LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 10, 2025) — Kentucky has one of the nation’s highest burdens of chronic lung disease, a challenge intensified by smoking prevalence, occupational exposures and limited access to …
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Lung Transplantation
‘Behind the Blue’: Edward Cantu on expanding lung transplant care in Kentucky
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Medical school interviews are thought to be daunting, challenging and difficult, but they shouldn’t be! In this video, I talk about all …
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Lung Transplantation
‘Definitely a miracle’: Puerto Rican woman receives rare heart-lung transplant in Florida
by News Sourceby News Source‘Definitely a miracle’: Puerto Rican woman receives rare heart-lung transplant in Florida ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 27, 2025 — For Ivelese Nieves, what began as a honeymoon trip to Bogotá, Colombia, …
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Dialysis
Could unregulated use of alternative medicines be causing kidney disease in Telangana?
by News Sourceby News SourceAcross Telangana, doctors are battling a problem that is becoming increasingly common: kidney failure. These patients are young, many are the breadwinners of their families, and most do not have …
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Kidney Transplantation
Risk-Based Criteria May Improve Equity and Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Wait-Listing
by News Sourceby News SourceA move toward using kidney failure risk, rather than a single measurement of kidney function, may help improve patient outcomes and reduce racial disparities in access to kidney transplantation, according …
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Heart Transplantation
Daily Dose – A Heart Transplant, a Missed Event — and a Full-Circle Reunion at Atrium Health
by News Sourceby News SourceWhen Anthony Guacci walked into Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center last fall, he had no idea how close he was to the end — or to a new beginning. After weeks …
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Liver Transplantation
Scientists keep a human alive with a genetically engineered pig liver
by News Sourceby News SourceA recent study in the Journal of Hepatology describes the first successful auxiliary liver xenotransplant from a genetically engineered pig into a living human. The recipient survived for 171 days, …
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Videos
You Will Own Nothing And You Will Be Happy – Organ Donation Law Change Ireland
by News Sourceby News SourceIn this video we will be reviewing the contents of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and …
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Organ Donation
House Approves Costa Measure to Improve Transparency and Safety in Organ Transplant System
by News Sourceby News SourceWASHINGTON – In a bipartisan vote this week, the House passed legislation containing Congressman Jim Costa’s (CA-21) Permanent OPTN Fee Authority Acta key reform designed to improve safety, transparency, and reliability for …