'Walking miracles': Born with lungs reversed, they suffered until getting double-organ transplants
Dennis Deer woke from surgery in utter disbelief that he was breathing normally.
Aug 8, 2023
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Dennis Deer woke from surgery in utter disbelief that he was breathing normally.
Aug 8, 2023
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Every now and then the trade in human organs makes national, even international, news.
Jun 28, 2023
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Medical science has made tremendous advancements over the past 70 years. One of these is the transplant of human organs from one person to another. The first transplant—a kidney—was in the US in 1954.
Jun 23, 2023
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Sourcing human tissue samples for biological investigations isn't always easy. While they are ethically obtained through organ donation or from tissue that's removed during surgical procedures, scientists are finding them ...
Apr 27, 2023
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April is National Donate Life Month. This annual observation raises awareness about donation, encourages people to register as donors and honors those who have saved lives through the gift of donation.
Apr 6, 2023
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All too often, people waiting for lifesaving organ transplants cannot get them. One of the biggest challenges is the lack of viable donated organs. Promising medical advances are opening the doors to more transplants and ...
Apr 5, 2023
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The Biden administration said Wednesday it will attempt to break up the network that runs the nation's organ transplant system as part of a broader modernization effort.
Mar 22, 2023
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Intensive research is being carried out to enable the transplantation of organs from specially bred pigs to humans. However, the pig genome contains the genomes of various endogenous retroviruses (PERV-A, B and C) that could ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Massachusetts legislators have proposed a bill that would allow prison inmates to donate their organs or bone marrow as a way to trim the length of their sentence.
Feb 9, 2023
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The number of organ donations and organ transplants goes up markedly during large motorcycle rallies, according to a newly published analysis led by researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Nov 28, 2022
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