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A breakthrough scoring system could spare one in three liver transplant patients from unnecessary steroid treatment after surgery. The Seven-Up score combines biopsy results with simple blood tests to identify which patients truly need intervention.
Northwestern Medicine doctors are saving lives by offering lung transplants to stage 4 cancer patients whose disease hasn't spread beyond their lungs. All 17 transplant patients survived their first year, compared to grim outcomes for those on standard treatment alone.
Too many heart transplant candidates lose their shot at a new heart because they grow too weak while waiting in hospital beds. A Phoenix cardiologist just flipped the script with a program that keeps patients fighting fit.
A 37-year-old dialysis patient who had zero chance of finding a compatible kidney donor just received a successful transplant thanks to a repurposed cancer drug. After 12 years on the waiting list, he's now dialysis-free with excellent kidney function.
Japan just changed its heart transplant system to save more lives by moving the sickest patients to the front of the line. Starting this month, those at highest risk of dying within 30 days will receive transplants first.
A new program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is giving hope to colorectal cancer patients who were once out of options. Liver transplants can now boost five-year survival from 10 percent to as high as 80 percent for carefully selected patients.
Two patients who spent years waiting for kidney transplants with nearly zero chance of finding a match just received new organs thanks to cancer-fighting cells repurposed for transplant medicine. The breakthrough could help 5,000 highly sensitized Americans waiting for kidneys.
Hospitals are finally correcting a race-based kidney test that unfairly made Black patients wait longer for transplants. The change is already helping thousands get life-saving care sooner.
Scientists at MIT have developed tiny injectable liver tissues that could save thousands of patients who can't get transplants. The "satellite livers" stayed healthy in mice for two months and performed essential liver functions.
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.
A Barcelona hospital successfully performed the world's first face transplant using tissue from a donor who chose medically assisted death. The groundbreaking surgery could open new possibilities for patients waiting for life-changing transplants.
David Peterson was given months to live when stage four lung cancer spread to both lungs, but an innovative transplant program at Northwestern Medicine gave him a second chance. He's now cancer-free years later, thanks to doctors who dared to try what was once considered impossible.
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.
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.
Chinese doctors successfully transplanted both a pig liver and kidneys into a human patient, marking the first time multiple organs from another species have been transplanted together. The organs functioned for nearly five days, offering new hope for the 100,000+ people waiting for life-saving transplants.
Stanford Hospital is letting patients weigh in on new AI tools before they go live, turning everyday people into health tech advisors. One caregiver who helped his wife through a heart transplant is now shaping the future of medical AI.
A New Hampshire engineer who survived diabetes, dialysis, heart surgery, and a kidney transplant has written a book to guide others through similar health challenges. His memoir offers practical wisdom and hope for patients and their families.
Rwanda has saved nearly $800,000 since 2022 by performing kidney transplants at home instead of sending patients abroad. The country is now attracting foreign patients seeking affordable, quality care.
A breakthrough study shows promise for liver transplant recipients to accept new organs without harsh lifelong medications. Scientists used special immune cells from donors to train patients' bodies to recognize transplanted livers as their own.
A revolutionary cancer treatment just gave a Philadelphia man his third kidney transplant by removing the antibodies that kept rejecting donors. Penn Medicine's breakthrough trial could open transplants to thousands of patients currently deemed "impossible to match."
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