Lisa Pisano faced heart and kidney failure, rendering her ineligible for traditional transplants, but a pioneering procedure at NYU Langone Health offered hope. Doctors implanted a mechanical heart pump to stabilize Pisano’s failing heart, followed by a kidney transplant from a genetically
The first person to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has been discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital, the hospital announced on Wednesday. Rick Slayman, 62, had end-stage kidney disease before receiving the life-saving transplant on March 16. The pig kidney was
Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a human patient, the hospital announced on Thursday. The 62-year-old patient, Richard Slayman of Weymouth, Massachusetts, had end-stage kidney disease, according to a press release from the hospital. After
A schoolgirl who has a rare liver disorder has been given the gift of life (Image: SWNS) A schoolgirl who has a rare liver disorder has been given the gift of life – after having an organ transplant. Teighan Whitfield, six, was
A Pittsburgh boy with a rare liver disease is fighting for his life — and his family is hoping for a second miracle to save him. Lucas Goeller, now 10, was born with a rare, life-threatening kidney disease called biliary atresia, which
Georgia Wilding made the life-changing decision after cousin Jamie Wilding, from Hertfordshire, died. Jamie had undergone two vital liver transplants as a child before he finally died aged 30 of a condition he had had since birth. The experience drove Georgie to
Georgia Wilding made the life-changing decision after cousin Jamie Wilding, from Hertfordshire, died. Jamie had undergone two vital liver transplants as a child before he finally died aged 30 of a condition he had had since birth. The experience drove Georgie to
A military veteran who received the first-ever whole-eye and partial-face transplant is speaking out about the life-changing surgery. The recipient, 46-year-old Aaron James of Hot Springs, Arkansas, was working as an electrical lineman in 2021 when his face touched a live wire
A 34-year-old Missouri man was recently saved by surgeons at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago who used breast implants to successfully perform a double-lung transplant. Davey Bauer, 34, whose nickname is now “Double D Davey,” started smoking cigarettes when he was 21 years
A Maryland man who received a pig heart transplant in a highly experimental surgery nearly six weeks ago has died, his Maryland doctors announced Tuesday. Lawrence Faucette, 58, a 20-year Navy veteran and a married father of two from Frederick, Maryland, had