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Brain-dead woman's organs save four lives
A 60-year-old woman, who was declared brain dead after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage, gave n…
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Three out of four harvested organs in the southern Indian city of Chennai went to foreigners
It is no secret that India’s healthcare sector is desperately shoddy, at least for those who lack…
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A Colorado woman couldn't get a kidney transplant because she refused a COVID-19 vaccine - a policy at many hospitals
Transplant centers commonly prioritize patients who are more likely to survive after surgery. Vacci…
Aria Bendix
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A wounded soldier has received the world's first full penis and scrotum transplant
The scientists behind the work have been preparing for this type of transplant for approximately fi…
Kevin Loria
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Apple CEO Tim Cook says a new iPhone feature was inspired by Steve Jobs
Apple is quietly building a strong stable of health technologies. Earlier this year, analyst Tim Ba…
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This entrepreneur wants to fix the transplant shortage by recycling human organs
Rothblatt wasn't starting entirely from scratch, of course. In fact, she's had a history of creatin…
Tanya Lewis
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A baboon lived for over two years with a transplanted pig heart - and humans could be next
Perhaps the biggest challenge was getting the host body to accept a new organ from a different spec…
Sean Kane
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The world's largest pork producer is exploring ways to grow human organs from pig parts
While Smithfield is one of the largest companies venturing into pig-human transplants, it's not alo…
Leanna Garfield
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Scientists Print 3D Object Using Stem Cells For The First Time
"This is a scientific development which we hope and believe will have immense valuable long-term im…
Agence France Presse
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Surgeons attached a pig kidney to a human in a major breakthrough for organ transplantation
New York surgeons attached a genetically-engineered pig kidney to a human body in a groundbreaking …
Gabby Landsverk
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The first uterus transplant in the US has failed
Besides the typical risks of an infection, there's the risk that the anti-rejection drugs the mothe…
Tanya Lewis
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A 'revolutionary' eye implant made of pigskin restored sight in 14 blind people
Researchers used pig tissue to create a material to thicken and protect the cornea, restoring visio…
Gabby Landsverk
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This incredible animation shows how surgeons pulled off the most complex facial transplant ever
The surgery took a total of 26 hours and involved more than 100 people. The team had repeatedly reh…
Rebecca Harrington
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Doctors just performed the first uterus transplant in the US
Besides the typical risks of an infection, there's the risk that the anti-rejection drugs the mothe…
Tanya Lewis
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Penis transplants are coming
According to The New York Times, doctors at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore will perform the …
Tanya Lewis
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The first uterus transplant in the US failed because of a common infection
"Preliminary results suggest that the complication was due to an infection caused by an organism th…
Lydia Ramsey,Tanya Lewis
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Here's why an economist thinks we should consider paying people to give up their body parts
And there exist solutions to at least some of the moral problems. For example: A third party, like …
Rafi Letzter
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GOP Reps. Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene were the only 'no' votes on a bill reauthorizing the National Marrow Donor Program
The program matches bone marrow donors with patients who have leukemia or other blood diseases. The…