Nine-Year-Old Boy Goes Through Five Organ Transplants Due to Extremely Rare Genetic Condition

Medicine & Technology Jul 03, 2024

The family of the nine-year-old boy had been waiting his entire life for him to receive the five organ transplants from a compatible donor. Read to learn more.

New Heart, New Me? Organ Transplant Surgery Linked To Odd Personality Changes, Study Suggests

May 20, 2024

If the link between organ transplant surgery and personality changes is really true, further research would be extremely necessary. Read to learn more.

Pig Heart Transplant Performed For the 2nd Time in the World With Hopes of Prolonging Dying Man's Life

Sep 25, 2023

The man was not eligible for human heart transplant due to bleeding complications and vascular conditions, so his only hope was to undergo a pig heart transplant. Read to learn more.

Heart Transplant Denied to 31-Year-Old Patient Who Refused to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine

Jan 27, 2022

A hospital in Boston was recently reported to deny a new heart transplant after the patient refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and now, the health care facility is defending itself for such an action.

Lung Transplant on the Rise: Experts Weigh in Whether to Allocate Scarce Resource to Those Who Chose to Not Get Vaccinated

Nov 29, 2021

People with severe COVID-19 infection sometimes only have lung transplantation as their option to survive. The rising demand now raises questions on the ethics of allocating the scarce resource to those who chose to not get vaccinated.

Study Offers Hints on the Reason Pregnancy May Raise Danger of Rejection of Organ Transplant

Jan 05, 2021

Study findings can help clarify why the immune system can endure a fetus during pregnancy, although later may be more likely to become alerted to and reject a transplant of an organ.

How the Airline Industry Recovers From COVID-19 Could Determine Who Gets Organ Transplants

Sep 30, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has crippled the airline industry. Passenger numbers are down more than two-thirds from last year, and airlines have been canceling flights and shutting down routes. It’s frustrating for travelers, but for patients on organ transplant waitlists, the loss of flights can put a life-saving kidney or heart out of reach.

World's First Ever Organ Delivery Via Drone

May 07, 2019

An unmanned aerial system (UAS) has delivered a kidney to a transplant patient in what is claimed to be the first drone operation of its kind.

Spain, World’s Pioneer In Organ Transplant Performing 4,818 Surgeries Last Year

Apr 17, 2017

What makes Spain the world’s leader for an organ transplant? Spain’s healthcare is on hype in directing people’s lives through successful transplants.