Surgeons Perform Transplant of Gene-Tweaked Pig Heart Into Second Patient
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A second human patient has received a genetically altered pig heart as he battles the ravages of end-stage heart disease.The 58-year-old man, Lawrence Faucette, received the pig organ at the University of Mar…
Learn MoreUn implante puede alertar con semanas de anticipación que un órgano trasplantado será rechazado
VIERNES, 8 de septiembre de 2023 (Noticias de HealthDay) — Recibir un trasplante de órgano puede ser un asunto angustioso, aunque salve vidas, dijo el Dr. Joaquín Brieva, receptor de un trasplante de riñón.”En dos días después de mi trasplante, la fu…
Learn MoreEn una primicia, científicos cultivan riñones humanizados dentro de cerdos
JUEVES, 7 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Por primera vez, un órgano humanizado sólido ha sido cultivado desde cero en un animal, un primer paso en un proceso que podría resolver la escasez de órganos y salvar innumerables vidas.Investigador…
Learn MoreImplant Can Warn Weeks Early That Transplanted Organ Will Be Rejected
FRIDAY, Sept. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Receiving an organ transplant can be a nerve-wracking, if lifesaving, affair, said Dr. Joaquin Brieva, a kidney transplant recipient.“Within two days of my transplant, my kidney function was back to normal, bu…
Learn MoreIn a First, Scientists Grow Human Kidneys Inside Pigs
THURSDAY, Sept. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For the first time ever, a solid humanized organ has been grown from scratch in an animal — a first step in a process that could potentially solve organ shortages and save countless lives.Chinese researchers…
Learn MoreIn a First, Scientists Grow Human Kidneys Inside Pigs
THURSDAY, Sept. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For the first time ever, a solid humanized organ has been grown from scratch in an animal — a first step in a process that could potentially solve organ shortages and save countless lives.Chinese researchers…
Learn MoreIn Primate Study, Antibody Treatment Prevents Organ Rejection After Transplant
THURSDAY, Aug. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new study in non-human primates shows potential for using a manmade monoclonal antibody to help prevent organ rejection after a transplant. The antibody was successful in promoting graft survival after kid…
Learn MoreGetting His Life Back: Regaining Strength After a Triple-Organ Transplant
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Valance Sams Sr. believes that he has experienced “a miracle.”Sams, now 46, underwent a triple organ transplant in the spring of 2023, making him one of fewer than 50 people in the United States to ever receiv…
Learn MoreImproved Pig-to-Human Kidney Transplants Mark a Major Advance
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Genetically engineered pig kidneys are nearing the point where they could provide a government-approved, sustainable supply of organs for sick humans awaiting a transplant, a pair of new studies argue.A lig…
Learn More‘Walking Miracles’: Born With Lungs Reversed, They Suffered Until Getting Double-Organ Transplants
TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Dennis Deer woke from surgery in utter disbelief that he was breathing normally.He’d been on supplemental oxygen for two years, and “I didn’t know what it was like not to have something on my face,” said Deer,…
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