organ transplants

  • Read more: Pig Hearts for Humans and the FDA
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    Pig Hearts for Humans and the FDA

    Researchers and clinicians alike see the potential for genetically modified animal organs to serve as a solution to our organ transplant and supply issues.

    Doctor or surgeon with organ transport after organ donation for surgery in front of the clinic in protective clothing.
  • Read more: COVID-19 and Organ Transplantation
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    COVID-19 and Organ Transplantation

    A banner year for organ transplantation in the United States became a tattered memory by April 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

    Hands close-up of surgeons holding medical instruments.
  • Read more: Undocumented Organ Transplants
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    Undocumented Organ Transplants

    By Brad Segal Manuel—not his real name—was admitted to the hospital with decompensated heart failure. As a child he had scarlet fever which, left untreated, had caused the valves of his heart to calcify and stiffen. Over time, pumping against increased resistance, his heart’s contractions began to weaken until finally, they lost all synchrony and…