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PANJWANI: I’m Haya Panjwani. On this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauren Neergaard and Shelby Lum, ...
These organoids provide scientists with better models for studying liver biology, and for developing treatments for various liver disorders.
By law, so far, it’s a family thing,” said Dr Ben Lomatayo, Consultant Nephrologist at Aga Khan Hospital, in an interview ...
One of every three donated kidneys never gets transplanted. CBS News explores why a growing number are being discarded.
Massachusetts General Hospital performed its second successful transplant of a genetically edited pig kidney into a living ...
Towana Looney lived with the kidney longer than any other transplant patient had tolerated an organ from a genetically ...
At any given time, there are more than a thousand people in Connecticut on the waiting list for the gift of life. April is ...
The modern explosion in medical memoirs is often attributed to Henry Marsh, the neurosurgeon whose instant classic, Do No Harm, was published in 2014. Yet 5 years earlier, another British surgeon, ...
By Allison Detzel While José Alfredo Pacheco, a dialysis patient, desperately waits for a lifesaving kidney transplant in Illinois, his donor and brother, José Gregorio González, is being held ...
Kidneys have been a big question mark. Recent work reveals that these important organs could face more trouble than previously assumed, including a higher risk of stones and lasting damage. Several ...
"It's increased our heart transplant numbers by about 30 per cent," Dr Iyer said. There is a strong need for more organ donors in Australia, with a 5 per cent decrease in the total number of ...
(F. A. Murphy/CDC via AP, File) A Michigan resident died earlier this year after contracting rabies from an organ transplant, health officials said. The patient had the organ transplanted at a ...