transplant

Health news

Successful heart transplant after organ travels 12 hours over Atlantic

Doctors say this is the first time a preserved donor heart has been successfully transplanted after a 12-hour transatlantic flight.

11/04/2024

Health news

World's first pig kidney transplant recipient discharged from hospital

Pig kidney transplant patient Rick Slayman said his recovery from surgery was "progressing smoothly".

04/04/2024

Health news

Surgeons perform transplant of a whole human eye in world first

Aaron James destroyed much of his face in an accident with high-voltage power lines but is now recovering well from a face and eye transplant.

10/11/2023

Health news

Surgeons perform UK's first ever successful uterus transplant

The patient received the womb from her sister. Both women are in a fit and stable condition following two overlapping 17-hour operations.

23/08/2023

Health news

Pig's kidney continues to work in brain-dead man for over a month

The body of a 57-year-old man declared brain dead was donated by his family to scientists pioneering the use of animal organs in transplant surgery.

18/08/2023

Health news

‘Geneva patient’ becomes latest to be cured of HIV

After 20 months after interrupting antiretroviral therapy, HIV was undetectable in the patient’s blood.

20/07/2023

Health news

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.

01/01/2023

Health news

Leprosy bacteria may hold the key to regenerating our bodies

Scientists found the bacteria causing leprosy can make livers regrow healthily in animals, holding promise for future regenerative treatments.

16/11/2022

World News

Your Good News round-up: the number of poor people in India has halved

Five #GoodNews stories about the progress of humanity and things that are making our lives better.

29/10/2022

Health news

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.

18/10/2022

Health news

13-month-old receives world's first intestine transplant in Spain

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

18/10/2022

Sweden

Italian surgeon convicted over windpipe transplants

"There is nothing to suggest that he was unaware that the operation would cause severe bodily harm and long and severe suffering," the court said in a statement.

16/06/2022

Health news

Watch: Scientists 3D print and transplant an ear made of human cells

A woman has become the first person to receive a 3D-printed ear transplant made from her own cells grown in a lab.

04/06/2022

United Kingdom

World's first successful double hand transplant for scleroderma performed in UK

Five months on, the patient is hoping to get back to work after 13 years with the debilitating condition.

27/05/2022

Sweden

Disgraced Italian surgeon on trial in Sweden over windpipe transplants

Seven of the eight patients treated by the former scientist have since died.

27/04/2022

Tech News

Euroviews. Why the 'Frankenscience' of animal-to-human transplants must stop

Pigs are sentient beings who are no different from humans; they too can feel fear and pain. They shouldn't be treated as warehouses of spare parts.

21/03/2022

Health news

World's first pig heart transplant patient dies after 2 months

The groundbreaking procedure was a last-ditch attempt to save the life of David Bennett, who died two months after the transplant was carried out.

09/03/2022

Health news

First transplant using umbilical cord blood helps cure woman of HIV

Since receiving the blood treatment for Leukaemia from a naturally HIV-resistant donor, the woman has lived virus-free for 14 months.

16/02/2022

Health news

German researchers plan to breed pigs for human heart transplants

The first pig will be ready this year with its heart tested in a baboon before it's hoped clinical trials can begin for future use in humans.

03/02/2022

Health news

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