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A medical team at Xijing Hospital of the Air Force Medical University in Xi’an, China, surgically connected a man with liver failure to an external, genetically…

A baby boy named Hugo is the first child to be born in the UK to a mother with a womb transplant from a dead donor.Hugo…

In 2019, Robert Chelsea made medical history, becoming the first black patient to ever have a full face transplant.He had previously suffered from a devastating car…

Nature, Published online: 06 February 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00397-zNature staff discuss some of the week’s top science news.

X-rays show a 33-year old patients’ new lungs (left) and old lungs (right).Credit: Northwestern MedicineA 33-year-old man survived for 48 hours without his lungs, after a…

December 12, 2025 Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmCell Transplant Therapy Offers New Hope for Type 1 DiabetesScientists have successfully transplanted gene-edited insulin-producing cells into a man…

December 4, 20252 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmMan Dies of Rabies after Receiving Infected Kidney TransplantA man has passed away after he received a…

November 17, 20253 min readTransplant Rejection Is a Major Hurdle for Pig Organs. Scientists Are Solving the ProblemIn a successful transplant in a man with brain…

Doctors have developed an AI tool that could reduce wasted efforts to transplant organs by 60%.Thousands of patients worldwide are waiting for a potentially life-saving donor,…

At the age of 15, medics feared Katie Mitchell was coming to the end of her life after suffering irreversible lung damage and heart failure from…