Los Angeles – More than 660 Nevadans are in need of organ transplants, according to the Nevada Organ Network, a federally designated organ procurement organization. But with limited transplant services …
Medicine
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Liver Transplantation
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Dig into the science of how heart transplants happen, how donors are matched and find out how this complex surgery saves lives.
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The British Medical Association is a professional association and trade union for doctors and medical students in the UK. To be …
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PHILADELPHIA – Penn Medicine’s leading experts in lung and heart transplantation will gather in Prague from April 10-13 for ISHLT’s annual conference. Pennsylvania experts dig into the latest in advanced …
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Heart Transplantation
Penn State Department of Health Celebrates 40 Years in Heart Transplant Medicine
Doug Girvan is back to normal after a heart transplant. Milton S. Hershey Medical Center celebrates 40th anniversaryth On February 22, the anniversary of providing heart transplants to patients in …
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Videos
Living Organ Donation? Not so fast! | Sigrid Fry-Revere | TEDxLafayetteCollege
by News Sourceby News SourceSigrid Fry-Revere discusses the pros and cons of live organ donation and the steps that must be taken before it is a valid option …
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In Spain, organ donation occurs on an opt-out basis, which means more organs get donated than elsewhere in the EU.
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Lung Transplantation
Innovative oxygenator surgery at Northwestern Medicine gives patients hope for transplant
by Israel Ojokoby Israel OjokoIn a groundbreaking medical development, surgeons at Northwestern Medicine have introduced an innovative life-saving procedure that extends the lives of patients awaiting lung transplants. This new technology was crucial in …
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Liver Transplantation
Living Living Liver Transplant | Johns Hopkins Medicine
by News Sourceby News SourceLiver transplantation has been accepted as a life-saving treatment and standard of care for many forms of end-stage liver disease since the early 1980s. Initially, all liver transplants used livers …
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Interesting engineering ice 3D printing eliminates queues for organ transplants Carnegie Mellon researchers employ 3D ice printing to create life-like blood vessels, a breakthrough with potential for organ transplants and …