A medical team in London, Ont., has achieved a Canadian first: a groundbreaking technique that boosts the viability of donor organs. This breakthrough offers new hope for transplant patients by …
Home News Are Animal Body Parts Safe for Humans? US Man, First to Receive Pig Kidney, Dies Two Months After Transplant Rick Slayman, a 62-year-old US citizen was in the news …
Doctors in Boston have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient, the latest experiment in the quest to use animal organs in humans. Massachusetts General Hospital said Thursday that …
A B.C. woman says she can’t access the life-saving transplant she needs because she can’t prove she has enough money in her bank account. “I don’t have enough money to …
A selfless stem cell donor has flown 5,000 miles to Texas to meet the 17-year-old girl whose life he saved five years ago. Dan Lewis-Dayle, 45, from Stoke-on-Trent, shared an …
When leukaemia patient Liz Wilkinson needed a life-saving bone marrow transplant, her son and his girlfriend wanted to help. Elliott and Emily got tested but, unfortunately, neither was a suitable …
By Lauran Neergaard | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life – only the second patient …