Two fundamentally different surgical approaches to liver transplantation exist: (1) orthotopic (OLT), and (2) heterotopic (HLT). In OLT, the patient's diseased liver is completely removed and ...

28, 2025 — A new study shows that oral fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a feasible and safe addition to preventing graft-versus-host disease in patients undergoing stem cell transplantation ...

The first clinical trial testing whether pig kidneys can be safely transplanted into living people has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As part of the trial, which will ...

8 Research using an organ from these modified animals transplanted in non-human primates accomplished promising results, especially in terms of survival and function. 9 Recently, three cases of ...

Although albumin infusion following orthotopic liver transplantation has shown potential benefits, there is no established consensus on optimal serum albumin levels or infusion protocols for these ...

"Over the past few years, we have come to understand that mitochondria can be transferred from one cell to another, and that isolated mitochondria can be transplanted like an organ transplant ...

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are suggested as a treatment for EoE, while swallowed topical steroids are recommended as a treatment. (HealthDay News) — In a clinical guideline issued by the ...

A US woman has become the world's longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant, after living healthily with her new kidney for 61 days. Towana Looney, 53, received the experimental organ in ...

Figure 2: The algorithm used for the screening of patients on the waiting list for orthotopic liver transplantation and the therapeutic decisions made thereafter. Although no peroperative deaths ...

A doctor must declare that an individual needs a transplant for them to be eligible for coverage. Medicare then covers some of the costs for the person receiving a transplant. For a kidney ...