Browsing: Transplant

October 7, 20252 min readScientists Perform First-of-Its-Kind Transplant Using Kidney with a Converted Blood TypeRecipient diagnosed with brain death received a type-O organ, which is compatible…

Researchers converted a kidney with type-A blood to type-O.Credit: Sherry Yates Young/Science Photo LibraryScientists have converted the blood type of a donor kidney and transplanted the…

August 28, 20254 min readWhat Does the First Pig-to-Human Lung Transplant Mean for Xenotransplantation?Surgeons think the first transplantation of a pig lung in a human is…

August 28, 20254 min readNew Cell Transplant for Type 1 Diabetes Sidesteps Need for ImmunosuppressantsScientists treated a person’s type 1 diabetes with genetically modified insulin-producing cells…

Surgeons have transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a brain dead human recipient for the first time and found it functioned for nine…

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