First Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant: Genetically Modified Animal Organs Could One Day End Donor Organ Waiting Lists
University of California San Diego Health via Newswise – The first pig-to-human heart transplant, reported yesterday in the New York Times, is a watershed moment in medicine…
Novel Transplant Technique Revives Donor Hearts That Had Stopped Beating
Vanderbilt University Medical Center via Newswise – In the first such procedures in Tennessee, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has successfully used technology to bring two…
Robotic Heart to Replace Human Transplants on the Horizon
Dr. Liji Thomas, MD via News-Medical Net – Scientists are working to end the need for human heart transplants by 2028. A team of researchers…
Massachusetts Surgeons Perform First-of-Its-Kind Heart Transplant in New England
Massachusetts General Hospital via News-Medical Net – A team of surgeons and specialists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is announcing an achievement in transplant surgery…