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He was part of the NHS Waiting to Live campaign, which highlighted the hundreds of children waiting for a transplant. His mother, Katie, told BBC London: "By saying yes to organ donation ...

Figure 1: a, Schedule of DMN administrations and HGF–HVJ liposome or PBS injections. Figure 3: a–c, Liver sections of rats after DMN administration. Sprague–Dawley rats 4–5 weeks old and ...

Researchers hope pig kidneys might one day help ease a dire shortage of transplantable organs. (AP video/Shelby Lum) Pig kidney recipient Towana Looney stands with transplant surgeons Dr. Jayme Locke, ...

on Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum) Dr. Silke Niederhaus does rounds at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md., on May 13, 2024, where she is a transplant surgeon. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum) Carl ...

Her doctor in Alabama, Jayme Locke, told her about the experimental transplant procedure and started to ask her if she was interested. "I didn't let her get it all the way out of her mouth and I ...

An Alabama woman has become the third person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig, her doctors announced Tuesday. Towana Looney, 53, is off of kidney dialysis after ...

Using neural stem cells could help treat spinal injuries once thought to be untreatable -- a new phase 1 trial has determined this approach is safe. A Phase I clinical trial led by researchers at ...

Towana Looney of Alabama was able to leave the hospital 11 days after a undergoing seven-hour transplant operation. Her medical team is cautiously optimistic that she will thrive with the new ...

In what sounds like an excellent premise for a horror film, scientists have claimed that transplant patients could gain more than just a new organ. Researchers have been investigating after a number ...

Additionally, an organ transplant may cause genes that control traits to change and express themselves differently. The researchers in the 2024 review wrote: 'Emerging evidence suggests that heart ...

We've yet to discover a clear mechanism that can explain how and why transplant patients report having new memories or personality changes following surgery, but the physical and emotional toll of ...