Pig kidney transplant patient leaves hospital
The procedure was hailed as a historic step as doctors tackle a widespread organ donor shortage. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
First-ever pig-to-human kidney transplant patient discharged from MGH
Rick Slayman, 62 of Weymouth, underwent the transplant surgery on March 16 using technology from Cambridge-based eGenesis. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 4, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Cassie McGrath Source Type: news
From blunt cardiac injury to heart transplant following motorcycle collision - Van Horn AL, Burgess JR.
Traumatic coronary artery occlusion and dissection is an exceedingly rare complication of blunt cardiac injury (BCI), though it has been previously noted in a number of case reports. However, it can also lead to heart transplant, which to our knowledge has... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Minute: What is a living donor chain?
There are more than 90,000 people on the waiting list for a kidney transplant in the U.S. Unfortunately, the demand for kidneys exceeds the supply. However, so-called living donor chains are giving hope to those in need of vital organs. Dr. Shennen Mao, a Mayo Clinic transplant surgeon, explains how donor chains work. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute https://youtu.be/SYiSlZw-L1g Journalis ts: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1:07) is in the downloads at the end of the post. Please courtesy:… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 3, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
At 87, this Markham man is the world's oldest kidney transplant recipient
A Markham man was recently awarded the Guinness World Record for being the oldest man to receive a kidney transplant. Walter Tauro was 87 years old when he underwent the surgery last year and told CBC’s Talia Ricci he feels like he has a second chance at life. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I had the world’s largest kidneys removed - now I'm scared I’ll die without a donor
Warren Higgs had the world's largest kidneys removed in 2021, but now worries he will die while waiting for a transplant (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing
A racially biased test delayed Black patients from getting a kidney transplant and now more than 14,000 are part of a move to make amends (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic, Terasaki Institute launch collaboration for transplant innovation
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mayo Clinic and Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation announced today a research collaboration centered on improving organ transplant outcomes. Beginning in April, Mayo Clinic biomedical researchers and Terasaki Institute scientists will work together on two core areas: real-time monitori ng of donated organ health from procurement to transplant surgery and developing predictive technologies to determine which transplant recipients have a higher likelihood of rejection. That will be done by creating prognostic signatures and… (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - April 1, 2024 Category: Research Source Type: news
Man receives life-saving transplant after seeing story
Dr. Gary Gibbon was battling lung cancer when he saw an NBC News story on experimental transplants being carried out at Northwestern Medicine. A year later, he credits it with saving his life.#garygibbon #northwesternmedicine (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why Do So Many Doctors Embrace Superstitions and Rituals? Why Do So Many Doctors Embrace Superstitions and Rituals?
Medical professionals who used science to do their jobs also relied on decidedly unscientific methods to get themselves ready to perform.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - March 29, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
News at a glance: Domestic U.S. postdocs, edited pig organs, and the Milky Way ’s central black hole
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South Korea joins Horizon Europe
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (center) and EU leaders announced a research funding deal.
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South Korea will participate in the €95.5 billion ($104 billion) Horizon Europe R&D program, the first East Asian country to do so, the European Commission announced last week. South Korean scientists will compete for grants on an equal footing with their European counterparts; in return, South Korea will contribute an as-yet-undisclosed amount to the 7-year program, which expires in 20...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 28, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Doctor Gets First U.S. Lung-Liver Transplant for Advanced Lung Cancer
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 -- Dr. Gary Gibbon didn’t have long to live.
A harsh cocktail of chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy for his advanced lung cancer had permanently destroyed his lungs and caused irreparable damage to his... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 28, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
InnovationRx: Base Editing Pioneer Nicole Gaudelli Joins GV
Plus: eGenesis, the startup behind the first pig-human kidney transplant, is targeting hearts and livers next. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - March 27, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Katie Jennings, Forbes Staff Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Science /science Editors' Pick editors-pick Newsletter No Paywall no-paywall premium Source Type: news
How Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Progresses in Adults
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common form of genetic heart disease worldwide. Researchers have estimated that up to 1 in 200 people have the condition, which is characterized by an abnormal thickening of the walls of the heart. This thickening can make it difficult for the heart to pump blood.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can be a deadly disease, and there was a time when it was largely untreatable. But the last 20 years have witnessed a sea change in the condition’s management—a change that has led to an estimated 10-fold decrease in deaths.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Black Men Less Likely to Receive Heart Transplants Than White Men or Women
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 -- The odds in the United States that a well-functioning donor heart will go to a Black man are lower than for white transplant candidates of either gender, new research shows.
The news is troubling, since " Black patients... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 27, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
