Organ-on-a-chip simulates drug-triggered muscle and kidney injury

Rhabdomyolysis is a condition in which muscle damage—often caused by drug intake—can lead to impaired kidney function and ...
VietNamNet

Organ donation and the right to refuse: A heartbreaking case sparks debate

A multi-organ transplant case was called off just before surgery, raising critical questions about who holds decision-making ...
Gizmodo

First-Ever Transplant of Pig Liver Into Human Marks Milestone in Organ Science

We’ve reached a new frontier in organ transplantation. In a medical first, scientists announced this week that they successfully kept a genetically modified pig liver functioning inside a human ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Penis operation highlights past, future of organ transplants

CHICAGO — Add one remarkable case to the 30,000-plus organ transplants expected to be performed nationwide this year: A cancer patient who received a donor penis. Worldwide, there have been faces, ...
Gizmodo

In a First, a Human Breathed Using an Implanted Pig Lung

The tantalizing potential of pig-to-human transplantation, or xenotransplantation, has reached another frontier. For the first time ever, scientists have transplanted a genetically edited pig lung ...
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Doctors Told to ‘Do It Anyway' After Woman Woke Up Moments Before Organ Harvesting Operation

In 2022, 38-year-old Danella Gallegos fell into a coma after an undisclosed medical emergency. She was immediately admitted to the Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Initially, Gallegos ...
VentureBeat

Augmented reality gives surgeons a virtual look at real-world organs during operations

As augmented reality technology improves, you’re going to see it in use everywhere — including the operating room. German research institute Fraunhofer MEVIS has created an app that lets surgeons use ...