There was a big party at Penn Medicine on Tuesday as the team at the Transplant Institute celebrated 60 years of transplant surgeries. Doctors and staff at the Penn Transplant …
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Kidney Transplantation
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Heart Transplantation
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia pioneers new surgical intervention that saved a child’s life
Doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia pioneered a new surgical intervention that allowed a toddler to temporarily survive without a heart. The child’s heart was failing fast, and traditional …
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Gift of Life: Son’s organ donation to others helps ease Philadelphia family’s pain from loss
by News Sourceby News SourcePhiladelphia (WPVI) – Over 170 million Americans are registered as organ donors. Not everyone will donate, but for a Philadelphia family, their son’s donation eases the pain of losing him …
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Bone marrow transplantion
Philadelphia Wings player, Connecticut man forever linked by bone marrow donation: ‘He’s my hero’
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Three years ago, a Philadelphia Wings lacrosse player saved a stranger’s life through bone marrow donation. Last December, the two had a chance to meet at a …
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Lifesaving Leave Act of 2024introduced by Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania) and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana). last monthwould amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide 40 non-consecutive …