69-Year-Old Dies in Rare Case of Catching Aggressive Liver and Lung Cancer From Organ Donor

69-Year-Old Dies in Rare Case of Catching Aggressive Liver and Lung Cancer From Organ Donor

A 69-year-old man from Arizona tragically died after developing an aggressive form of cancer from a liver transplant, a rare complication that highlights an unexpected risk in organ donation. The patient, who had initially undergone the transplant to treat cirrhosis and liver cancer, succumbed to the disease approximately six months after receiving the organ. The … Read more

Experiment Shows Pig Livers Might One Day Be Transplanted to Humans

Experiment Shows Pig Livers Might One Day Be Transplanted to Humans

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood. The experiment is a step toward one day trying the technique in patients with liver failure. It’s also a different spin on animal-to-human organ transplants, which is also known as xenotransplantation. The … Read more