5 Facts About Being a Kidney Donor
Duke Health – More than 100,000 people in the United States are waiting for a kidney donation, according to government statistics. Being a living kidney donor is truly a gift…
Artificial Veins Could Boost Success of Organ Transplants
Zachy Hennessey via Israel21c – Bonus Biogroup has developed microscopic biodegradable tubes that run through an engineered transplant organ, supplying a steady flow of blood. Globally, there is a persistent shortage of…
Antibody Shows Promise for Preventing Organ Rejection After Transplantation
Duke Health – DURHAM, N.C. – A man-made antibody successfully prevented organ rejection when tested in primates that had undergone a kidney transplant, Duke Health researchers report. The finding clears…
World’s First Partial Heart Transplant Proves Successful in First Year
Journal of the American Medical Assocation via Duke Health – Novel procedure demonstrated valve growth & functionality in newly published study results The world’s first partial heart transplant has achieved what…
Doctors Bring Dead Donor Heart Back to Life in US First
Sally Robertson, B.Sc. via News Medical-Net – A heart transplant team at Duke University, North Carolina, has become the first in the US to reanimate the heart of a deceased…
