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Michelle Trachtenberg died of complications from diabetes mellitus after reportedly receiving a liver transplant. How common is that?
According to the National Institutes of Health, post-transplant diabetes mellitus, or PTDM, affects between 10% and 40% of ...
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Pig kidney removed from US transplant patient, but she set record
Doctors have had to remove the pig kidney implanted in an American woman after her body rejected it, but her four months ...
Transplanted pig kidney removed after functioning in living patient for more than four months
A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was ...
Michelle Trachtenberg’s official cause of death at 39 revealed as diabetes complications
An official cause of death for actor Michelle Trachtenberg — best known for her roles in “Harriet the Spy,” “Gossip Girl,” ...
Michelle Trachtenberg died from diabetes complications, medical examiner rules. What problems can the disease cause?
The "Gossip Girl" star's cause of death has been revealed to be complications of diabetes, and the manner of death has been ruled as natural.
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Transplanted pig kidney removed after functioning in living patient for more than four months
Without a donor match, she would die – but the complications she had developed made it more difficult to find one. When she heard about the option to try a pig kidney transplantation ...
Q&A: Physicians discuss innovating kidney care in patients with cancer
Raad B. Chowdhury, MD, and Shruti Gupta, MD, MPH, are onconephrologists in the Division of Nephrology at Brigham and Women's ...
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Pig kidney removed from US transplant patient, but she sets record
Her body’s eventual rejection of the transplant showed that the ... After a pregnancy-related complication damaged her remaining kidney, she spent eight years on dialysis. Doctors were unable ...