Phil Tragen/The Christie/PA Media Bianca Perea said she is “so grateful” to the family who agreed to donate their loved one’s liver The first patient in the UK with advanced bowel cancer to receive a liver transplant after the disease spread to it has said she had been given “a second chance at life”. Bianca … Read more
A kidney transplant was carried out successfully between the spouses of two unrelated donors at the Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital in Siruvachur, Perambalur district, recently. According to an official statement from the hospital on Saturday, the procedure involved two married couples, with husbands aged 41 and 40, both suffering from end-stage renal disease … Read more
Zachary Bradford had a liver transplant when he was 22 months old but it failed If Zachary Bradford does not receive a small bowel and liver transplant within the next few weeks, the tiny two-year-old could die. That is the reality his parents are living with as they do everything they can to maximise his … Read more
A US military veteran who received the world’s first whole-eye transplant has made significant progress a year later and has been able to resume his normal life, researchers say. Aaron James, 46, also received a rare partial-face transplant. He lost most of his face in an accident in 2021 while working as a high-voltage utility … Read more
The US hospital which carried out the operation said Rick Slayman’s death was not a result of the transplant. Source link
Tanya Shepherd has received pioneering blood treatment to prevent her body rejecting her new hands. Source link
The procedure was hailed as a historic step as doctors tackle a widespread organ donor shortage. Source link
Surgeons say using animals for organ donation could cut waiting lists and save lives. Source link
Alex, who will compete in events including the giant slalom, started skiing when he was four, just one year after his transplant. Even being able to take to the slopes at all was more than parents Julie and Howard could have imagined following his birth. At three days old he was transferred to Alder Hey … Read more
Georgie Cooper says: “It was amazing to feel the air in my lungs after my transplant.” Source link