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A photo of the perfusion device containing a donor heart during a flight from the French West Indies to Paris.

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Successful heart transplant after organ travels 12 hours over Atlantic

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Image shows a pig liver in a jar in a laboratory in Minnesota.

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This US lab is modifying pig livers to transplant them into humans

To help people waiting for transplants, US scientists are exploring alternatives like bioengineering organs from animals.

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Some transplanted livers can keep going for more than a 100 years.

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Transplanted livers can keep working for more than 100 years

These findings pave the way for a much bigger donor pool, potentially giving new hope to future patients.

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13-month-old Spanish girl becomes the world’s first intestine transplant patient

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The baby girl, who is now recovering at home, also received a new liver, stomach, spleen and pancreas.

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Surgeons prepare the pig heart for transplantation.

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Genetically modified pig hearts transplanted into brain-dead patients

The successful procedures are a step forward in tackling the shortage of human organs for transplant.

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DJ Ferguson says he was denied a heart transplant because he wasn't vaccinated against COVID.

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Patient without COVID vaccine denied heart transplant by US hospital

The Boston hospital said it is their policy that all transplant patients be COVID vaccinated because of the higher risks of them dying from the virus.

27/01/2022