A surgical team at Massachusetts General Hospital has conducted the world’s first genetically edited pig kidney transplant into a living human. Surgeons successfully connected the pig kidney’s blood vessels and ureter to those of 62-year-old Richard Slayman. Mr. Slayman suffers from end-stage kidney disease, and is reportedly recovering well after the surgery. Richard Slayman had… Continue reading World’s First: Surgeons Transplant Modified Pig Kidney into Live Human
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Give the Gift of Life on National Donor Day
Valentine’s Day is all about showing your love for your significant other. But what if it were also about showing your love for perfect strangers? February 14th is National Donor Day, a day of awareness about how registering to be an organ donor can give someone a second chance at life. Does your driver’s license… Continue reading Give the Gift of Life on National Donor Day
Have a Heart Today. Become a Donor.
February 14th is Valentine’s Day. But it’s also National Donor Day. Started in 1998 by the Saturn Corporation and United Auto Workers in cooperation with the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), this annual event is focused on five points of life: organs, tissues, marrow, platelets and blood. All of these can be… Continue reading Have a Heart Today. Become a Donor.
Extending Boston’s Commitment to Organ Transplantation
Attending the National Kidney Foundation’s 2010 U.S. Transplant Games was an eye-opening experience. And it wasn’t just the thousands of transplant recipients, living donors, and donor families who made the event so memorable. It was the passionate commitment to transplantation by so many different individuals and organizations. Dozens of nonprofits, donor and support groups, and… Continue reading Extending Boston’s Commitment to Organ Transplantation