Chinese Doctors Implant Gene-Edited Pig Liver in Brain-Dead Patient
Scientists at China’s Air Force Medical University reportedly performed the world’s first successful transplant of a pig liver into a human.
Organ Transplants
New York Democrats Eye Organ Transplants for Illegal Aliens as Americans Die on Wait List
Democrat state legislators in New York are reviewing legislation that would have sought-after kidney transplants rewarded to illegal aliens ahead of thousands of Americans that are waiting for such donations.
Canadian Court Rules it Was Legal To Deny Unvaccinated Person Organ Transplant
A Canadian judge ruled a woman did not have her rights violated when she was denied an organ transplant for not being vaccinated.
Two Ohio Hospital Systems Say They Will Require Transplant Patients to Be Vaccinated
Two hospital systems, the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals, say they will require transplant patients to be vaccinated for the Chinese coronavirus. The news follows the story of UCHealth denying a woman a kidney transplant because she did not receive a vaccination.
VIDEO: Man Plans to Donate Kidney to Man He Has Never Met
A father of two in Frisco, Texas, is planning to help save a Mississippi man’s life even though the two have never met in person.
Patient Awaiting Transplant Uses Video Games to Raise Money for Others
Luke Maeding is using his love of video games to raise money for other kids at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh.
Nurse Adopts Autistic Man Who Needed Heart Transplant: ‘He Had to Come Home with Me’
A nurse decided to do more than was required of her when she met a young man in need of a heart transplant in December of 2018.
Nurse Donates Part of Liver to Save Eight-Year-Old Boy’s Life
An ICU nurse went beyond the call of duty to save the life of a little boy this summer in Wisconsin.
Report: Spanish Biologist Working on ‘Human-Monkey Hybrids’ in China
If there is one thing science fiction has taught us, it is that nothing bad can possibly come from making monkeys more like human beings. The controversy surrounding a Chinese laboratory creating human-monkey hybrids with the help of a Spanish biologist based in California is therefore puzzling. What could go wrong?
Watch Live: President Trump Signs Executive Order on Kidney Treatment, Transplants
President Donald Trump on Wednesday will deliver remarks and sign an executive order aimed at overhauling of the U.S.’s approach in providing medical care for those with kidney disease.
