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Doctors said the 58-year-old patient wasn’t eligible for a traditional heart transplant. While the next few weeks will be critical, doctors were thrilled at his early response to the genetically modified pig organ.
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The genetically modified kidney worked properly the first month before showing subtle signs that rejection was forming. But doctors say the kidney's function bounced back with simple medication changes.
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In a step toward animal-human transplants, researchers plan to track the organ's performance for a second month.
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Congress has approved legislation that would allow HHS to expand competition for contracts related to the network that matches donor organs with patients waiting for transplants.
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Donation after circulatory death, a method long used to recover other organs but not more fragile hearts, could allow possibly thousands more patients a chance at a lifesaving transplant — expanding the number of donor hearts by 30%.
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According to the hospital, a healthy person donates part of the liver to a patient with a poorly functioning liver. The rest of the donor’s liver will regrow close to full size and capacity a few months after surgery.
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The procedures are being developed because the demand for human organs for clinical transplantation far exceeds the supply. Also, a look at a research trial of a brain hemorrhage treatment.
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Amber Morgan and Tom Johnson met for the first time Saturday, four years after he received a heart transplanted from the body of Andreona Williams, who was 20 when she died from asthma complications.
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The war has hammered Ukraine's health care budget, leaving some patients without access to care. U.S. hospitals are helping to fill the gap.
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Evusheld, which the FDA approved for emergency use, offers about six months of protection if administered before a patient is exposed to the virus, Gov. Ron DeSantis says.