organ transplant

A team of surgeons at NYU Langone successfully transplanted genetically engineered pig hearts into two patients who were recently declared deceased from brain death.

Surgical

Developments

Another step forward in xenotransplants.

Doctors Transplant Beating Pig Hearts Into Dead Human Bodies

A man who successfully lived for two months after having his failing heart replaced with a genetically altered one from a pig, may have suffered from a virus pigs are known to carry, The New York Times reports.

Human Pig Virus

"Something happened. He looked sick. He lost his attention."

Scientists Reveal Why Man Died After Receiving Pig Heart Transplant

For the first time ever, a team of US surgeons have transplanted a genetically modified pig heart into a living human — a huge milestone.

Pig Hearts

Genetics

"It was either die or do this transplant."

Doctors Transplant Gene-Hacked Pig Heart Into Living Human Patient

The researchers discovered that there was a positive correlation between the sale of alcohol with the number of patients on liver transplant waiting lists.

One for the Road

The number of people on liver transplant waiting lists was 50 percent higher than predicted. 

We Drank So Much During the Pandemic that Liver Transplants Spiked

Healthcare provider UCHealth won't give kidney transplants to patients not vaccinated against COVID-19 because they're less likely to survive the disease.

Off the List

Rx/Medicines

It doesn't want the organs to go to waste.

Hospital Says It Won't Do Organ Transplants on Unvaccinated People

In a new study, doctors managed to grow functional, miniature human livers out of stem cells and tested them in living rats.

Liver Farm

Studies

"You can make a whole organ that can be functional from one cell of the skin."

Scientists Grow Mini Human Livers, Transplant Them Into Rats

3D Bioprinting

Breakthroughs

Can 3D printing technology really make donor organs obsolete?

This Biotech Company Claims to Have 3D Printed a Mini Human Heart

The organ shortage could get worse with the advent of self-driving cars, but advances in xenotransplantation could make up the difference and then some.

Life Savers

"It’s no longer a question of if. It’s just a question of when."

The Organ Shortage Will Soon Get Worse. Animal Organs Could Help.

A newly published analysis of 445 Chinese transplant studies reveals a startling lack of information on the source of the organs.

Organ Grinder

Prisoners may have been "killed for the purpose of organ acquisition."

Study Accuses China of Likely Stealing Organs From Prisoners

Researchers have successfully transplanted pig hearts into baboons, keeping four of the animals alive for more than 90 days.

Guinea Pigs

Four of the animals survived for at least 90 days.

Baboons With Pig Hearts Bring Us Closer to Human-Pig Transplants

A small practical improvement could make a world of difference.

Growing New Veins Could Make Life Better for People on Dialysis

Only 0.01 percent of human cells were used, but it paves the way for future experiments to combine species.

Scientists Announce New Animal-Human Hybrid Experiment — This Time With Sheep