A U.S. House of Representatives oversight panel has sharply criticized the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) following the release of a report revealing serious shortcomings in the country’s organ…
Sixty-six-year-old Tim Andrews, a resident of New Hampshire, is the fourth patient worldwide to undergo a pig kidney transplantation. As reported recently in a Mass General News Release, Tim is…
The process of an organ transplant is a long one, and I'm not just talking about the procedure itself. For many patients, the majority of the time is spent waiting…
A recent article shared the story of a woman diagnosed with cystinuria whose life was saved after her younger brother donated one of his kidneys. Cystinuria Cystinuria is a rare…
According to a recent article at Medical XPress, the number of intensive care units around the world overwhelmed by critically ill patients suffering from COVID-19 leaves organ transplant patients with…
Background Novartis ended all of their gene therapy programs which were oncology related in 2016. Unfortunately, that meant an end to many programs that still had potential. This included cell…
Organ donation is an intensive process to go through. It takes a ton of time to find a match, and even after the donation has taken place, recipients run a…
If you’ve ever known someone waiting for an organ transplant, then you know what it’s like. They walk around with a beeper like a high school senior waits by the…
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