A 37-year-old patient (center) with his UCSF Health care team. He is UCSF Health’s first patient to undergo a heart transplant after receiving an artificial hearth months before, and is …
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Lung Transplantation
Northwestern Medicine surgeons develop a total artificial lung system to keep a patient alive for 48 hours after removing both lungs, enabling a double-lung transplant
by News Sourceby News SourceArtificial lung system For the sickest acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients, clinicians often rely on prolonged life support and time, hoping the lungs can recover. …
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Kidney Transplantation
Kidney Transplant Collaborative (KTC) Warns of Decline in Total Kidney Transplants Caused by a Decline in Deceased Kidney Donations, Calls for Immediate National Action
NEW YORK, Jan. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Kidney Transplant Collaborative (KTC) today released a new report, Losing Transplants for All the Wrong Reasons. The report reveals a clear and unprecedented …
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Bone marrow transplantion
The sequence of 12 Gy total body irradiation and cyclophosphamide does not impact outcomes in AML patients receiving myeloablative allogeneic stem cell transplantation
by Jule Ussmannby Jule UssmannAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is considered standard of care in eligible patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and intermediate or adverse risk in first complete remission (CR) as …
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Heart Transplantation
Baylor University and THI doctors successfully implant BiVACOR total artificial heart in first human
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 …