December 6, 2021

Community hosts bone marrow registry drive to help save Atlanta boy’s life | News (VIDEO)

COBB COUNTY, Ga. (CBS46) – A few minutes of your time could potentially save the life of 10-year-old Carter Soriano of Atlanta or someone like him. That’s the message at Truist

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Pediatric Transplant

December 6, 2021

Fecal Transplant Restores Youth to Old Mice

Learning a new language or how to play a musical instrument becomes more difficult with age, as does remembering where the car keys are. These drops in learning and memory

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Pediatric Transplant

November 24, 2021

South Florida teen first in state to get implantable pediatric heart device

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – According to the American Heart Association, about 1% of all newborn infants will have some type of structural heart defect that can ultimately lead to heart failure. Now,

November 24, 2021

FDA Approves First Treatment for Common Type of Post-Transplant Infection that is Resistant to Other Drugs

For Immediate Release: November 23, 2021 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Livtencity (maribavir) as the first drug for treating adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age

November 24, 2021

INDIA: Aster MIMS Calicut Offers Free Liver Transplant Surgeries to Children

Addressing a media conference, Aster MIMS CEO Farhan Yassin said that the six surgeries, which cost approximately Rs 1.25 crores, were offered with the support of Aster DM Foundation, MIMS

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Pediatric Transplant

World

November 24, 2021

INDIA: 11 children from Philippines get new lease of life after liver transplant- The New Indian Express

By PTI NEW DELHI: Eleven children from the Philippines, who were suffering from chronic liver diseases, received a new lease of life after undergoing transplant surgeries at a leading private

November 17, 2021

UK: British surgeons in children’s heart transplant breakthrough

NHS doctors have reportedly become the first in the world to complete heart transplants in children using organs brought back to life by a ground-breaking machine. Donated hearts have historically come

November 10, 2021

From Costa Rica to Stanford: Pediatric liver transplant surgeon shares his story

These days, Carlos Esquivel, MD, PhD, is best known as one of the top pediatric liver transplant surgeons. But just a few decades ago, he worked as a generalist physician in

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Lung Transplants

Pediatric Transplant

October 26, 2021

World s Youngest Recipient Successfully Undergoes Complex Bilateral Lung Transplant

The patient was diagnosed with Bronchopulmoary dysplasia and was put on ventilator from birth as his oxygen saturation was extremely low. MGM Healthcare, a multi-specialty quaternary care hospital in Chennai, announced

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Legislation

Pediatric Transplant

October 26, 2021

Legislation would prevent organ transplant denial based on recipient’s disability

Health care providers would not be able to deny organ transplants based on a recipient’s disability under a bill expected it to make it through a state Senate Committee this

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