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Man who received world’s first pig kidney transplant dies
The hospital said that there was “no indication” that the man’s death was the result of the transplant.
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.
This robot successfully performed an entire lung transplant
This new lung transplant technique uses a robot dubbed "Da Vinci" and no longer requires breaking a patient's ribs.
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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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.
Scientists change kidney blood type in potential boost for transplants
The research could have major implications for kidney transplant patients, especially those from ethnic minorities.
These sea worms could be the key to keeping transplant organs 'alive'
This French biotech company is looking to develop a product to give oxygen to organs and grafts to improve transplant success rates.
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.
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.
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.
Life-saving drone delivers lungs to a patient just in time
Sometimes, it can only take ten minutes to save lives. And a drone.
COVID patient in Japan gets world's first living donor lung transplant
After the woman was free of the virus, her lungs were no longer functional or treatable, and the only option for her to live was to receive a lung transplant.