2-year-old Michigan girl meets woman whose kidney saved her life

Thanks to the incredible kindness of a stranger, a little girl from Westland has a whole new outlook on life.

• Dec 15, 2025

Michigan teacher, students make blankets for organ donor families

A special education teacher at Huron High School gathered with students on Wednesday to make blankets for families of organ donors.

• Mar 5, 2025

Mayo Clinic performs successful face transplant on Michigan man

The Mayo Clinic says surgeons there successfully performed a face transplant for a Michigan man who was severely injured from a self-inflicted gunshot wound 10 years ago.

• Nov 19, 2024

Woman who received first-ever heart pump, pig kidney transplant dies at 54

Lisa Pisano, a woman who received a mechanical heart pump in addition to a pig kidney transplant earlier this year, has died.

• Jul 9, 2024

Chicago surgeons perform kidney transplant with awake patient

28-year-old John Nicholas was able to watch in real time as surgeons at Northwestern Medicine replaced his old kidney for his new one, using a single-spinal anesthesia shot as opposed to the typical general anesthesia.

• Jun 25, 2024

Doctors perform first combined heart pump and pig kidney transplant

For the first time, surgeons at NYU Langone Health performed a combined mechanical heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney transplant into a living person.

• Apr 24, 2024

Man undergoes world's first eye transplant after electrical accident

Aaron James lost most of his face in a 2021 work accident where he accidentally touched a live wire.

• Nov 9, 2023

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.

• Oct 20, 2023

Lake Orion man runs marathon for great cause that saved his wife's life

A Lake Orion man hit the pavement this weekend to run a marathon for a great cause to give back to Henry Ford Health.

• Apr 24, 2023