A Michigan man died of rabies he contracted after receiving a kidney transplant from a donor who became infected — and later died — while rescuing a kitten from a rabid skunk, according to health officials. The unidentified patient received the Idaho donor’s left kidney during a December 2024 transplant in Ohio — only to … Read more
A New Hampshire man is resuming dialysis after living with a gene-edited pig kidney for a record 271 days, doctors said Monday. His experience is helping researchers in their quest for animal-to-human transplants. Tim Andrews, 67, had the organ removed on Oct. 23 because its function was declining, according to Mass General Brigham. Tim Andrews, 67, had … Read more
Francia Raisa can’t keep her feelings to herself. And it’s a good thing the actress, 37, is speaking out, as she shut down speculation that their is a feud between herself and Selena Gomez. Raisa previously donated her kidney to the pop star, 33, after Gomez’s kidneys were failing due to complications from lupus. Francia Raisa addresses … Read more
A self-described science nerd is the latest American to get an experimental pig kidney transplant, at a crucial point in the quest to prove if animal organs really might save human lives. The 54-year-old New Hampshire man is faring well after his June 14 operation, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced Monday. “I really wanted to contribute … Read more
This man got the ultimate Delta upgrade. Bruce Gamble spent much of his career as a consultant for car dealerships, flying in and out of Birmingham, Alabama. Gamble never imagined that the rapport he built with the Delta Airlines crew, like part-time staffer Jill Hickey, throughout the years would one day change his life. Gamble … Read more
For years, Ambrealle Brown was forced to put her dreams of becoming a nurse on hold due to a life-threatening kidney disease that left her temporarily incapacitated. Amid inner doubts about whether she would ever return to living a normal life, Brown’s mother stepped in and offered to donate her kidney. Doctors performed Louisiana’s first … Read more
An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday – a disappointment in the ongoing quest for animal-to-human transplants. Towana Looney is recovering well from the April 4 removal surgery at NYU … Read more
An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years of dialysis, the latest effort to save human lives with animal organs. Towana Looney is the fifth American given a gene-edited pig organ — and notably, she isn’t as sick as prior recipients who died within two months of receiving a pig kidney or heart. “It’s … Read more
The heart wants what the heart wants…regardless of whose chest it beats within. Recent research has found further correlation between organ transplant surgery and personality changes. In a study published in Transplantology, researchers at the University of Colorado (CU) had 47 participants (23 heart recipients and 24 other organ recipients) complete an online survey detailing their … Read more
A daughter who considers her mother to be “her hero” came to her mother’s rescue by giving her mother her kidney. “I was just one month short of retirement when I got sick,” 64-year-old New Yorker Theresa Bullicer told The Post. Bullicer, a mom of three and a grandmother of nine, worked as a nurse … Read more
Groundbreaking combined surgeries are giving a grandmother from New Jersey a new lease on life. On Wednesday, doctors from NYU Langone detailed the complex procedures, one of which involved a pig kidney transplant. The innovative technology could give hope to the thousands of people currently waiting on organ donor lists. Lisa Pisano, 54, didn’t have … Read more
Effectively transplanting an organ from an animal to a human may sound like something that could happen when pigs fly. However, 62-year-old Rick Slayman was sent home from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Wednesday, two weeks after having a successful organ transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney, according to a hospital press release. The … Read more
Francia Raisa and Selena Gomez have surely been through thick and thin together over the years. Gomez, 31, was famously given a kidney by the “Secret Life of the American Teenager” star, 35, in 2017 when the singer underwent a transplant for her lupus diagnosis. But the pair’s past rift apparently had “nothing to do … Read more
Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on the gurney rolling past them. The dramatic experiment came to an end Wednesday as surgeons at NYU Langone Health removed the pig kidney and returned the donated body … Read more
In a medical breakthrough, NYU Langone surgeons successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a brain-dead man who has now survived on the organ for over a month. “This represents the longest period that a gene-edited pig kidney has functioned in a human, and the latest step toward the advent of an alternate, sustainable supply of … Read more
A woman saved her husband’s life by donating a kidney to him — after they were found to be a one in 22 million match. Donna Creed, 49, of Leicester, England, donated the organ to her gravely ill partner, Darren, 51, last month — and it has already transformed their lives after he became so … Read more
Talk about no child left behind. Eddie McCarthy, a math teacher at Whitmer High School in Toledo, Ohio, is preparing to donate a kidney to his student, Roman McCormick. McCormick, a 15-year-old sophomore, was born with branchiootorenal/branchiootic syndrome. The rare genetic condition can affect the growth and development of the neck (branchio-), ears (oto-) and … Read more
It was the ride of a lifetime. A New Jersey man in desperate need of a kidney says he’s been given “the gift of life” after an Uber driver unexpectedly offered up his own organ for donation. Bill Sumiel, 71, was picked up from a dialysis center in Newark, Delaware on Oct 30. 2021 by … Read more
A Missouri daughter gave her old man the shock of a lifetime when she defied him and secretly donated her kidney to him. John Ivanowski, who suffers from a form of kidney disease, relied on a dialysis machine every couple of days for about five hours each time. While daughter Delayne, 25, urged him to … Read more
He’s making sure his ailing wife leads a glamorous life. Applying blush, eyelashes and lipstick has become second nature to a husband named Darrick Coe, who secretly learned how to do makeup after his diabetes-stricken bride, Bre, who is also suffering from kidney failure, recently lost her vision in one eye. And not only did … Read more