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

Second person to receive pig heart transplant dies, hospital says

Last year the Maryland team performed the world's first transplant of a heart from a genetically altered pig into another man who died two months after surgery.

• Oct 31, 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

Irving pastor donates kidney as a rare 1 in 100,000 match to churchgoer's granddaughter

"I heard a presentation about the need for kidney donation. It set off something in my heart, to provide that gift for someone," Pastor Shane Webb said.

• Oct 4, 2023

In breakthrough, pig kidney works in human body for a month

This experiment marks the longest a genetically-engineered pig kidney has functioned after a transplant, according to NYU Langone Health.

• Aug 16, 2023

Probe finds failures in organ transplant system: "There's people dying"

"A lot of dialysis patients are sitting around like me just wondering, 'When will we get the call?'" said LaQuayia Goldring, who has been waiting seven years for a kidney transplant.

• Nov 11, 2022

Duke Health performs first partial-heart transplant on baby boy

Now, more than four months since the operation, Owen Monroe's family and doctors say he's recovered well.

• Sep 9, 2022

Pig skin protein gives sight back to 14 blind people

The bioengineered corneas could provide a new and less invasive solution for the millions around the world in need of cornea transplants.

• Aug 12, 2022

Nation's first face transplant

Dallas Wiens became the nation's first full-face transplant recipient after a construction accident left him without a face two and a half years ago. Manuel Gallegus reports.

• May 9, 2011

Pig organ transplants inch closer with testing in the dead

Continuing careful experiments in the dead is key to figuring out the best methods "in a setting where a person's life isn't at stake," one doctor said.

• Jul 12, 2022

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.

• Jun 2, 2022

CDC probes spread of hepatitis in children

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned a mysterious outbreak of hepatitis among children has spread to 24 states and Puerto Rico since the fall. More than 100 children have had liver inflammation, at least five have died and more than a dozen have needed a liver transplant.

• May 6, 2022

Pig heart transplanted into Maryland man was carrying an animal virus

Researchers said they could not yet determine if the virus played a role in the man's death.

• May 6, 2022

Double lung transplant saves Chicago man with terminal cancer

Six months after Albert Khoury's surgery, the lungs are working well and he has no signs of cancer in his body.

• Mar 24, 2022

Pig-to-human kidney transplant shows promise

Scientists temporarily attached a pig's kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants. Dr. Robert Montgomery, who led the surgical team, called the procedure a "transformative moment in organ transplantation."

• Oct 20, 2021

Surgeons transplant pig heart into human

Surgeons have transplanted a pig heart in a 57-year-old man with a terminal disease. It's too soon to tell how the operation will last long-term, but it marks a groundbreaking step in medicine. CBS News’ senior medical correspondent Dr. Tara Narula explains the procedure.

• Jan 11, 2022

Maryland man who got first pig heart transplant dies after 2 months

David Bennett's son praised the hospital for offering the last-ditch experiment, saying the family hoped it would help further efforts to end the organ shortage.

• Mar 9, 2022