Transplant
Greek News
Mother Saves Daughter in Greece’s Second Ever Liver Transplant
Following on from the father-daughter liver transplant three months ago—the first liver transplant from a living donor in Greece—a mother has now done the same for her daughter.
The new liver transplant from a living donor, a mother-daughter pairing from...
Medicine
Hospital Transplants Pig Kidney Into Human for First Time
In a four-hour surgery undertaken at Massachusetts General Hospital on Saturday, March 16th, doctors have managed to perform the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human, they announced on Thursday.
In the hospital,...
Medicine
First Person to Receive a Pig Heart Transplant has Died
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...
Greece
Child With Unvaccinated Parents to Receive Transplant in Greece
A child from Cyprus who was refused a heart transplant in Germany because his parents are unvaccinated will have the procedure in Greece.
Due to be transported by air ambulance to Germany for the procedure, the three year old was...