Thousands of patients on the list die each year, and thousands more come off the list because their health has worsened to ...

Looney, a 53-year-old-woman from Alabama, had been on dialysis for nine years before she received the pig kidney transplant in late November, becoming only the third person to receive a kidney ...

Looney had the organ from her Nov. 25 transplant until early April. He and her doctors decided it would be less risky to remove the pig's kidney than to try saving it. "We did the safe thing ...

New Model for Replication of BKPyV Virus, a Major Cause of Kidney Transplant Failure Dec. 6, 2024 — BK polyomavirus, or BKPyV, is a major cause of kidney transplant failure. There are no ...

Extraperitoneal placement of the renal graft into iliac fossa. A, The incision is depicted for the right side of the abdomen; B the graft is implanted with the iliac vessels exposed. Common ...

Doctors believe linoleic acid, a common fat in seed oils such as soybean, sunflower and corn, reacts with heat helping cancer cells to g row and multiply. Home cooks should therefore ' moderate ...

A cyst can develop due to a clogged oil gland or hair follicle. Cysts feel like soft blisters when they are close to the skin’s surface, but they can feel like hard lumps when they develop ...

FILKE - Pig kidney transplant recipient Towana Looney sits with transplant surgeon Dr. Jayme Locke on Dec. 10, 2024, at NYU Langone Health in New York. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum, File) ...

Trujillo et al. identify scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-B1) as a keratinocyte marker of skin inflammation and a potential therapeutic target. Topically delivered HDL-like nanoparticles ...

We specialize in minimally invasive approaches, such as standard laparoscopic, single incision laparoscopic (through one small skin incision) and robotic laparoscopic surgeries. Colorectal cancer is a ...