Man pushing through "tough" physical therapy after pig heart transplant
Lawrence Faucette, a 58-year-old Maryland man, is the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig.
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Lawrence Faucette, a 58-year-old Maryland man, is the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig.
Last year, University of Maryland surgeons made history by transplanting a gene-edited pig heart into a dying man who was out of other options. He survived only two months before the organ failed for reasons that aren't fully understood but that offer lessons for future attempts.
Krista Jacobs, 16, of Pasadena has had a new kidney for nearly three months.
An Army soldier who lost her ear has received a revolutionary transplant which saw doctors grow a brand new ear on the patient's own arm.
The Johns Hopkins reconstructive surgery team has successfully performed the first total penis and scrotum transplant in the world.
The Johns Hopkins reconstructive surgery team has successfully performed the first total penis and scrotum transplant in the world.
The Johns Hopkins reconstructive surgery team has successfully performed the first total penis and scrotum transplant in the world.
A Mississippi firefighter who received the world's most extensive face transplant after a burning building collapsed on him said Wednesday that he feels like "a normal guy" for the first time in 15 years.
An 8-year-old boy who became the youngest patient to receive a double-hand transplant has left the Philadelphia hospital where the procedure was done and was returning to his Maryland home.
A Baltimore County boy makes history, becoming the first child in the world to have a double hand transplant.
A heat stroke caused his organs to fail, requiring an emergency transplant.
Sweat beaded on Debra Long's brow and dripped down her face. She clutched her red Gatorade bottle, stepping out of the 90-degree heat and into the air-conditioned lobby of a building on the campus of St. John Catholic Church.
In North America, about 100 times a year, a heart is transplanted into a child four and younger. Now, a little girl from Baltimore is waiting for her chance.
His story is both tragic and amazing. A Virginia man who had a face transplant in Baltimore has a new outlook on life.
A Catonsville family is praying for a miracle. Their daughter, who just received her second heart transplant, is on life support.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to understand why three of the four people who got organs from a rabies-infected donor in 2011 didn't develop the disease, the agency's top rabies expert said Wednesday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says at least 23 people have been urged to get rabies shots following the disclosure that four patients received organs from an infected donor.
A North Carolina woman said Monday that her child's father is the Air Force aviation mechanic whose rabies-infected organs were transplanted into other recipients, including a Maryland man who died.
Two-thirds of American men experience hair loss by age 35.
The first soldier to survive after losing all four limbs in the Iraq war has received a double-arm transplant.
With more than 100,000 people waiting for organ transplants each year and only 30,000 getting them, the survivors and donor families find every opportunity they can to celebrate life.
The Prince George's Hospital Center is honoring more than 50 people whose organs were donated after they died with a new memorial.
People around the country, including those in Maryland, are waiting for transplants. A local group is rallying to help those in need by getting them the gift of life.
A family member says a Hagerstown woman has died 11 days after she was hurt in a collision with a hit-and-run tractor-trailer.
