Latest Organ transplants News
Kidney transplants are safe between people with HIV, new US study shows
People with HIV can safely receive donated kidneys from deceased donors with the virus, according to a large study that comes as the U.S. government moves to expand the practice. That could shorten the wait for organs for all, regardless of HIV status. The new study, published...
Ex-NBA player, 'Survivor' contestant Scot Pollard makes contact with heart donor's family
One of the first things that former NBA player and “Survivor” contestant Scot Pollard made sure to do after receiving a heart transplant was to write down his feelings when they were fresh, in the hopes that he would someday share them with the donor’s family. “We want you to...
Jeanine Tesori becomes first woman composer to open Met Opera season with reworked `Grounded'
NEW YORK (AP) — Jeanine Tesori watched the world premiere run of her “Grounded” with director Michael Mayer last fall at the Kennedy Center and noticed audience fidgeting. “It didn’t need a transplant of a liver, but what it needed was maybe just a different approach,”...
Donating a kidney is even safer now than long thought, US study shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday. The study tracked 30 years of living kidney donation and found that by 2022, fewer than 1 of every 10,000...
Man with a bloody head arrested after refusing to exit a plane at Miami airport, police say
MIAMI (AP) — A Las Vegas couple was removed from a plane and arrested at Miami International Airport after other passengers complained about the man's bleeding head following a hair transplant surgery, the couple said. The 27-year-old man and 32-year-old woman had already boarded...
Meet some of the world's cleanest pigs, raised to grow kidneys and hearts for humans
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Wide-eyed piglets rushing to check out the visitors to their unusual barn just might represent the future of organ transplantation – and there’s no rolling around in the mud here. The first gene-edited pig organs ever transplanted into people came from...
Pig transplant research yields a surprise: Bacon safe for some people allergic to red meat
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Some people who develop a weird and terrifying allergy to red meat after a bite from a lone star tick can still eat pork from a surprising source: Genetically modified pigs created for organ transplant research. Don't look for it in grocery stores. The...
