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A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after discovering that a doctor reportedly manipulated records for liver transplant candidates. “Inappropriate changes … effectively inactivated the candidates …
The second milestone transplant took place in the United States, where a pig’s kidney was put into a patient with end-stage kidney failure. The procedure had previously been performed on …
People 65 years of age and older may receive another dose of updated vaccine to protect against severe illness from COVID-19, Canada’s advisory body on immunizations said Friday. The National …
When Lucille Atlookan found out her kidneys were failing, she never expected to find a transplant match so quickly, let alone from her partner. The 2-Spirit Anishinaabe artist was diagnosed …
An Arkansas man has a new eye after being the subject of the first-ever human eye transplant in May. The eye transplant was part of a complex partial-face transplant performed …
In a medical first for the U.K., surgeons in Oxford have successfully performed a womb transplant between two sisters. The complicated procedure is a form of fertility treatment expected to …