January 19, 2024
Organ Donation / Transplantation
January 16, 2024
Roy Calne, Pioneering British Organ-Transplant Surgeon, Dies at 93
(New York Times) – There are groundbreaking surgeons and groundbreaking researchers, but very few people are both. Dr. Calne (pronounced “kahn”) was an exception: He developed and practiced many of the operating techniques involved in transplantation, while at the same … Read More
January 4, 2024
After Loved Ones’ Long-Awaited Organ Transplants, Caregivers Often Find Challenges Are Just Beginning
(STAT News) – “Transplantation is not the end story. You don’t stop what you do as caregiver or care partners the day after a transplant,” said Copperman, who serves as vice president of the nonprofit Transplant Recipients International Organization. “It … Read More
December 29, 2023
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
December 22, 2023
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
December 8, 2023
In Pigs, Researchers Showed Ultrasound Could Be Used for 3D Printing Inside the Body
(STAT News) – Imagine getting surgery without ever being cut open. Researchers at Duke University and Harvard Medical School have successfully demonstrated a proof of concept in new research published Thursday in Science using a 3D printer that uses ultrasound … Read More
November 24, 2023
Why You Should Be Able to Sell Your Kidney
(Wall Street Journal) – There are two compelling reasons to allow people to sell their organs, while the counterarguments tend to overlook the basic question of economics: What is the alternative? We shouldn’t expect to be trading kidney futures in … Read More
November 21, 2023
Google Celebrates Surgeon Dr. Victor Chang with a Doodle
(UPI) – Google is celebrating Chinese Australian surgeon Dr. Victor Chang with a Doodle on what would’ve been his 87th birthday. Chang is a pioneer of cardiac and transplant surgery and is most known for the creating the St. Vincent’s … Read More
November 9, 2023
Surgeons Have Performed the World’s First Eye Transplant
(Associated Press) – Surgeons have performed the world’s first transplant of an entire human eye, an extraordinary addition to a face transplant — although it’s far too soon to know if the man will ever see through his new left … Read More
November 8, 2023
Breast Implants Play a Crucial Role in Innovative Procedure to Save Life of Man with Severe Lung Damage
(CNN) – When 34-year-old Davey Bauer’s lungs stopped working, doctors turned to an unusual tool to help keep him alive: large breast implants. Experts say it was an innovative solution to give Bauer’s body time to fight off a nasty … Read More
November 6, 2023
A New Edition of Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics Is Now Available
November 1, 2023
Second Person to Receive Experimental Pig Heart Transplant Dies Nearly Six Weeks After Procedure
October 31, 2023
A New Edition of The Linacre Quarterly Is Now Available
October 25, 2023
Mass. Woman, 30, with Rare Genetic Heart Condition Says She Has No Pulse: ‘I Run on Batteries’ (Exclusive)
October 20, 2023
Pig-Heart Transplant Recipient Is Doing Well After a Month
October 12, 2023
A Monkey Got a New Kidney From a Pig—and Lived for 2 Years
October 9, 2023
Excessive Drinking During the Pandemic Increased Rates of Liver Disease, Transplants
October 2, 2023
Pakistan Police Bust Organ Trafficking Ring That Took Kidneys from Hundreds
September 28, 2023
In America, Lots of Usable Organs Go Unrecovered or Get Binned
September 25, 2023
Revamped Organ Transplant System Faces Funding Questions
September 25, 2023
Genetically Modified Pig’s Heart Is Transplanted Into a Second Patient
September 20, 2023
A New Edition of The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy Is Now Available
September 14, 2023
Pig Kidney Works a Record 2 Month in Donated Body, Raising Hope for Animal-Human Transplants
September 11, 2023
A New Edition of Bioethics Is Now Available
September 6, 2023
