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In May 2024, medical history was quietly made in a hospital in Guangzhou, China. For the first time ever, surgeons successfully transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into …

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – According to ratings by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, released Tuesday evening, choosing UF Health for a liver transplant over any other program in the country …

Duane McKay, 40, receives life-saving double transplant at UNC Hospitals after battling leukemia five years prior. In July of 2024, Christina McKay, 36, learned that her husband, Duane, 40, would …

Brett OkamotoJun 24, 2025, 05:07 pm and CloseBrett Okamoto has reported on mixed martial arts and boxing at ESPN since 2010. He has covered all of the biggest events in …

IN A NUTSHELL 🐖 The transplant of a genetically modified pig lung into a brain-dead human marks a major milestone in xenotransplantation. 🧬 Using the CRISPR genome editor, three genes …

By Leigh Farmer “Last year, I couldn’t blow my birthday candles out. This year I can,” said Ty McLain, the inaugural patient of  VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center’s new lung …

Chris Kennedy faced a life-changing decision in the fall of 2024. In 74, his lungs failed, and his options were limited. Chris' decision was difficult at first. A few years …

Antarya Akdeniz University is recognized as the institution performing the widest variety of organ transplants in the world, and is preparing to add lung transplants to medical outcomes. President Özlenen …

Treatment of preoperative opioid use in lung transplant recipients: a retrospective study The effects of preoperative opioids on lung transplant outcomes are not well established. This study included survival rates …

In the weeks leading up to her daughter's second double lung transplant, Lisa Ali of Cole Harbor, New Jersey, said she was scared of answering the phone. For more than …