heart transplant

David Bennett Sr., the first man to receive a heart transplant from a pig, passed away just two months after the historic procedure on Tuesday. He was 57 years old. Bennett received the historic transplant, which used a genetically modified...

A Cyprus toddler is being refused a life-saving organ transplant in Germany due to the fact that his parents are unvaccinated. Due to be transported by air ambulance to Germany for the procedure, the three year old has now been...

DJ Ferguson, a 31 year old unvaccinated man from Boston is lying in a hospital bed in desperate need of a heart transplant -- but doctors refuse to give him one because of his unwillingness to receive a coronavirus...

US surgeons have successfully transplanted a heart from a genetically modified pig into a human, the University of Maryland Medical School announced in a statement on Monday. The historic procedure, which took place last Friday, represents a major milestone for animal...

In August 2008, Greek-Australian journalist Costas Gribilas received the ultimate gift of life. When the father of young Australian Zammit Doujon found out that his son - who had been gravely injured in an incident outside a Mykonos nightclub in Greece...

The first heart transplant for the new year was held at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery centre, in Athens, Greece. A 56-year-old patient received the transplant from a donor who was hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit of Achillopouleio General Hospital in...

In 2008, when the young Australian Duzon Zamit was fatally injured in Mykonos after an unexpected attack outside a nightclub, everyone was moved by the gift of life transplanted in Greek immigrant Kostas Grimbilas, who since then lives with...

An unfortunate 8-month-old baby died on Sept. 26 in the Intensive Care Unit of Aghia Sophia Hospital in Athens, but through their sadness, the infant's parents accepted the advice of doctors and donated its organs, leading to a life-saving...