A woman in France grew a nose on her arm to prepare for a transplant after losing a large portion of her own during treatment for cancer. In 2013, the patient from Toulouse, France, was treated for nasal cavity cancer with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, eventually losing part of her nose. For years, she’s lived without … Read more
Earlier this summer, physicians at NYU Langone were able to successfully transplant pig hearts into two recently deceased humans. The medical team performed the procedures on June 16 and July 6 using special pig hearts that had been genetically modified to be more acceptable for transplantation into the human body. Both carcasses were donated by … Read more
Researchers successfully transplant genetically modified pig hearts into two recently deceased people connected to the ventilator, the New York University team announced today. The surgery is the latest step in the field of animal-to-human transplantation, or xenotransplantation, which has seen a flurry of successes so far this year – raising hopes for a new, steady … Read more