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The device, to be tested in more people, could be used as a temporary measure for those waiting for a donor organ.

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An Exeter Hospital hand surgeon's work is connecting carpal tunnel syndrome to a rare, life-threatening heart condition— and ...

An Australian man lived for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while he awaited a donor transplant, the longest ...

Pigs have been chosen as an ideal species for xenotransplantation due to their physiological similarities to humans and their ...

10, 2024 — In a single IV injection, a gene therapy targeting cBIN1 can reverse the effects of heart failure and restore ... promising gene therapy to treat glaucoma -- a debilitating eye ...

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After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

Tim Andrews is recovering well after receiving a kidney from a genetically modified pig. Massachusetts General Hospital is ...