heart transplants
Heart defects affect 40K US babies every year, but cutting-edge AI and stem cell tech will save lives — and even cure them in the womb
Top health researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) in Australia have teamed with those from the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco on the Decoding Broken Hearts initiative.
Bizarre personality changes reported in organ transplant patients
Recent research has found a correlation between transplant surgery and personality changes.
Golf prodigy, 7, reveals heartwarming plan to raise $125K in honor of his late dad: 'Just phenomenal'
He putts his family first.
Ex-NBAer, 'Survivor' contestant has successful heart transplant after finding donor: 'Perfect fit!'
Former NBA center and “Survivor” contestant Scot Pollard underwent a procedure for his heart transplant, his wife, Dawn, wrote in a post on X.
NBA cult hero needs unique life-saving heart transplant
In new photos his wife shared, she said the one-time NBA champion has been through a flurry of operations and tests as he struggles from a genetic heart issue.
Second-ever pig heart transplant recipient dies 6 weeks after surgery: 'We will miss him tremendously'
The patient, Lawrence Faucette, 58, only began showing signs that his body was rejecting the heart in the few days before his Oct. 30 passing.
Dying man saved by second-ever pig heart transplant is alive one month later: 'I'll work it out'
Lawrence Faucette was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant because of other health problems when doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine offered...
Second-ever pig heart transplant saves dying man: 'Now I have hope'
Two days after the medical miracle, the patient — a 58-year-old Navy veteran who wasn’t eligible for a traditional heart transplant — was cracking jokes and able to sit in...
Australian mom denied heart transplant due to her COVID-19 vaccination status
Vicki Derderian relies on a ventricular assist device to keep her heart functioning after it failed in 2020.
Transplant toddler cheered: 'Live-saving surgery on heart size of a thumb'
Hospital staff showered a toddler with applause and bubbles as he prepared to undergo a long-awaited heart transplant.
Canceled flight to Seattle costs Alaska man chance for heart transplant
The severe winter storm that has left US air travel in a frenzy had a particularly devastating effect on an Alaskan man who was unable to receive a life-saving heart.
I keep my old heart in a plastic bag after transplant — here’s why
A New Zealand woman has revealed the heartwarming reason that she keeps her old heart in a plastic bag.
I've had two heart transplants and now I'm becoming a doctor: 'I go for what I want'
At 31 years old, Gianna Paniagua is one of the longest living infant heart transplant recipients in the country.
I was born with half a heart and it looks like 'cookie dough'
Jessica Manning of New Zealand was diagnosed with several heart defects at birth and has undergone 200 surgeries since age 3.
'Brave and noble patient': Man who got first pig heart transplant dies months after procedure
David Bennett, a 57-year-old handyman, had received the genetically modified pig heart during a last-ditch operation to save his life at the University of Maryland Medical Center on Jan. 7.
Baby gets first-of-its-kind heart transplant meant to fight rejection
The research is in very early stages and just one possible method scientists are testing in hopes of inducing what’s called immune tolerance to a transplant.
German researchers to start breeding pigs for human heart transplants
Eckhard Wolf, a scientist at Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) in Munich, said his team aimed to have the new species, modified from the Auckland Island breed, ready for transplant trials by...
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."
Woman branded 'lazy' over chronic fatigue had secret deadly condition
A young woman's constant need to nap eluded her doctors until they discovered an "incredibly rare" heart condition was behind it — leaving her with a 20% chance of long-term...
Maryland surgeons successfully transplant pig heart into human patient
Dr. Bartley Griffith transplanted a pig heart into David Bennett, who knew there was no guarantee the experiment would work but was willing to try.