One month after a Maryland man received an experimental pig heart transplant, the patient is doing well and shows no sign of infection or rejection of the organ, doctors say. “We are withdrawing all the drugs that were initially supporting his heart,”
A pig kidney is still functioning correctly more than six weeks after surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City transplanted the genetically engineered organ into the body of a 57-year-old man, who had been declared brain-dead. This marks the longest
A trans woman says UK’s first womb transplant has “given the trans community hope” – and said she would “100% consider” the surgery. Jocelyn Claire Reed, 23, was assigned male at birth but started hormone replacement therapy to transition to female in
A new blood test could bring more hope to heart transplant patients as scientists hunt for “zombie cells”. Developed by researchers at Newcastle University, the new test could help doctors determine whether a donor heart could be suitable for transplant and result
Stanley Cup champion and Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog will miss his second consecutive full season after the team announced Tuesday that he will undergo a cartilage transplant in his right knee. Colorado announced Landeskog, who missed the entire 2022-23 regular season
U.S. health officials on Wednesday approved the first pill made from healthy bacteria found in human waste to fight dangerous gut infections — an easier way of performing so-called fecal transplants. The new treatment from Seres Therapeutics provides a simpler, rigorously tested
A Spanish hospital carried out a lung transplant using a pioneering technique with a robot and a new access route that no longer requires separating the ribs and opening up the chest, experts said on Monday. Surgeons at Vall d’Hebron hospital in
Drug cartels and criminals are killing people to harvest their organs and supply Americans desperate for a transplant, a harrowing documentary reveals today. The illegal organs trade is not a figment of Hollywood’s imagination, but is “alive and well”, the new series
NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher is suing a Houston-based hair transplant company for allegedly using his likeness without his permission. The lawsuit was filed back in October, reports the Chicago Sun Times, as Urlacher claimed Houston Hair Transplant Center used
A resident of Alaska has lost the opportunity to receive a heart transplant after his flight was cancelled mid-air due to bad weather. Patrick Holland, 56, has congestive heart failure. Often referred to simply as heart failure, the NHS describes it as