54 h. ago Surgeons behind landmark womb transplant rule out operation for trans patients

Grace Davidson, 36, and husband Angus, 37, welcomed Amy Isabel into the world earlier this year after the UK's first successful womb transplant.

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63 h. ago Transplant patients mark 10 years of pioneering surgery with non

A group of 20 heart transplant recipients returned to the hospital where they underwent the life-saving operation.

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5 d. ago Emotional moment woman meets transplant patient who received her twin sister’s hands

Watch the moment Deborah Gosling met Corinne Hutton - the transplant patient who received her twin sister’s hands.

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1 week ago Emotional moment woman holds the hands of her twin sister five years after she died as she meets the woman who received life

When transplant patient Corinne Hutton met the sister of the donor who changed her life, their shared handshake said it all.

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2 w. ago A patient finally got off the organ transplant list. A month later, they died of rabies

Michigan health officials say there is ‘no threat’ to the public after the first human case of the disease in the state in more than 15 years

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2 w. ago Surgeons transplant genetically modified pig liver into Chinese patient

Organ appears to function for 10 days, raising prospect of short-term use for those on transplant listA genetically modified pig liver that was transplanted into a brain-dead patient appeared to function successfully inside their body for 10 days, according to the scientists who performed the groundbreaking procedure.The surgery, at a Chinese hospital last year, is thought to mark the first time a pig liver has been transplanted into a human. It raises the prospect of pig livers serving as a “bridging organ” for patients on the waiting list for a transplant or to support liver function while their own organ regenerates. Continue reading...

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