Partial heart transplant shows success in first year

One year after a baby's partial heart transplant, two well-functioning valves and arteries are growing as if they were native vessels.

Stephanie Lopez-Duke • futurity
Jan. 3, 2024 • ~5 min

It’s safe to transplant COVID patients’ donated kidneys

Donated kidneys from deceased COVID-19 patients are safe to transplant and don't transmit the virus, research shows.

Jim Dryden-WUSTL • futurity
June 9, 2023 • ~7 min

Test helps predict who will die without liver transplant

About 3,000 Americans suffer acute liver failure each year and need a liver transplant. Acetaminophen is the most common cause.

Andrew Smith-Rutgers • futurity
March 28, 2023 • ~6 min

Helping the liver regenerate itself could give patients with end-stage liver disease a treatment option besides waiting for a transplant

Liver transplant waitlists can range from 30 days to over five years. Developing treatments that spur liver regeneration could help reduce demand for scarce organs.

Satdarshan Monga, Professor of Pathology and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences • conversation
Oct. 14, 2022 • ~7 min

Kids do best with kidney transplants from living donors

Children who receive a kidney transplant have better long-term outcomes when their kidney comes from a living, biologically unrelated donor.

Tricia Tomiyoshi-UC Davis • futurity
Aug. 17, 2022 • ~5 min

Organs from genetically engineered pigs may help shorten the transplant wait list

Recent successes putting genetically modified pig organs into people have brought xenotransplantation back into the spotlight.

David Kaczorowski, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences • conversation
March 11, 2022 • ~9 min

Immunocompromised people make up nearly half of COVID-19 breakthrough hospitalizations – an extra vaccine dose may help

People with weakened immune systems are at a high risk of severe and prolonged COVID-19 infections. An extra vaccine dose can bolster protection.

Jonathan Golob, Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease, University of Michigan • conversation
Aug. 20, 2021 • ~5 min

Gene therapy could treat eye disease without surgery

Currently the only treatment for Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy, a genetic eye disease, is a cornea transplant. A new gene therapy could change that.

U. Oregon • futurity
Aug. 5, 2021 • ~5 min

First human-monkey embryos created – a small step towards a huge ethical problem

'Chimera' creatures with human organs could be medically useful – but can we really treat them like other animals?

César Palacios-González, Senior Research Fellow in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford • conversation
April 22, 2021 • ~8 min

Black patients are less likely to receive heart transplants

Black patients are less likely to receive a heart transplant compared to white patients. A new study digs into what's behind the racial inequality.

Brian Consiglio-Missouri • futurity
April 13, 2021 • ~5 min

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