Woman Born With Half a Heart Endures Over 200 Surgeries By Mid-Twenties
Jessica Manning, 29, of Auckland, New Zealand, was born with heart disease and half a heart and had to have open heart surgery at just 5 days old.
Transplant Breakthrough: Human Liver Kept Alive for Nearly 3 Days
A human liver was kept alive for nearly three days at body temperature before being transplanted into a cancer patient in a world-first, doctors have revealed.
American Research Team Uses New Means to Produce 3D-Printed Organs
With too few organs to go around to satisfy the demand for transplants, scientists are now pinning their hopes on the possibility of 3D-printing technology.
Execution by Heart Removal in China Occurred for Decades, Study Claims
"This abhorrent conduct is a grievous violation of medical ethics, human rights and basic human dignity," said Arthur Caplan from New York University's Grossman School of Medicine.
More Hospitals Are Denying Organ Transplants Due to COVID Vaccine Status
One patent removed from a hospital's waiting list for a kidney transplant said "I'd rather die of kidney failure," when asked if they'd be willing to get vaccinated.
Internet Backs Woman Refusing to Give Estranged Dad Her Kidney
"I was hurt by this as he clearly only reached out to me as a last resort, and saw me as nothing more than a back up to try and get an organ," she said.
Patients Waiting for Life-Saving Organ Transplant Need COVID Vaccination
Australia's Queensland Health says patients seeking a kidney, lung or heart transplant must have two doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccine.
Human-Monkey Hybrid Embryo Created by Joint China–U.S. Scientist Team
The idea behind the research is to determine whether or not monkey's could eventually be able to grow human organs for transplants. According to the team of scientists, thousands of people die every year waiting for such transplants.
Pig-Monkey Chimeras Have Been Born in China in World First Experiment
The piglets all died within a week of being born, the researchers said.
Child's Life-Saving Medication Stolen Before Christmas
The medication prevents the child's body from rejecting his kidney transplant.
Baby Born With Half A Heart Gets Second Chance At Life
He suffers from a rare condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
First Uterus-Transplant Baby Born in U.S.
American medicine has made a breakthrough, and a woman who thought she'd never get pregnant has given birth.
How Gene Editing Can End the Human Transplant Shortage
Dialysis for life or a genetically altered pig organ? That may be a choice for transplant patients in the future.
Heartwarming: Developing a Better Way to Save Organs
New method scraps ice for a system that mimics the human body, keeping organs vital indefinitely.
Is China Harvesting Organs of Political Prisoners?
U.S. lawmakers want to put an end to the decades-old practice, but doing so will require shifting the society's attitude toward altruistic giving.
Pig Heart Kept Alive in Baboon for Two Years
The scientific advance paves way for animal-to-human organ transplants.
World's First Pancreas Transplant for Needle Fear Woman
Diabetic Sue York found nothing could help her get over her phobia.