Organ donation advocate discharged after lung transplant
Hélène Campbell has become the unofficial face of organ donation in Canada
Arizona surgeons carry out rare mom-to-child liver transplant
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Surgeons in Arizona have successfully carried out a rare mother-to-child liver transplant, after a search for an organ from a deceased donor for the desperately ill 1-year-old girl came up blank, the hospital said. In a procedure pe…
Double transplant patient's "miracle" kidney finally starts working – a year after surgery
Philippa Stone had almost given up hope when a life-changing double kidney transplant failed to function.
So you're an organ donor on Facebook – but at what cost? | Arwa Madhawi
It's difficult to quantify how much your data, freely shared on Facebook, can be worth to brands who anticipate every move One healthy intestine courtesy of a US transplant centre : $1,206,800. Having the same centre insert a new heart: $997,700. O…
Kidney Transplant Recipient Shares Personal Story
There’s an old saying that goes, ‘Just in the nick of time.’ That might be a good way of describing what happened to William Davis. In 2003, Davis was a healthy, outgoing 33-year-old male, so when he started having headaches, he thought it was ju…
100th Patient Gets a New Heart at Seattle Children's Hospital
5-month-old received this milestone transplant at Children's.
Facebook gives hope to young man awaiting organ transplant
John Maicher of Birdsboro, Berks Co., is waiting for a phone call that could change his life. In 2006, during surgery for a liver transplant, he went into shock on the operating table. "I need a multi-organ transplant, what I should have gotten in…
Sernova Receives Health Canada Approval to Initiate Human Clinical Trials of Its Cell Pouch(TM)
LONDON, ONTARIO– – Sernova Corp. today announced it received Health Canada Approval to conduct a human clinical trial assessing both the safety and efficacy of Sernova's Cell Pouch™ with transplanted …
Stoyanov one list closer to new kidney
Kostadin “Kay” Stoyanov’s wait for a kidney may actually end within five years. Last February, Stoyanov, a Northbrook Walgreens photo specialist, was interviewed for the kidney transplant list. After his Walgreens medical insurance kicks in June …
Stoyanov moves one list closer to new kidney
Kostadin “Kay” Stoyanov wait for a kidney may actually end within five years. Last February, Stoyanov, a Northbrook Walgreens photo specialist, was interviewed for the kidney transplant list. After his Walgreens medical insurance kicks in June 30, …