organ transplantation
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Baby Boy Undergoes First-of-Its-Kind Heart Transplant That Could Skirt Organ Rejection
Duke University researchers say they’ve recently performed a pioneering organ transplant in a baby boy — one meant to help his body accept the new organ without the need for large doses of anti-rejection drugs. More than six months in, the baby’s immune system seems to be adjusting as expected, and he’s doing well. It’s…
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Doctors Transplant Two Pig Kidneys at Once Into a Human
This week, a team at the University of Alabama said they were able to transplant two kidneys from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead patient, a step beyond previous experiments that transplanted only one pig kidney. The Alabama doctors say the kidneys were able to function as expected and weren’t immediately rejected by the…
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Doctors Claim to Have Successfully Transplanted a Pig Kidney Into a Human
Scientists look to be one major step closer to a long-awaited goal in medicine: successfully transplanting organs from another animal to a human. Researchers from New York University announced this week that they recently transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig that was then able to function as normal without rejection from the human…
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A Woman’s Tragic Covid-19 Death Traced to Tainted Donated Lungs, Report Finds
Doctors say that a Michigan woman’s untimely death last fall was caused by covid-19 unknowingly spread through a double lung transplant. It’s likely the first clear case of covid-19 linked to transplantation. Another doctor contracted the viral illness through the procedure, but survived.