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Cocaine was the secret ingredient in pig-to-human heart transplant
Doctors hope to see more of the party drug in transplant hospitals: “It will be a great advance if this process is approved by the regulatory agencies."
Historic pig heart recipient was convicted in brutal bar stabbing
David Bennett, who was the first-ever pig heart transplant recipient, was convicted of stabbing a bar patron seven times before fleeing police in 1988.
Wait list, liver transplants linked to alcoholic hepatitis surge during COVID
Among the new waiting list registrants, more than 36% were women and nearly 64% were men during the pre-COVID-19 period.
Woman awaits 'dream' double-arm transplant after losing all four limbs
A 24-year-old Turkish woman who lost both of her arms and legs after catching a life-threatening blood illness is hoping for a rare double-arm transplant to improve her life, according...
Japanese COVID-19 patient undergoes first living donor lung transplant
She received live lung tissue from her husband and son.
Woman gets liver transplant after $60 nose piercing goes horribly wrong
Queens woman Dana Smith, 37, nearly died after contracting an infection from a $60 nose piercing, was placed in a medically induced coma and got a liver transplant.
See singer belt out a song for first time after double lung transplant
"I kept pushing to try to perform, and every time I did, I got worse and worse."
Michigan woman dies from COVID-19 after lung transplant: study
A Michigan woman contracted COVID-19 and died last fall after she got a double-lung transplant from a donor who turned out to have the virus, according to a study. The...
He’s a new man! Disfigured NJ car wreck victim’s remarkable results after historic transplant
“There’s always light at the end of the tunnel," Joe told The Post.
Wisconsin woman gets double lung transplant due to COVID-19
A Wisconsin woman recently became the first person in the state to undergo a double lung transplant due to COVID-19. Carmen Lerma's lungs were so battered by the coronavirus that...
Teacher donates kidney to her school’s custodian
A Minnesota third-grade teacher donated her kidney to the school's custodian -- who had a life-saving operation thanks to his guardian "angel." Kimball Elementary School teacher Erin Durga learned that...
Heart transplant proceeds even after helicopter crashes, organ fumbled
The heart can only take so much.
Surgeon known for first US hand transplant dies at 92
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Joseph Kutz, a hand surgeon who helped perform the first hand transplant in the United States, has died. He was 92. Kutz died Saturday, according to a...
Former 'Most Wanted' list member saves life of officer who arrested her
An Alabama woman once on the state's "Most Wanted" list has given a life-saving kidney to the cop who threw her in jail. Jocelynn James, of Russellville, donated the organ...
Coronavirus patient says she didn't recognize her body after double lung transplant
CHICAGO — A Chicago woman who last month became the nation’s first COVID-19 patient to undergo a double lung transplant said Thursday that she woke up days later, unaware about...
Connecting human lungs to live pigs could help with transplants, study finds
Swine may breathe new life into transplant waitlists, scientists have found.
World's first double-lung transplant performed on coronavirus victim
Surgeons had to stay in a negative-pressure room during the entire operation, wearing whole-body protective suits.
Poo-it-yourself: Dung-ho DIYers are giving themselves fecal transplants
It's unlikely these DIYers are screening every sample they receive.
Some hospitals wary as new liver transplant rules begin
WASHINGTON — Long-delayed rules that will more broadly share scarce donated livers go into effect Tuesday, to the dismay of some hospitals in Tennessee, Kansas and other states that fear...
Second baby born in US from transplanted uterus
A woman who gave birth to a boy she carried inside a transplanted womb said Thursday that the experimental procedure delivered a “miracle.” Jennifer Gobrecht and her husband, Drew Gobrecht,...