The world's first artificial kidney can rid the world of dialysis
A new bioartificial kidney, the first in the world with these characteristics, can eliminate the need for transplants and dialysis.
The first total artificial heart transplant was successful in the USA
The first totally artificial heart transplant was a success: it mimics human behavior, complete with liquid pumped inside.
Regenerate human skin from fish skin
The skin of fish (specifically: cod) used to regenerate human skin and repair wounds? Yes, without rejection and with many advantages (but it costs).
New technique can double the lungs to be transplanted
An oxygenation technique recovers lungs to be transplanted otherwise considered unsuitable, and extends their availability.
Brain cell transplantation: in mice it cures damage from multiple sclerosis
In laboratory tests, the team restored motor function in mice affected by multiple sclerosis.
Transparent human organs created: they will be the model for 3D printing
A new method allows to make the tissues of human organs completely transparent: an important step to reduce the waiting for transplants.
Avoid kidney transplant, renal stem cells will be obtained from the urine
Fundamental discovery to make stem-based treatments on patients with kidney disease much easier: they can avoid kidney transplantation.
A machine "repairs" a transplant liver and keeps it alive for 7 days
A human liver transplant can be kept alive for a week in a new machine developed by the University of Zurich.
Head transplant, the first could be by 2030
An expert neurosurgeon develops a medical hypothesis on head transplantation, and expects it to be feasible within the next ten years.
Doctors announce the success of the first, er, penis transplant
8 months after the first similar surgery in the world, doctors declare penis and scrotum transplantation on a war veteran perfectly successful.
A human liver created from scratch after 5 years of trying
The importance of creating a human liver from a skin sample? Huge: it will be possible to create mini-organs to test human cures without risk.
The conservation time of a liver to be transplanted has been tripled
A team of scientists has greatly extended the time window in which a liver from ...
Get back the view with corneal transplant from iPS
Corneal transplantation from induced pluripotent cells (iPS) on July 27, then course and discharge on August 23. The patient has already regained her sight.
Synthetic organ made 'from scratch' with stem cells.
If you are still not convinced that stem cells are the future of ...
