Category: surgery
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Medicare proposes new transplant system rules that might spur use of less-than-perfect organs
Medicare proposes new transplant system rules that might spur use of less-than-perfect organs WASHINGTON — The government proposed new rules for the nation’s transplant system Wednesday that aim to increase use of less-than-perfect organs and set additional safety standards for donor groups. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said the proposal would strengthen its oversight of organ procurement…
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Bariatric surgery beats GLP-1s for type 2 diabetes across income levels, study says
Bariatric surgery beats GLP-1s for type 2 diabetes across income levels, study says When endocrinologist Mary Elizabeth Patti looks at a patient with type 2 diabetes who could benefit from weight loss, she sees more than body mass index and blood glucose levels. She also recognizes the challenges of social vulnerability, understanding how low income,…
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Trump administration to close Miami organ donation group it calls ‘failing’
Trump administration to close Miami organ donation group it calls ‘failing’ WASHINGTON — The Trump administration moved Thursday to shut down a Miami organ donation group, calling it “failing” because of underperformance, unsafe practices and paperwork errors. The Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency is one of 55 organ procurement organizations, or OPOs, nonprofit agencies around…
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Gene-edited pig lung transplanted into a brain-dead patient for first time
Gene-edited pig lung transplanted into a brain-dead patient for first time In a milestone for the newly resurgent field of xenotransplantation, a 39-year-old brain-dead person in China has become the first human to receive a lung from a pig. With consent from the person’s family, researchers took the organ from a CRISPR’d pig, trimmed it,…
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FDA OKs trial of pig livers as dialysis-like treatment for liver failure
FDA OKs trial of pig livers as dialysis-like treatment for liver failure WASHINGTON — U.S. researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure — by temporarily filtering their blood so their own organ can rest and maybe heal. The first-of-its-kind clinical trial has been cleared by the Food…
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Doctors remove pig kidney from an Alabama woman after a record 130 days
Doctors remove pig kidney from an Alabama woman after a record 130 days WASHINGTON — An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday — a disappointment in the ongoing quest for animal-to-human transplants.…