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Kidney Gets Donated&mdash;Twice
 Kidney Gets Donated—Twice 
Apr 26, 2012 1:58 PM CDT

Kidney Gets Donated—Twice

Surgeons recycle organ being rejected by first recipient

(Newser) - It turns out you can recycle just about anything these days—even kidneys and other organs donated for transplants. In what is believed to be the first documented case of its kind in the US, a transplanted kidney that was failing was removed from a patient while he was still...

Study May Be Breakthrough for Transplants

Patients accepted mismatched organs, without rejection drugs

(Newser) - A new study has the potential to be what the Los Angeles Times calls a "game-changer" in organ transplants. The idea seems simple enough: Give organ recipients a second transplant—of stem cells from the donor. This not only makes it more likely their body won't reject the...

Need a Kidney? Ask on Facebook

More kidney requests popping up on social media sites

(Newser) - People who once sought kidneys through word of mouth or church bulletins are finding a new forum: Facebook. The website has fulfilled at least three kidney requests as many more are popping up across social media sites, the AP reports. One plea came from Seattle father Damon Brown, who was...

Transplant Team Dies in Helicopter Crash

Mayo Clinic crew on way to pick up heart

(Newser) - A heart surgeon and a transplant expert from the Mayo Clinic were killed along with the pilot when their helicopter crashed in northern Florida as they raced to pick up a heart for transplant. The team was on its way from Jacksonville to Gainesville when the helicopter crashed in a...

Woman Gets New Kidney Via Craigslist

Good Samaritan donates one of hers to save a life

(Newser) - An antidote to all those Craigslist-is-the-devil's-little-helper stories ( like this ): A 28-year-old woman in Florida desperate for a new kidney posted the request on the site, reports the Palm Beach Post . After a flurry of media attention, Selina Hodge ended up with more than 800 responses, including one...

Artificial Windpipe Saves Cancer Patient

Lab-made organ successfully transplanted

(Newser) - They almost make it sound easy: Surgeons in Sweden removed a man's cancerous windpipe and replaced it with an artificial one they had whipped up in the lab, reports the BBC . No more diseased windpipe, no more cancer. "He was condemned to die," says one of surgeons...

Scientists: We Can Make Pigs Grow Human Organs

Process has already been used to make mice grow rat organs

(Newser) - Japanese researchers have hit on a stem cell breakthrough that they say could essentially solve the organ shortages problem—but fair warning, it’s weird. By injecting stem cells from rats into the embryos of mice that had been genetically modified to be unable to grow their own organs, the...

Should We Lift Ban on HIV-Positive Organ Donors?

Organs would primarily be used for HIV-positive recipients, say proponents

(Newser) - The US has, as one doctor says, a "huge organ shortage"—but there is one way we could make 500 to 600 more livers and kidneys available each year: lift the ban on HIV-positive donors. A controversial move, yes, but some federal health officials and other experts think...

Young Patients Waiting for Kidneys May Get Priority

Proposal aims to 'get the most out of a scarce resource'

(Newser) - Young people needing new kidneys—the most in-demand organ for transplants—could start getting priority over older patients, under sweeping new transplant protocols being considered by the United Network for Organ Sharing. The current system grants kidneys to those who have been on the wait list the longest, which sometimes...

Wrong Patient Gets Kidney at USC Hospital

Blunder could have killed patients

(Newser) - USC University Hospital put its kidney transplant program on hold last month after it somehow managed to transplant a kidney into the wrong patient. Luckily for all concerned, the kidney happened to be an acceptable match for the patient, and he survived what could have been a deadly error, the...

2nd Arizona Patient Booted From Transplant List Dies

Some 100 residents removed from list after funding is cut

(Newser) - The latest casualty of Arizona's budget cuts is, tragically, a true casualty: A patient unable to get a liver transplant "most likely" due to the defunding of the procedure has died, reports the Arizona Daily Star . A rep for the University of Arizona Surgery Department says the patient was...

Should We Be Paying People for Organs?

Many never sign up to be donors—would this approach help?

(Newser) - In and around New York City, there are 7,800 people on organ transplant waiting lists; last year, only 682 of those people received organs. Despite the fact that there are thousands of bodies no longer in need of their organs, many of those organs aren’t viable transplant options—...

5 Doctors Charged in Organ Trafficking Scheme

Surgeons in South Africa accused of illegal operations for profit

(Newser) - New charges have been filed in an alleged organ trafficking conspiracy first exposed five years ago. Poor Brazilians and Romanians were reportedly paid an average of $6,000 for their kidneys, which were then illegally transplanted into rich Israelis by South African doctors at plush private hospitals. Israelis who gave...

'Printer' Creates Organs for Transplant

Use of new technique could eventually end waiting lists for organs

(Newser) - The principles of 3D printing are being applied to medicine, raising the possibility that doctors might someday be able to produce human organs for transplant and end the use of waiting lists. California biotech company Organovo already has a prototype of the so-called "bioprinter," which uses two printer...

The Full Story of Steve Jobs' Liver Ordeal

How he put his wealth to work, and pushed to save others' lives, too

(Newser) - You can thank Steve Jobs' bum liver for the law California is about to pass that boosts organ donation. Jobs survived his bout with liver failure purely because he's rich, Business Insider reveals, and that bothered him. The Apple CEO was able to fly his private jet around the country,...

Steve Jobs: 'I Almost Died' Waiting for New Liver

Apple CEO backs Calif. bill to boost donor ranks

(Newser) - Steve Jobs made some rare public comments today about the liver transplant that saved his life, saying, “I almost died” while waiting in California’s inadequate system. The Apple chief, 55, appeared with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger at an event to push a bill that would make state drivers agree...

Pig Lung Transplants for Humans Move Closer

Ethicists object to creating human-animal hybrid

(Newser) - Animal organ transplants in humans are now a step closer to reality: Scientists have successfully combined animal lungs with human blood, keeping a pig lung alive and functioning as the blood flowed through it. “The blood went into the lungs without oxygen and came out with oxygen, which is...

30 Rock 's Grizz Needs New Kidney
 30 Rock's Grizz 
 Needs New Kidney
New Trainer: 'DOT COM'
Dec 14, 2009 2:29 PM CST

30 Rock's Grizz Needs New Kidney

Dr. Oz, Kevin Brown will help Grizzwald Chapman with hypertension

(Newser) - Grizzwald Chapman, better known as Grizz on 30 Rock, needs a kidney transplant. The 378-pound actor discussed his health on The Dr. Oz Show, Popeater reports, telling the celebrity doc that his hypertension requires him to be on dialysis—and that he must lose at least 75 pounds before being...

Deadly Carbon Monoxide May Also Be Good For You

Small doses have medical benefits, researchers have found

(Newser) - Low-level doses of the deadly chemical carbon monoxide may actually have medical benefits, pioneering new research suggests. The research is preliminary, and no scientist denies the lethal results of CO poisoning. But studies in animals have found small, controlled doses of the gas can have benefits for organ transplantation and...

Japanese Law Prevents Boy's Life-Saving Transplant

(Newser) - A Japanese law prevents 11-year-old Hiroki Ando from receiving the heart he so desperately needs, CNN reports. Ando suffers from cardiomyopathy and will likely die—as his sister did 5 years ago—without a heart transplant. But the minimum age for organ donations in Japan is 15. "This stipulation...

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