Organ Transplant Advancements
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Robotic Kidney Donation Surgery Streamed Live Globally, Surgeons Cite Better Outcomes
A live robotic-assisted kidney donation surgery was successfully demonstrated at the 3rd Global SSI Multi-Speciality Robotic Surgery Conference (SMRSC) 2026 highlighting the growing role of advanced surgical technologies in improving transplant outco
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Putting Pig Organs In People Is OK In The US, But Growing Human Organs In Pigs Is Not - Why Is That?
A decade ago, scientists were chasing a different solution. Instead of editing the genes of pigs to make their organs human-friendly, they tried to grow human organs made entirely of human cells inside pigs. But in 2015 the National Institutes of
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Could Immortality Be Real, As Putin Was Heard Telling Xi?
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have been recorded on a hot mic discussing how organ transplants and other medical advances could let humans live past 150 years -- or even become immortal.
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From Kidney To Scrotum Transplant: Off-Limits For Organ Transplants?
Since the world's first successful organ transplant in 1954 -- a kidney -- the discipline has advanced to the point where a wounded soldier could have his penis and scrotum replaced in a groundbreaking operation last month.
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Robotic Kidney Donation Surgery Streamed Live Globally, Surgeons Cite Better Outcomes
A live robotic-assisted kidney donation surgery was successfully demonstrated at the 3rd Global SSI Multi-Speciality Robotic Surgery Conference (SMRSC) 2026 highlighting the growing role of advanced surgical technologies in improving transplant outco
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Putting Pig Organs In People Is OK In The US, But Growing Human Organs In Pigs Is Not - Why Is That?
A decade ago, scientists were chasing a different solution. Instead of editing the genes of pigs to make their organs human-friendly, they tried to grow human organs made entirely of human cells inside pigs. But in 2015 the National Institutes of
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Could Immortality Be Real, As Putin Was Heard Telling Xi?
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have been recorded on a hot mic discussing how organ transplants and other medical advances could let humans live past 150 years -- or even become immortal.
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From Kidney To Scrotum Transplant: Off-Limits For Organ Transplants?
Since the world's first successful organ transplant in 1954 -- a kidney -- the discipline has advanced to the point where a wounded soldier could have his penis and scrotum replaced in a groundbreaking operation last month.
