor hearts reach transplant patients who need them most
Receiving a heart transplant is a matter of life and death for many patients. Each time a heart becomes available, ...
This incredible experience could save the lives of people waiting for a liver transplant
Unlike the kidneys or the heart, there is no way to substitute a machine for the liver. The future of ...
Certain combinations of gut bacteria protect stem cell transplant patients from immune reactions, study finds
After a stem cell transplant, the donated immune cells sometimes attack patients' bodies. This is called graft-versus-host disease or GvHD. ...
Microbiome information found in feces helps predict infections in liver transplant patients
In a new study, researchers at the University of Chicago were able to predict postoperative infections in liver transplant patients ...
