Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Unfortunately, over 90,000 people in the US are on the waiting list for their kidneys, but we expect less than a third of those waiting for …
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Alabama woman passed a major milestone on Saturday and became the recipient of the longest lifetime of pig organ transplants. Healthy and full of energy with new kidneys for 61 …
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Kidney Transplantation
Longest living pig kidney transplant recipient: Shot
by News Sourceby News SourceTytiana, daughter of Towana Rooney (right) and Nyu Langone Health, New York; Rob Stein/npr Hide captions Toggle caption Rob Stein/npr NEW YORK – Towana Looney is waiting for check-in with …
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Liver Transplantation
UNC School of Medicine's Living Donor Liver Transplant Program is Fully Approved
The UNC School of Medicine's Living Donor Liver Transplant Program is recognized by the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) as a centre with expertise in providing living donor liver …
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Organ Donation
Abdominal fat area associated with low donor renal function before and after donation of living kidney
Assuming that the level of abdominal fat that has been decided is high, it is assumed that it is associated with a decrease in renal function. In this study, before …
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Emotional effects
Concerns, Mental Health, and Quality of Life in Living Kidney Donation–Parent Donor Candidates Worry Less about Themselves
by News Sourceby News SourceIntroduction Living kidney donation is a very complex psychological experience for donor candidates as well as recipients. On the one hand, donor candidates may feel under emotional pressure because without …
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Kidney Transplantation
Gene-edited pig kidneys give living donors a new lease on life
by News Sourceby News SourceaAn Alabama woman is free from dialysis and in better health after surgeons at NYU Langone Health performed a gene-edited pig kidney transplant last month. The surgery represents the latest …
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Photo credit: SvetaZi Living donor liver transplants are increasingly emerging to increase the number of transplant patients and reduce the demand for deceased donor transplants. Living liver transplantation (LDLT) from …
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According to the American Cancer Society, there were more than 100,000 new cases of colon cancer this year. If it spreads, it is considered metastatic colon cancer. That's what happened …