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The Latest Breaking News from Kidney Transplant

First Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Goes Home

Potentially good news for the nearly 100,000 Americans on the transplant waiting list.

Reason

‘A new beginning’: US man who received pig kidney transplant returns home

Richard Slayman was discharged from Massachusetts hospital on Wednesday after pioneering surgery

The Guardian - US

World’s first living patient (62) who underwent pig kidney transplantation discharged from hospital

A few weeks before 62 year old Richard "Rick" Slayman of Weymouth who was battling end-stage kidney disease when underwent surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) where doctors transplanted a genetically-edited pig kidney into his body. The surgery took over four hours and was done on March 16. With this,…

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Pig kidney transplanted into human patient for 1st time ever

Doctors in Boston performed the first pig kidney transplant in a living patient.

LiveScience

Breakthrough: First Pig Kidney Transplant Successful In Human Patient

Massachusetts General Hospital achieves milestone with successful pig kidney transplant, offering hope for organ transplant patients through xenotransplant...

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Sir Roy Calne obituary

Pioneering British surgeon who carried out the world’s first liver, heart and lung transplant

The Guardian - UK

Arihant Hospital performs successful kidney transplant

Arihant Hospital in Belagavi successfully performed a kidney transplant on 26-year-old Rajaram Kulam.

The Hindu

Reform can address India’s kidney transplant deficit

India’s real challenge is to learn from and replicate successful regulations, especially abroad, governing kidney transplants to improve the lives of several thousands of Indian citizens

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Pig Kidney Transplanted Into Brain Dead Man Survives For Two Months

Groundbreaking study offers hope for organ supply in desperate need of transplants.

Evening Standard

Girl, 8, first UK kidney transplant patient not to need life-long drugs in breakthrough treatment at London hospital

Aditi Shankar will not need to take drugs for life in pioneering transplant treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital

The Independent UK

Girl, 8, first in UK to get kidney transplant without need for life-long drugs

Scrabble-loving Aditi Shankar will not need to use life-long medicine to prevent her body from rejecting the organ.

The Hindu

Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad performs 100 successful kidney transplants in eight months

NIMS Urology team achieves milestone of 100 successful kidney transplants in 8 months; 61 live-related, 39 deceased donor; two pediatric transplants; all free of charge; 1600 total kidney transplants since 2014; 800-900 urological procedures/month; 30 successful robotic surgeries this month. Health Minister Harish Rao congratulates NIMS team for their outstanding…

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Man undergoes robotic renal transplant in Chennai

24-yr-old underwent robotic kidney transplant at Chennai hospital. He had reflux disease & dilated ureter. Doctors used advanced tech to minimise procedures & implant donor kidney. Surgery involved small incision, faster recovery, less pain & minimal scars. Hospital dedicated to transforming kidney transplantation.

The Times of India

Woman donates kidney to husband; the couple was found to be a "one in 22 million" match

In the rarest of rare events, a 49-year-old woman gave one of her kidneys to her ailing husband (51). UK's Donna Creed donated the organ to her husband Darren Creed who was suffering from polycystic kidney disease, BBC reported. The transplant happened in July.

The Hindu

Organ shortage continues to cost lives

Data from 2022 show India’s poor record in deceased donations. The country registered 1,589 kidney transplants, 761 liver and 250 heart transplants in the deceased category in 2022. Kidney and pancreas transplants grew from three in 2014 to 22 in 2022. In contrast, living donor kidney transplants rose from 4,884…

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KODA announces kidney transplant breakthrough

The group Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates is touting a breakthrough in the transportation of donated organs. KODA officials say on July 13th, for the first time, a donated kidney attached to a perfusion pump was flown unattended by a medical team.

The Hindu

Suspects taken into custody in Vijayawada kidney racket

The Eluru One Town police investigating allegations of a kidney transplant racket have picked up several people suspecting their involvement in the case on Monday

Glasgow Live

Desperate Lanarkshire dad 'wants his life back' as he struggles to find kidney donor

A Lanarkshire dad of four is in desperate need of a kidney transplant as he struggles to find a donation, saying, "a transplant would truly mean getting my life back".

ABC News

Tasmanian pair created fake social media profiles to harass COVID-19 sceptic, court hears

A man who has pleaded guilty to menacing another man via social media says he and an associate did it because the victim was posting misinformation about COVID-19 online — something which angered him as he was awaiting a kidney transplant.

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