organ transplants

  1. Jan

    Pig hearts transplanted into dead people on ventilators

    Pig hearts transplanted into dead people on ventilators Surgeons at the New York University's (NYU's) Langone Health medical centre have transplanted genetically modified pig hearts into two recently deceased people. The two animal-to-human transplants, referred to as xenotransplants, were...
    • Jan
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    • alex reyentovich nader moazami new york university (nyu) organ transplants xenotransplant
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  3. Jan

    Scientists working on making donor lungs universal

    Breakthrough for lung transplants Researchers at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute have developed a way of solving a significant issue surrounding donor organs — matching blood types. The researchers successfully converted lungs from a type A donor into type O by removing the...
    • Jan
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    • cypel lab marcelo cypel organ transplants university of toronto
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Pig kidneys transplanted to human

    Pig kidneys transplanted to human Surgeons from the University of Alabama (UAB) at Birmingham have successfully transplanted genetically-altered pig kidneys into a human. As published in the American Journal of Transplantation, the operation saw the kidneys transferred to the abdomen of a...
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