Tufts Medical Center launches living-donor transplant program
The program will allow the hospital to give patients their transplants earlier to improve the outcome of the surgery.
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The program will allow the hospital to give patients their transplants earlier to improve the outcome of the surgery.
With another successful pig kidney transplant, Mass General has been approved to proceed with a larger FDA-approved clinical trial.
Bill Stewart received the pig-kidney transplant in June at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Massachusetts General Hospital has transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a human for the second time.
Marty Kedian is the third person in the U.S. to receive a larynx transplant, and the first active cancer patient to do so.
A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx, or voice box, and replaced it with a donated one.
The Massachusetts man who received the first pig kidney transplant in the world has died.
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.
For 32-year-old Eamonn Kelly, crossing the finish during a 5K race this weekend is more than just a dream come true; it's really a new start at life.
There are lots of different types of transplants for lots of different medical conditions. One of the newest is called a fecal transplant and has had proven success for clearing some infections.
A 27-year firefighter and college basketball ref, Bob Mullins was always active and fit, but three years ago an illness shut down his kidneys.
A young woman in Leominster has given her mother the gift of a lifetime. Ashlee Masone has donated one of kidneys to her mother, Julie.
They were married two years ago and now an Essex woman is giving her husband the ultimate gift this holiday season -- the gift of life.
