Bioengineered Corneas Stand to Cure Blindness For Millions of People Around the World
Cornea transplantation is the most common way of restoring lost sight, but it's a very technical procedure that relies on donors.
Cornea transplantation is the most common way of restoring lost sight, but it's a very technical procedure that relies on donors.
The media continues the one-handed count of patients that seem to be cured of HIV as a man has stayed in remission for 17 months.
66-year-old Charles Rowe was waiting on an operating table with his surgeon Adam Bodzin who suddenly told him he had to go get his new liver.
Bioengineers devised a way of growing skin in the shape of hands to make it easier for surgeons to graft personalized skin onto burn victims.
A Welshman decided to donate his kidney to an unknown patient after his daughter received a donated one in a live-saving procedure.
Switzerland-based Ferring Pharmaceuticals' procedure is meant to treat Clostridium difficile, a deadly bacterial infection.
Workers at the hospital said that in all their combined years of practicing medicine, they've never heard or seen of such a thing.
The surgery was declared a success, though it isn't clear whether the patient will be able to see out of his new eye again.
Up until now, scientists have only 3D-printed simple tissues such as skin and corneas – let alone an organ with blood vessels.
A youthful octogenarian has just become the nation's oldest living kidney donor after he saved the life of his 72-year-old neighbor.
Since this teacher has welcomed one of his students into his home, the teen will now be eligible for the kidney transplant list.
Three years after he came to her daughter's rescue, a Minnesota mom finally got to repay the compassionate firefighter who helped them.
Before this 9-year-old boy was set to undergo a heart transplant, his entire school took to the streets in order to encourage him before the operation.
The revived heart was successfully transplanted into a military veteran who is now faring quite well after the surgery, according to Duke University.
Jonathan Pinkard was finally able to receive a heart transplant thanks to a compassionate hospital nurse who volunteered to adopt him.
New organ donation records were set in 2019 for the tenth consecutive year in the United States—and transplants were bouncing back in May 2020.
Despite the medical setbacks caused by the COVID-19 crisis, the OneLegacy nonprofit says they are still on track for a 15% increase in organ donations.
Though some divorcees might resent their ex or stay far away, this Minnesota woman did not think twice about giving a kidney to her former husband.
Bonnie O'Reilly, mother of NHL stars Ryan and Cal O'Reilly, has donated her kidney to ice rink manager Graham Nesbitt.
Who knew going to the principal's office meant that something good had happened rather than bad?
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