Spain achieves the world’s first face transplant with a donor who was euthanised
A hospital in Spain has achieved a significant medical breakthrough by performing the world’s first face transplant using…
Poop pills could help cancer patients respond to immunotherapy while reducing toxic side effects
Fecal microbiota transplants (FMT), can dramatically improve cancer treatment, suggest two groundbreaking studies published in the prestigious Nature…
‘Thriving’ three year old facing second life-changing transplant
Etta Cartmill has spent much of her young life in hospital, fighting to survive. The toddler and her…
Scientists discover why pig kidneys were being rejected by transplant patients
Transplanting gene-edited pig kidneys into humans has been hailed as a pioneering procedure and a way to help…
I was afraid of needles and hospitals. Then I donated my kidney to save my dad’s life — this is what it was like
This article is based on a conversation with Hailey Price. It has been condensed and edited for clarity…
Texas cyclists ride from Plainview to Lubbock to raise lifesaving donation awareness
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – A group of Texas cyclists rode from Plainview to Lubbock Monday, raising awareness about…
Pioneering technology enables scalable production of human kidney organoids
A research team led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and collaborating with the Biomedical Research…
Emergency Butterfly Wing Transplant Is a Success Watched by Millions on Social Media
 Sweetbriar Nature Center – via Storyful With a pioneering procedure, a nature center in New York made…
Newborn genomic screening may detect hundreds of additional childhood conditions
Adding genomic sequencing to newborn blood screening would detect hundreds of additional childhood conditions, providing much earlier diagnosis…
Association of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) with cardiovascular disease and mortality in patients with treated kidney failure | BMC Nephrology
Mallett A, Patel C, Salisbury A, Wang Z, Healy H, Hoy W. The prevalence and epidemiology of genetic…
‘She needed a double lung transplant – survival was a long shot’
One snowy night 20 years ago, a bleeper Sarah Gascoyne had been carrying for months suddenly went off.…
First FDA-approved islet transplant at UI Health ends insulin dependence
Doctors at UI Health performed the first islet transplant with Lantidra, the only therapy approved by the U.S.…