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CNN's Victor Blackwell talks to Jazmin Evans who was kept off the transplant list for years. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - April 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Racial segregation hurts access to kidney transplants, study suggests
The disparities were greatest when Black residents of the most segregated neighborhoods and White residents of the least segregated areas were compared. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Blakemore Source Type: news
Could cloned pigs solve the human organ shortage?
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with bioethicist and professor at Lehigh University, Michael Gusmano, about the ethics of using cloned, genetically modified pigs for human organ transplants. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jonaki Mehta Source Type: news
First-Ever Porcine Kidney Transplant Patient Discharged First-Ever Porcine Kidney Transplant Patient Discharged
An early rejection required treatment, but the patient in the groundbreaking case is reported to be " doing fine " ; longer-term outcomes are being watched.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Source Type: news
Transplant Recipients: Consider Skin Cancer, Infection Risks Transplant Recipients: Consider Skin Cancer, Infection Risks
Recent research sheds light on varying skin cancer risk, and a predictive tool offers guidance on screening in solid organ transplant recipients.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dermatology Source Type: news
First pig kidney transplant patient goes home
Two weeks ago, surgeons from Massachusetts General Hospital for the first time ever transplanted a kidney from a specially genetically modified pig into a living kidney-failure patient, Rick Slayman. Researchers had earlier tested the safety and efficacy of modified pig kidneys in brain-dead…#rickslayman #egenesis #newyorkuniversity #arthurcaplan #cambridgeuniversity #roycalne #reasoncom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Boston man, 62, and the first living patient with transplanted pig kidney is discharged from hospital and 'recovering well' - and says he has the 'cleanest bill of health' he's had in years
The first patient to receive an organ transplant from a genetically modified pig, Richard Slayman, 62 [shown] has fared so well that he has been discharged from the hospital. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Man who received pig kidney transplant leaves hospital, feels great
Richard Slayman, the first living person to receive a genetically edited kidney from a pig, has been discharged from hospital and is “recovering well,” doctors from the Massachusetts General Hospital said. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jennifer Hassan Source Type: news
Man with gene-edited pig kidney transplant discharged from hospital
Rick Slayman, the man who received the world ' s transplanted genetically edited pig kidney at Massachusetts General Hospital, is home Thursday after being discharged Wednesday. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
First Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Discharged From Hospital
THURSDAY, April 4, 2024 -- Rick Slayman, the first person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig, headed home Wednesday after faring so well that he was released from the hospital just two weeks after his groundbreaking... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 4, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
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
Patient With Transplanted Pig Kidney Leaves Hospital for Home
Richard Slayman, 62, is the first patient to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig. Two weeks after the procedure, he was well enough to be discharged, doctors said. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin Tags: your-feed-science Kidneys Genetic Engineering Pigs Immune System Transplants Black People Dialysis Surgery and Surgeons Urine 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
Digital database of organ donors on cards for smooth transplants
The register will serve as a single platform with Aadhaar authenticated data for all donors and patients waiting for organ transplant to ensure in-time and transparent organ donation in the country while doing away with the middlemen. India has 0.14 million potential donors who have voluntarily pledged their organs and the government aims to have 10 million prospective donors by the end of 2024 under the Angdaan Mahotsav, which started in July 2023. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - April 3, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals 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
