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

Meet some of the world’s cleanest pigs, raised to grow kidneys and hearts for humans

Meet some of the world’s cleanest pigs, raised to grow kidneys and hearts for humans

BLACKSBURG: Wide-eyed piglets rushing to check out the visitors to their unusual barn just might represent the future of organ transplantation – and there’s no rolling around in the mud here. The first gene-edited pig organs ever transplanted into people came from animals born on this special research farm in the Blue Ridge mountains – … Read more