Recent advancements in medical science have opened new avenues for treating chronic diseases. A group of Chinese scientists has reportedly cured a 25-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes through a groundbreaking cell transplant procedure. This case, claimed to be the first of its kind globally, marks a significant milestone in diabetes treatment and may offer… Read More »
A 17-year-old boy whose lungs were irreversibly damaged by vaping received a double-lung transplant at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, a lifesaving measure taken when a patient’s own lungs are diseased or damaged beyond repair and there is no other hope of survival, doctors said on Tuesday. Without the transplant, performed last month, the… Read More »
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). An estimated 17,000 Americans are on the waiting list for a liver transplant, and there’s a strong chance that many of them have alcohol-associated liver disease. ALD now edges out hepatitis C as the No. 1 reason for liver transplants in the United States,… Read More »
A new procedure for storing livers donated for transplant has been hailed a “game changer” and approved for use on the NHS. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) say perfusion machines could increase the number of livers that can be safely used for transplantation. They store donated livers at body temperature, which… Read More »