Transplant a promising cure for COVID-19 lung injury: first Australian case
Australia’s first patient to undergo a lung transplant to treat an irreversible COVID-19-related lung injury has had a successful outcome, his doctors say. After spending…
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Aussie study illuminates the huge cardiac risk that follows kidney failure
Patients with kidney failure and comorbid insulin-treated diabetes are 65 times more likely than adults in the general population to need major cardiac surgery, research…
Surgeons almost ‘come to blows’ when retrieving organs for transplants
A transplant doctor has described how tensions can rise during organ retrievals on dead patients, with surgeons in one case coming close to fisticuffs over…
Landmark whole-eye transplant ‘a success’ despite patient’s lack of vision
US surgeons who performed the world’s first combined whole eye and partial face transplant have pronounced it a success a year on, despite the patient…
Kidney transplant performed on awake patient using epidural in ‘medical first’
Doctors have achieved what they say is a medical first, by performing a kidney transplant on a patient who was awake during the procedure. Surgeons…
First pig kidney transplant patient discharged from hospital
Rick Slayman, the first person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig, has been discharged from hospital just two weeks after his…
First pig-to-human kidney transplant performed
A 62-year-old man with end-stage renal disease has become the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig, US doctors have…
‘Excellent’ outcomes for world’s first partial heart transplant recipient
Surgeons who performed the world’s first neonatal partial heart transplant say the procedure could improve outcomes for newborns with irreparable heart valve dysfunction. The US…
Second pig heart transplant patient dies six weeks after procedure
The second patient to be transplanted with a genetically modified pig’s heart has died. Lawrence Faucette was first admitted to hospital on 14 September with…
Gene-edited pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, surgeons say
Genetically engineered pig kidneys are nearing the point where they could provide a sustainable supply of organs for transplant, a pair of new studies argue.…
