Read the latest positive news, breakthroughs, and inspiring stories about liver transplant, curated daily by BrightWire.
A South African medical center just completed its 1,000th liver transplant using groundbreaking technology that saves organs once deemed too risky to use. The innovations are giving thousands of patients a second chance at life.
After decades of addiction and an 8% chance of survival, Todd Turner woke from a coma on April 1, 2024, with a new liver and a fresh start. Today he has his own home, his driver's license back after 30 years, and one of his three children back in his life.
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.
After a spider bite at a family campfire nearly killed her, Britagne Miller beat the odds and survived multiple surgeries and infections. Now the Kansas mother is working toward qualifying for a liver transplant with her family as her motivation.
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.
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 26-year-old sheet metal worker ignored blood in his stool until pain forced him to the ER, where doctors found Stage IV colon cancer. Five years later, after a groundbreaking liver transplant, David Lyon is cancer-free and helping other young adults recognize the warning signs.
A 6-year-old boy who nearly died from bleeding episodes 25 times in three years is thriving after a UCLA surgeon performed a groundbreaking procedure through a tiny skin puncture instead of major surgery. The two-hour minimally invasive technique could replace risky open surgeries for countless children worldwide.
When Amy Piccioli went to the ER for what she thought was a stomach bug, doctors found stage 4 colorectal cancer with no symptoms. Three months later, a rare liver transplant and a childhood friend's donation saved her life.
A Los Angeles mom of three has no evidence of disease three months after receiving a partial liver transplant from a close friend. Amy Piccioli's story showcases a rare lifesaving treatment for colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver.
A Los Angeles mom of three has no evidence of cancer three months after receiving part of her best friend's liver. The lifesaving transplant offers new hope for patients with colorectal cancer that has spread.
After being diagnosed with an aggressive bile duct cancer that couldn't be surgically removed, Bonnie Schiavone of West Deer survived two liver transplants in one year. Her story shows how medical advances and organ donation are turning once-terminal diagnoses into survivable conditions.
