The investigation followed a review of a previous transplant case ordered by the Health Resources and Services Administration for "potentially preventable harm." ...

Kidney transplantation continues to face significant immunological challenges, including chronic allograft dysfunction, desensitization in highly sensitized ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched a reform of the organ-transplant system and threatened to close ...

An HHS agency has directed the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to improve national monitoring and to reopen an investigation into a Louisville, Ky.-based organ procurement organization.

Researchers tested a genetically engineered gut bacterium to try to limit kidney stones. But once inside some human ...

Surgeons have developed two low-cost techniques to revive the hearts of people who wish to donate their organs after they die. The methods have been tested on only a small number of people, but they ...

Mismatches in an immune cell surface receptor could contribute to higher transplant rejection rates, a new study finds.

A multisite research team has issued ethical and policy recommendations for first-in-human clinical trials involving the transplantation of pig ...

A multisite research team has issued ethical and policy recommendations for first-in-human clinical trials involving the transplantation of pig kidneys into humans. The first trial has been approved ...

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Mitochondria transplantation shows promise in treating heart, brain, and organ damage, sparking new research and potential ...