The first clinical trials using organs from genetically modified pigs offer hope to patients with kidney failure, who face a ...

Galen, a Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher who lived during Roman times, described the heart as the body’s furnace, ...

The limited organ supply and rising incidence of end-stage organ disease have resulted in a persistent shortage of organs for transplant. Across the transplant system, there is an urgent and ever ...

"While I can’t change my genetics, I can change how I respond to them.” Shari Blem has changed her focus to a heart healthy ...

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Furthermore, the growing demand for the use of marginal donor organs requires methods for organ assessment and repair. Machine perfusion has resurfaced and dominates current research on organ ...