Baby boy first child born in the UK after mother transplanted with a womb from deceased donor
On Feb. 24, 2026, Womb Transplant UK announced in an historic breakthrough, that a bouncing baby boy has…
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U.S. healthcare spending soars to over $5 trillion in 2024
On Jan. 14, 2026, U.S. healthcare spending rose by 7.2% to $5.3 trillion in 2024 from $4.9 trillion…
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Vanderbilt Transplant Center sets world record for heart transplants in 2024
On Jan. 13, 2026, The Vanderbilt Transplant Center had a banner year in 2024, setting a world record…
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China narrows US’ scientific research lead
On Dec. 5, 2025, an annual report published by the Institutes of Science and Development of the Chinese…
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Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health
On Nov. 20, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has canceled funding for at least 383 clinical…
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Precise Bio Achieves World’s First 3D-Bio-Printed Corneal Implant
On Nov. 19, 2025, Precise Bio announced the first patient has been successfully treated with PB-001, the Company’s…
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United Therapeutics Announces First Transplant in EXPAND Clinical Trial of UKidney in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease
On Nov. 3, 2025, United Therapeutics, a public benefit corporation, announced the first clinical xenotransplantation in its EXPAND…
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Qureator Achieves World’s First FDA IND Approval Using Only Human Vascularized Organoid Efficacy Data
On Oct. 27, 2025, Qureator announced a major milestone, confirming a fundamental shift in drug development under the…
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New Hampshire Man resumes dialysis after living with a gene-edited pig kidney for a record 271 days
On Oct. 27, 2025, a New Hampshire man resumed dialysis after living with a gene-edited pig kidney for…
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CareDx Announces Largest Landmark Study of Its Kind on Antibody Mediated Rejection in Heart Transplantation Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
On Oct. 23, 2025, CareDx announced the publication of the second study from Surveillance HeartCare Outcomes Registry (SHORE)…
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Pig liver transplant into a living person edges it closer to the norm
On Oct. 9, 2025, Beicheng Sun at Anhui Medical University in China and his colleagues have reported the…
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First human transplant of kidney modified to have ‘universal’ blood type
On Oct. 3, 2025, scientists have converted the blood type of a donor kidney and transplanted the organ…
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eGenesis Announces IND Clearance for EGEN-2784 in Pig Kidney Transplant and Landmark Patient Updates in Ongoing Expanded Access Study
On Sept. 8, 2025, eGenesis announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Investigational…
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In a first, pig lung survives and functions—briefly—in a person
On Aug. 25, 2025, in a small step forward for the long-struggling field of xenotransplantation, surgeons in China…
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CareDx Announces Landmark KOAR Study Published in the American Journal of Transplantation
On Aug. 6, 2025, CareDx announced the publication of the Kidney Allograft Outcomes AlloSure Registry (KOAR) study in…
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New Technique Could Increase Infant Heart Transplant by 20%
On Jul. 16, 2025, Duke Health has pioneered a world’s-first technique that could expand by up to 20%…
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Tiny human hearts grown in pig embryos for the first time
On Jun. 13, 2025, researchers reported growing hearts containing human cells in pig embryos for the first time….
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First human bladder transplant performed at UCLA
On May 18, 2025, a surgical team from the University of California, Los Angeles Health (UCLA Health) announced…
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Researchers develop model for real-time monitoring of kidney transplants
On Apr. 28, 2025, researchers at King’s College London, the University of Bristol and Great Ormond Street Hospital…
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HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies
On Apr. 1, 2025, layoff notices began arriving for thousands of employees of the sprawling U.S. Department of…
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Australia’s first durable total artificial heart implant Reported successful
On Mar. 11, 2025, researchers at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney announced the first implant of a BiVACOR Total…
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Arsenic Exposure Linked To Increased Risk Of Kidney Disease
On Mar. 3, 2025, epidemiologists at the Texas A&M University School of Public Health have identified a link…
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United Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of Pig Transplantation Clinical Trial
On Feb. 3, 2025, United Therapeutics, a public benefit corporation, announced that the U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
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‘Breakthrough’ stem-cell patches strengthened a woman’s failing heart
On Jan. 29, 2025, researchers from the University Medical Center Göttingen announced they have shown that patches of…
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BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart Successfully Implanted in Five Patients as Part of FDA Early Feasibility Study; FDA Greenlights Expansion of the EFS
On Dec. 18, 2024, BiVACOR, a clinical-stage medical device company, announced the successful completion of the first phase…
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United Therapeutics Announced World’s First Successful UKidney Transplant
On Dec. 17, 2024, United Therapeutics, a public benefit corporation, announced the world’s first transplant of a UKidney,…
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University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus-Led Team Receives Up to $46 Million to Develop Innovative Treatment to Cure Blindness
On Dec. 2, 2024, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus announced it will receive up to $46…
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Successful first-in-human implantation of the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart by Baylor and THI doctors
On Jul. 25, 2024, doctors from the Texas Heart Institute (THI), BiVACOR®, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and…
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In a first, genetically edited pig kidney was transplanted into a human
On Mar. 21, 2024, Harvard Medical School physician-scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital announced they had successfully transplanted a…
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World’s first birth after uterus transplantation with robot-assisted surgery alone
On May 26, 2023, the University of Gothenburg announced that for the first time worldwide, in yet another…
