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World’s first pig-to-human liver transplant offers new hope for organ failure treatment |

6 months ago admin

A major medical milestone has been reached with the successful transplantation of a genetically engineered pig liver into a living...

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Mary Roach dives into the science of transplant in ‘Replaceable You’ : NPR

6 months ago admin

Mary Roach's previous books include Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law and Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. Jen...

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Organ transplant rates up over the past decade for life-saving donations, medical research

6 months ago admin

SINGAPORE – Organ donation is legally enforced in Singapore to help boost donation rates and save more lives, unless the...

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HHS moves to shut down major organ donation group in latest steps to reform nation’s transplant system

7 months ago admin

Facebook Tweet Email Link As part of its efforts to strengthen the country’s organ transplant system, the US Department of...

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Man’s body crawling with parasitic worms after infected kidney transplant at US hospital

9 months ago admin

Two men were left riddled with parasitic worms after they received infected kidney transplants at two U.S. hospitals, a new...

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Genetically modified pigs offer hope for human transplant organ shortage

10 months ago admin

There are more than 100,000 people currently waiting for an organ transplant and it’s estimated that another person is added...