Woman gets 3D printed ear transplant made of her own cells
The "groundbreaking" procedure appears to be the first 3D-printed implant made of living tissues.
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The "groundbreaking" procedure appears to be the first 3D-printed implant made of living tissues.
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.
Twenty-two Americans die every day waiting for organ transplants but an iPhone software update could generate more donors.
A woman who got a second chance with a lifesaving transplant decided she could save a life herself.
Myla Cunanan didn't want any presents for her 11th birthday last month.
Three surgeries carried out Thursday and three on Friday at California Pacific Medical Center represent the largest kidney donation chain in the 44-year history of the hospital's transplant center.
Surgeons at San Francisco's California Pacific Medical Center have completed the first three kidney transplants of a series of kidney swaps started by a woman who wanted to help save a life.
This will be the largest single center kidney paired donation chain conducted on the West Coast.
Roll video: "Hi Iron Man, it's your friend Jonathan. Hope you get better," says one young boy. 'Iron Man' is Nicolas Queen and his classmates got together and made a video to cheer him up for the holidays.
A Bay Area woman who crusaded for more people to become organ donors is being honored, even after her death.
A man who donated his deceased son's organs years ago is getting paid back in kind from the mother of the transplant recipient who benefited from the organ donation.
A Bay Area dad got the best Father's Day gift a man could get when his daughter got a lifesaving lung and heart transplant at Stanford after months on a waiting list.
Stanford researchers report they are a step closer to helping men overcome the most common factor of male infertility, at the same time potentially eliminating the need for a live male to reproduce.
Minority patients awaiting bone marrow transplants stand a better chance for survival, because of this week's Jefferson Award winner. She spearheads a campaign to increase the availability of lifesaving umbilical cord blood.
Jesus Navarro needs a transplant. He has insurance, and his wife wants to donate a kidney, but University of California, San Francisco won't do the transplant.
