November 24, 2021

Heart transplant, cancer survivor shares secret springboards behind her resilience

Julie Hutchinson’s second life started 27 years ago. Each of those years, the 58-year-old Riverside resident has celebrated her heart transplant anniversary with loved ones. “We call it my ‘anna-birthday’ since

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November 17, 2021

What the successful test of a pig-to-human kidney transplant means

Surgeons in New York City successfully attached a pig kidney to a human patient and watched the pinkish organ function normally for 54 hours. While such procedures have been done

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November 10, 2021

Mother bumped from Geisinger’s transplant list for refusing COVID vaccination | News

Sherry Breen has waited nearly seven years to get to the top of Geisinger's kidney transplant list but her refusal to get a COVID-19 vaccination may keep her from getting

November 10, 2021

CANADA: Hospital carries out world’s first drone-delivered lung transplant (VIDEO)

A Canadian hospital has carried out the world’s first ever lung transplant where the organ was delivered by a drone. The unmanned aircraft flew the lungs on a six-minute journey from

November 10, 2021

University of Chicago Medicine’s heart transplant program named highest-performing in U.S. (VIDEO)

CHICAGO — The University of Chicago Medicine’s heart transplant program has been named the high-performing in the U.S. Only 14 of 143 heart transplant programs in the U.S. earned a five-star

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November 10, 2021

Tampa General Hospital, USF Health Surgeons Perform 700th Adult Lung Transplant, Marking a Milestone for the Academic Medical Center

In close collaboration with the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, the lung transplant program at Tampa General Hospital is one of only 20 programs out of 53 transplant centers

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October 23, 2021

Surgeons tested a pig kidney transplant in a human patient — and for the first time, it worked (VIDEO)

A pig's kidney has been transplanted into a human and was not immediately rejected for the first time. The medical advancement, called a "transformative moment" by researchers, could pave the

October 23, 2021

Dell Children’s takes cases no one else will take in first year of heart transplants

Jayson Stulsas waited for a new heart for 20 months. The 16-year-old was born with an underdeveloped left ventricle. He had three heart surgeries to improve his heart, but in July

October 20, 2021

Florida Hospitals Fight New State Rules On Transplants, Pediatric Cardiac Services

Some of Florida’s largest health care systems and children’s hospitals are challenging two proposed state rules, alleging that facilities could get shut out of the market and quality of care

October 16, 2021

Brooklyn Heights teen has 1st heart transplant at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone (VIDEO)

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A teen from Brooklyn Heights underwent the first heart transplant ever performed at Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone. Maz Zisan, 18, was diagnosed with end-stage heart

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