Heart failure: first successful stem cell transplant
© HakatIt took eight years of preparation to arrive at this result : The first stem cell transplant into the ...
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Kidney transplant: donating a kidney while alive is possible
The treatment of end-stage renal disease is based on dialysis and kidney transplantation. This can be done post-mortem or from ...
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Kidney transplant: patients seek reimbursement of anti-rejection drug
© iStockIn an open letter to the Minister of Health, Marisol Touraine, the kidney transplant recipients demand that the payment ...
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Cornea transplant: the most common transplant
© Getty Images / iStockphotoIt is discreet, transparent and it is often when it becomes cloudy and no longer lets ...
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Faecal transplant: a real treatment!
© ThinkstockIn recent years, there has been an increase in the number of intestinal infections caused by a bacterium, Clostridium ...
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Crohn’s disease: a fecal transplant soon possible?
© istockPerhaps one day we will be able to donate his intestinal flora to help patients with Crohn's disease. In ...
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In Lyon, a kidney transplant in a cat is successful for the first time
© Getty ImagesAt the age of 3, Tara was the first cat in France to have received a kidney transplant. ...
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AIDS: two patients would be cured after a transplant
© Polka DotFor the third time in a few years, researchers have announced AIDS cure cases. Two HIV-positive people from ...
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Kidney transplant: donate while alive
© ThinsktockDonate your kidney while alive to save lives? The Biomedicine Agency recalls that this operation is increasingly performed for ...
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Baboons survive six months after pig transplant
© Getty imagesThe organ transplant animals on humans ever be possible? The question deserves to be raised after the announcement ...
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Two patients die after transplant from donor with herpes
© Getty imagesTwo young Spanish patients died at the Virgen del Rocio hospital in Seville (Spain) victims of an infection ...
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American Gets New Face Transplant After Suicide Attempt
© Getty imagesCameron Underwood has come a long way. In June 2016, after trying to end his life by shooting ...
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Patient receives second face transplant after first graft rejection
© iStockAfter being the first to receive a total face transplant in 2010, Jérôme Hamon, 43, is now the first ...
Read moreHeart transplant. Living with a donor heart.
Living with a donor heart “I'm hot!” That was the first change Carla Joustra noticed when she woke up after ...
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Organ donation: patient dies of Covid-19 after receiving lung transplant
This is the first confirmed case of donor-to-recipient transmission of the coronavirus. The patient who received a bilateral lung transplant ...
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AMD: a first stem cell transplant to repair the retina
© iStockAge-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common visual impairment in the elderly. It is also the leading cause ...
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The first child born by uterus transplant was born in France
This Wednesday, February 17, the Foch hospital in Suresnes in Hauts-de-Seine announced the birth of a baby born from a ...
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Kidney transplant: better to live in Caen than in Paris
© Getty ImagesAccording to French law, the rules for the distribution of grafts are supposed to ensure fairness among patients ...
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Successful artificial lung transplant in pigs
© GettyimagesThe transplant was a success. American scientists built lungs in the lab and then transplanted them to four adult ...
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21 Year Old American Gets Facial Transplant
© Getty imagesKatie Stubblefield became the youngest person in the United States to endure a face transplant, reports the prestigious ...
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Heart transplant: Prof. Christian Cabrol has died
© Pascal BarilWhen we say "pioneer of cardiac surgery", we immediately think of Professor Christian Cabrol. It was he who ...
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Human head transplant: is it possible?
© iStockSince 2013, the Italian neurosurgeon, Sergio Canavero, announces as a crazy bet of graft a living human head on ...
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France: first robotic kidney transplant on an obese patient
Two obese patients have kidney transplants using a robot, according to a press release from Toulouse University Hospital. A medical ...
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Transplant: organ donations are on the rise in France
Renal failure, heart defect, Cancer, cystic fibrosis ... Many pathologies require organ transplants. The decision of a transplant is taken ...
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First birth in the United States after uterus transplant
© istockAt Baylor Hospital in Dallas, Texas, a woman has just delivered a baby born to a uterus transplant. This ...
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Baby first born thanks to post-mortem uterus transplant
December 5, 2018. This is a world first: a baby was born in Brazil thanks to a uterus transplant from ...
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Penis transplant: 3rd successful operation
© iStockPhotosSurgeons at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town (South Africa) have successfully transplanted a whole penis into a patient for ...
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Transplant: 80% of a child’s skin replaced, a first!
November 10, 2017. A young child who suffered from a rare skin disease was able to benefit from an exceptional ...
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Uterine transplant: more and more successful around the world
October 5, 2017. 38 uterine transplants have already been performed worldwide since 2014. A total of 8 children have been ...
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Kidney transplant: soon to be diabetic donors?
May 29, 2017. Allowing people with diabetes to donate their kidneys may benefit patients, according to a study conducted by ...
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