Ex-NBA player Nate Robinson has successful kidney transplant
Ex-NBA guard Nate Robinson had a successful kidney transplant Friday at the University of Washington Medical Center in ...
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FDA approves pig organ transplant trials for patients with kidney failure
The Food and Drug Administration has given two biotechnology companies approval for clinical trials that will transplant organs from genetically modified pigs into patients with kidney failure ...
USA Today4d
She's a medical miracle. Could her animal transplant success be just the beginning?
Because Looney had donated a kidney to her mother in 1999, she was at the top of the transplant list when she needed one herself about eight years ago. She waited and hoped for a human donor ...
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How a father gave his kidney to a stranger to save his wife in incredible three-way donor swap
James Collins donated a kidney to help save his wife. But his kidney didn’t go to her – instead, the pair were involved in a three-way organ swap involving six patients, three hospitals and ...
The New York Times4d
F.D.A. Approves Studies of Pig Organ Transplants for Kidney Patients
The research offers hope to tens of thousands of patients with kidney failure who are on a long waiting list for an organ transplant. By Roni Caryn Rabin The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine4d
Comprehensive Transplant Center
Harold Baines, MLB Hall of Famer, has a genetic condition called amyloidosis which is a rare disease characterized by a buildup of abnormal amyloid deposits in the body. As a result, he needed both a ...