Children's Hospital earns spot on national list
It was only a matter of time before Chad and Debbie Glaser's infant son Ethan – who was diagnosed with a serious liver disease at 2 months old – would need a transplant.
Transplants lead to love, much more for Manhattan couple
For Ron and Sheila Egger, marriage “the second time around” has been about much more than romance. It’s been a real lifesaver. Ron, 59, and Sheila, 60, of Manhattan, met in 1996 when Ron was undergoing his first kidney transplant and Sheila was b…
UA surgeons perform first-ever fully robotic pancreas surgery
TUCSON – July 5, 2012 marked the day that the first fully robotic total pancreatectomy and successful autologous islet transplant in the world was completed.
Organ transplant shortage leaves kids' lives on hold
NINE livers, two kidneys, six hearts and one set of lungs.
Former Olympians Help Celebrate UCSF Pediatric Transplant Surgery Success
Sixteen years ago, former UCSF pediatric transplant nurse practitioner Chris Mudge organized a small picnic at McNears Beach in San Rafael as an opportunity to celebrate kidney and liver transplant pediatric patients, their families and the work of the…
Friends rally around Jensen Beach transplant patient and family to help with bills
John Glenn, 46, has been through seven years of physical hell starting with renal failure in 2008 followed by two pancreas transplants (the first one failed), heart attacks, two kidney transplants and a failing liver. He currently awaits a third transp…
Hundreds of Utahns on kidney transplant list
LAYTON — Chris Yamamoto has been waiting for a new kidney for more than a year. He hopes the call for one will come through any day. The 43-year-old Clinton father of five has been battling diabetes since he was 20. Despite doing everything right —…
SSEA4+ marker helps identify and isolate precursors of insulin-producing pancreatic cells
For the millions of people worldwide with type 1 diabetes who cannot produce sufficient insulin, the potential to transplant insulin-producing cells could offer hope for a long-term cure. The discovery of a marker to help identify and isolate stem cell…
Rochester a short-term home for many Mayo patients
For many Mayo Clinic patients, a trip to the doctor involves a day or two of back-to-back exams and then a trip back home. But for thousands of others, it means creating a home away from home at a stressful time. Here's one example.
New marker for identifying precursors to insulin-producing cells in pancreas
( Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News ) For the millions of people worldwide with type 1 diabetes who cannot produce sufficient insulin, the potential to transplant insulin-producing cells could offer hope for a long-term cure.