Life-saving stem cell transplants have been limited by the need to perfectly match the blood types of donors and recipients, but a discovery by the Minneapolis agency that orchestrates these …
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Kidney Transplantation
Abbott Northwestern in Minneapolis stops kidney transplants
by Jeremy Olsonby Jeremy OlsonStaffing challenges prompted Allina Health to halt kidney transplants at its flagship hospital, Abbott Northwestern in Minneapolis, despite a growing need for the procedures in a society struggling with chronic …
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A patient who received a face transplant at Rochester's Mayo Clinic says he has a second chance at life.
by Jeremy Olsonby Jeremy Olson“People were always pointing fingers at me,” Derek Pfaff said Monday at the Gift of Life Transplant House in Rochester with his mother, Lisa. “I was home most of the …
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Mayo Clinic completes first paired liver donation for transplant
by Jeremy Olsonby Jeremy OlsonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In late August, Ann Warpey rang the bell to signal her departure from the recovery unit at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., after a liver …