"In sickness and in health": Pleasant Hills couple reflect one year after life-saving kidney transplant
For a Pleasant Hills couple, it's also the day one year ago, when they started a life-saving journey at Allegheny General ...
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Surgeons Perform Second Pig Kidney Transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital
A team at Massachusetts General Hospital led by Harvard Medical School physician-scientists has for the second time ...
NH man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney after MGH transplant
More than 100,000 people are on the U.S. transplant list, most who need a kidney, and thousands die waiting. Andrews’ kidneys ...
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EBV exposure linked to life-threatening cancer risk in kidney transplant patients
More than 90% of the adult population in the U.S. is or has been infected with Epstein Barr virus (EBV). EBV is a highly contagious member of the herpes virus family, best known for causing infectious ...
FDA approves pig organ transplant trials for patients with kidney failure
The first clinical trials using organs from genetically modified pigs offer hope to patients with kidney failure, who face a ...
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eGenesis announces 2nd pig kidney procedure success, as xenotransplantation field moves forward
Genesis announced that it has completed its second successful human transplant with a genetically engineered pig kidney, with ...
Surgery complication up for seronegative recipients of Epstein-Barr virus-seropositive donor kidneys
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-seronegative recipients of EBV-seropositive donor (EBV D+/R−) kidneys have an increased risk for ...
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New Hampshire man gets pig kidney transplant from Mass General Hospital
The genetically modified pig kidney during Richard ... said Slayman was in worse health and had cardiovascular complications going into transplant surgery, while Andrews was relatively healthier ...