Silas Prescod Norman, MD, clinical associate professor of nephrology and internal medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; medical adviser, American Kidney Fund. Dana J. Ufkes, Realtor, Seattle. Arthur Caplan, PhD, director, Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Langone Medical Center and School of Medicine, New York City. Anne Paschke, spokesperson, United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). … Read more
The 31-year-old father-of-two refuses to get the shot, but the hospital says it is following policy. Source link
A US man, who has become the first person in the world to receive a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig, is “doing extremely well” after the procedure, according to his son. David Bennett, 57, underwent the experimental seven-hour procedure as a “last choice”, after being deemed ineligible for a human transplant. Speaking outside the … Read more
David Bennett, 57, is doing well three days after the experimental surgery, doctors say. Source link
Surgeons at the University of Maryland in the US have successfully completed the world’s first pig to human heart transplant. Muhammad Mohiuddin, who co-founded the university’s xenotransplantation programme, said that the heart is beating very well and beyond expectations. David Bennett, 57, who received the pig heart in a seven-hour experimental operation, had been deemed … Read more
US surgeons say they have successfully transplanted the kidney of a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead human. The two-hour operation took place at the New York University Langone Health medical centre and, according to experts, is the most advanced experiment in the field so far. Lead investigator, Dr Robert Montgomery, explains the procedure. Read … Read more
Dr Maryam Khosravi, a kidney and intensive care doctor who works for the NHS in the UK, said: “Animal to human transplantation has been something that we have studied for decades now, and it’s really interesting to see this group take that step forward.” Source link
Lucy is thought to be the oldest child to receive a donor heart that did not match her blood type. Source link
Ted Warner was only expected to live for eight more years after his operation in 1990. Source link
By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Aug. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Here’s some hopeful news for those who have kidney transplants: Long-term survival rates have improved over the past three decades, a review shows. “There has been a gratifying improvement in kidney transplant survival, both for patients and the kidney graft itself, from 1996 to … Read more