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A healthy baby boy named Hugo became the first UK child born from a deceased donor's uterus transplant, opening new doors for women with infertility. His mother was born without a uterus, but groundbreaking surgery and IVF made her dream of pregnancy possible.
A New Jersey eighth grader born with kidney disease is running out of time to find a living donor. The community is stepping up to help 13-year-old Thaddeus Giansanti get the life-saving transplant he needs.
A new advanced trauma care and organ transplant center is coming to Puducherry, with the government pledging 50 acres of land to make it happen. The facility will serve patients across India and beyond, with a special focus on saving young lives after accidents.
A medical breakthrough allowed a patient to survive for two full days without natural lungs, kept alive by an external artificial-lung system until a donor organ became available. This achievement marks a major step forward in bridging the gap between organ failure and life-saving transplants.
A 33-year-old man survived two days without lungs thanks to a groundbreaking artificial system that kept his heart pumping until a transplant could save his life. The Chicago medical team's innovation could help thousands of patients facing deadly lung infections.
A community college just invested six figures in bioprinting equipment that can create hearts and kidneys, giving students hands-on experience with technology usually reserved for elite research labs. The move could help solve the national organ shortage crisis while training the next generation of biotech innovators.
Google's new AI can decode mysterious stretches of DNA that control our genes, while surgeons kept a patient breathing for two days without lungs. These breakthroughs could transform how we treat diseases like cancer.
A 33-year-old man's lungs were completely removed and replaced with an artificial system for two days, giving his body time to heal enough for a life-saving transplant. Three years later, he's thriving.
Federal health officials just unveiled a plan to help thousands more patients receive lifesaving organs by improving how the nation's transplant system works. The changes focus on using more "medically complex" donor organs that are currently being wasted, even though they could give seriously ill patients years of healthy life.
Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University are developing breakthrough 3D-printed liver tissue that could help patients survive while waiting for transplants. The living patch could buy crucial time for diseased livers to heal themselves. #
A 33-year-old man lived for two days without lungs thanks to a breakthrough artificial organ system that kept him alive until surgeons could perform a life-saving transplant. Nearly three years later, he's thriving with no signs of organ rejection.
A 33-year-old man dying from influenza survived after surgeons built an innovative artificial lung system that kept him alive for two crucial days. Two years later, he's thriving with new transplanted lungs.
A two-year-old boy in Chennai received a groundbreaking liver transplant from his grandmother, correcting a rare genetic disorder and saving his kidney function. The complex surgery offers hope for other children facing similar life-threatening conditions.
Over 100,000 Americans wait for organ transplants, but thousands of usable organs go unused each year. New federal rules aim to change that by encouraging doctors to use imperfect organs that could still save lives.
Uganda just passed one of Africa's most comprehensive organ transplant laws, creating hope for thousands waiting for life-saving procedures. The breakthrough legislation could become a model for the entire continent.
Organ transplant wait times in the Netherlands dropped dramatically in 2025, with heart transplant waits falling from 24 to 14 months. A new donor policy is setting the stage for even more lives saved in the years ahead.