December 27, 2024

Pig kidney transplants, new schizophrenia drug: Here are 5 of the biggest medical breakthroughs in 2024

(ABC) – From a pig kidney transplant to restoring genetic deafness, 2024 was a year full of medical breakthroughs. The breakthroughs include the discovery of a cause of an autoimmune disease, the development of a “game-changing” drug and potential hope … Read More



 
 

November 13, 2024

Bone Marrow Donors Can Be Hard to Find. One Company Is Turning to Cadavers

(Wired) – San Francisco–based Ossium Health has carried out three transplants for cancer patients using stem cells from deceased donors’ bone marrow in recent months. A donor must have closely matched genes for human leukocyte antigens, or HLA, to be … Read More



 
 

September 20, 2024

In Historic Step, HRSA Makes First Ever Multi-Vendor Awards to Modernize the Nation’s Organ Transplant System and End the Current Contract Monopoly

(HHS Press Release) – Today, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) at the Department of Health and Hunan Services (HHS) announced the first ever multi-vendor contract awards to modernize the nation’s organ transplant system to improve transparency, performance, governance, … Read More