Are we close to generating a bioengineered human heart? Camila Hochman-Mendez weighs in on recent advances and remaining ...

A team from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is the first in the world to study the use of genetically engineered pig hearts for infants waiting for heart transplantation.  The study was led by John ...

A team led by Children's Hospital Los Angeles has become the first in the world to demonstrate the possibility of using ...

Conclusion: In the present case the use of bovine pericardium graft for the treatment of penile urethral stricture had a good result and can be an option to repair complex urethral strictures. However ...

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Pericarditis is an inflammation of the pericardium, the sac-like membrane that surrounds and protects the heart. It occurs when the pericardium becomes irritated or infected, leading to swelling ...

PANJWANI: In January 2022, a man named David Bennett became the first person to receive a pig heart transplant. NEERGAARD: And Dr. Bartley Griffith, who was the surgeon involved here, told us how ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — On this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the journey of animal to human transplants, or ...

Also known as complete heart block, third-degree heart block is the most serious type of heart block. Considered a medical emergency, it can be fatal without prompt treatment. The steady beating ...

Shelby Lum, Associated Press: There’s more than 100,000 people on the transplant list, and most of these people are waiting for a kidney. Thousands will die on the list before ever being ...

A device made by Britain’s OrganOx, currently used to preserve donated human livers, will pump participants' blood through the pig liver. It’s the latest step in attempts to use gene-edited ...