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Surgeons have successfully implanted a titanium artificial heart, powered by the same “magnetic levitation” technology used to make high-speed trains, into a patient's chest. Its developers hope that the device …

Texas Heart Institute (THI) Vivacol®Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, a clinical-stage medical device company, today announced that the BiVACOR total artificial heart (TAH) has been …

1 Introduction Liver transplantation (LT) remains the only curative treatment for patients with end-stage liver disease. There is a global shortage of suitable organs, rising waitlist mortality, and growing demand …

Nature First human pig kidney transplant: what it means for the future Surgeons in Massachusetts perform the world's first genetically modified pig kidney transplant in a living human. Boston, …March …

news March 20, 2024 Fixes March 21, 2024 Fixes March 24, 2024 Fixes March 25, 2024 Pig organs could potentially provide a temporary detox for people whose livers need time …

Doctors conduct first human clinical trial to grow new livers inside patients This breakthrough approach offers a solution to the challenges posed by severe …

A new world first in the field of human heart transplant surgery has taken place after a donor heart was successfully transported across the Atlantic Ocean on a long-haul commercial …

Doctors have successfully transplanted a gene-edited pig kidney into a living human for the first time. Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital removed the kidney and transplanted it into a 62-year-old …

David Ayares, Revivicor’s president and chief scientific officer, holds a piglet raised for research on his farm in Montgomery County, Virginia. NPR’s Scott P. Yates hide caption toggle caption NPR’s …

The recent transplantation of pig hearts into humans is not a cause for celebration. It is a tragedy that casts a shadow over the existing and real strategies we have …