Bursting with joy and gratitude, double-lung transplant recipient Hélène Campbell made her first public appearance Thursday and she used the occasion to dance with her doctors. “I’m probably going to get talked to after this,” Campbell joked as…
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital Will Participate in Aetna’s Institutes of Excellence™ Transplant Network
Aetna announced today that UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital has been designated as a participating facility in Aetna’s Institutes of Excellence™ Transplant Network.
Smallest Artificial Heart Keeps Baby Alive
Italian doctors implant tiny pump into a 16-month-old boy awaiting his new heart. Here's a new twist on an long-running story: an artificial heart kept a baby boy alive for 13 days while doctors waited for his new heart, reports Reuters . The bridg…
Campbell dances again after double-lung transplant
Double-lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell stood and danced with her parents and doctors in Toronto on Thursday as they celebrated her progress recovering from a difficult surgery.
Heart Failure Stem Cells Induced to Cardiomyocytes – Doctors Lounge
Heart Failure Stem Cells Induced to CardiomyocytesDoctors LoungeHuman-induced pluripotent stem cells derived from patients with heart failure can be induced to differentiate into cardiomyocytes, which then can integrate with host cardiac tissue, accord…
Helene Campbell grateful for "miracle" of double lung transplant
TORONTO – Double-lung transplant recipient and organ donor advocate Helene Campbell says she's not done with her cause now that she has her voice back.
Manhattan Tales: The Stem Cell Transplant And Beyond – The Myeloma Beacon
Manhattan Tales: The Stem Cell Transplant And BeyondThe Myeloma BeaconAs you may remember from my previous column, I was admitted to the hospital for my stem cell transplant at the beginning of March (on March 5 to be exact). I had no initial devastati…
Double-lung transplant survivor news conference
The Ottawa woman who has become the country's best-known advocate for organ donation holds her first news conference since undergoing a double-lung transplant.
Toddler received world’s smallest artificial heart as he waited for a transplant
Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant
Doctors save baby with smallest artificial heart
Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant