Tag: Transplant medicine
Three days not in the body: transplantation of a donor liver was successful – health
Actually, the 62-year-old cancer patient with blood group 0 would have had no chance of getting a liver in Switzerland in time. “He would have had to wait about a…
Pig’s heart has been beating in a man’s chest for a month – health
On January 7th, the heart of a pig was transplanted into a man in the United States for the first time. So far, things are looking good for him –…
Transplantations – animal spare parts store in Oberschleißheim – district of Munich
Almost two weeks ago, for the first time in the world, a human being received a pig heart as a replacement for his own critically ill organ – a milestone…
Operation in Baltimore: "Huge progress in transplant medicine"
For the first time it has been possible to insert the heart of a genetically modified pig into a patient. What are the risks of such an intervention? And could…
USA: Pig Heart Transplant Successfully Performed on Patient – Health
A transplant team in the USA claims to have connected a genetically modified pig heart to a human patient for the first time. The organ was used in a 57-year-old…
Baltimore: US medical professionals successfully insert pig heart into patients – health
A transplant team in the USA claims to have connected a genetically modified pig heart to a human patient for the first time. The organ was used in a 57-year-old…
Baltimore: US medical professionals successfully insert pig heart into patients – knowledge
A transplant team in the USA claims to have connected a genetically modified pig heart to a human patient for the first time. The organ was used in a 57-year-old…
Surgeons associate pig kidney with human health
In a two-hour operation, surgeons connected the kidney of a genetically modified pig to the bloodstream of a brain-dead woman. The organ started working almost immediately, said Robert Montgomery of…