transplant surgery Archives

Organ donors saved my life. Now I’m looking for a special person who can help me become a mom

This First Person column is the experience of Shilpa Raju, who lives in Etobicoke, Ont. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. I was lying …

Patients in China and the US have received pig organ transplants, opening an ethical can of worms

by Ron Morgan

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 …