Organ transplant

A kidney transplant in Nice, France.

‘HORRIFYING’

Would-Be Organ Donor Began ‘Thrashing’ on the Table: Report

Organ preservationists who saw an ostensibly dead patient come back to life said they were pressured to proceed with a harvest surgery.

Claire Lampen

Rick Slayman, who received a genetically modified pig kidney transplant

First Man to Receive Pig Kidney Transplant Dies Months Later

A Massachusetts man accepted the pig kidney after years of medical complications.

Corbin Bolies

Doctor with human liver model

MOTIVE A MYSTERY

Top Surgeon Accused of Ruining Patients’ Transplant Chances

He allegedly altered details in a government database to effectively deny them new livers.

Massachusetts General Hospital surgeons have transplanted a genetically engineered kidney into a dialysis patient in a groundbreaking surgery.

‘REMARKABLE’

Patient Receives Breakthrough Pig Kidney Transplant

The organ was taken from a pig with edited genes to reduce the risk of rejection.

Dan Ladden-Hall

A photo illustration of a doctors hand holding a red syringe

ROUGH WAY TO GO

Bone Marrow Mix-Up Led to Patient’s ‘Horrific’ Death: Suit

The tragic circumstance was allegedly caused by a simple “labeling error.”

Justin Rohrlich

A surgeon and his theatre team perform key hole surgery

‘HE LOVED US’

Second Patient to Receive Pig Heart Transplant Dies

The 58-year-old was dying from heart failure when he received the genetically modified pig’s heart on Sept. 20.

AJ McDougall