Search Tag: kidney transplant
2024 04 Apr
Rick Slayman (seated) pictured with his partner and team of doctors A 62-year-old man named Richard "Rick" Slayman from Weymouth, Massachusetts, has been discharged today from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) after receiving a groundbreaking kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig. The surgery took place on March 16 and lasted...Read more
2020 10 Mar
Starting 20 May 2020, a new law will be implemented in England regulating a new system of deemed, or presumed consent for routine organ and tissue donation. All adults will be considered to have no objection to becoming a donor after they die, unless they have prior registered their decision to ‘opt out’ or confirmed being part of an excluded...Read more
2015 07 Apr
New research published in the American Journal of Transplantation indicates that some kidneys affected by Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) may be safely used for transplantation. The revelation that such kidneys might be useful to patients awaiting organ transplantation can help to alleviate the current shortage of kidneys in the US. The single-site study...Read more
2014 01 Nov
According to a new study conducted by Manfred Hecking with Friedrich Port and colleagues from Arbor Research Collaborative for Health in Ann Arbor, Michigan, fewer women than men are treated for dialysis for end-stage kidney disease. The study was a comprehensive sex-specific analysis of differences in treatment and has been published in PLOS...Read more