Scientists regrow frog’s lost leg
On Jan. 26, 2022, scientists at Tufts and Harvard University’s Wyss Institute reported they were able to trigger…
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Aurinia and Lonza announced exclusive agreement for dedicated Voclosporin manufacturing capacity
On Dec. 15, 2020, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals announced the funding and initiation of an open-label exploratory trial evaluating the…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | HIV | Infectious Disease | Non-Profit Research | Organ Transplant | Therapeutics
UT Southwestern performed first HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive organ transplant in Texas
On Sept. 2, 2020, UT Southwestern (UTSW) announced that it had performed the first HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive organ transplant in…
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OHSU performed the first heart transplant since re-activating program
On Apr. 10, 2020, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced that a 68-year-old Oregonian was recovering at…
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Trial drug significantly blocked early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues
On Apr. 2, 2020, an international team led by University of British Columbia (UBC) researcher Dr. Josef Penninger…
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First Swedish transplant of uterus from deceased donor
On Feb. 17, 2020, the University of Gothenburg announced that the team responsible for uterine transplantation research has,…
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Penn Medicine birth marked a milestone in uterus transplant clinical trial
On Jan. 9, 2020, Penn Medicine announced the birth of Benjamin Thomas Gobrecht: his mother, 33-year-old Jennifer Gobrecht,…
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More than 5,000 lives touched by OHSU Kidney Transplant Program
On Jul. 24, 2019, the Oregon Health Science University (OHSU) Transplant Program – one of the oldest, largest…
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University of Washington Medicine performed region’s 1st adult intestineﾠ transplant
On Sept. 11, 2016, the University of Washington Medicine (UW) announced that a medical team became the first…
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World’s first child born after uterus transplantation
On Oct. 3, 2014, the University of Gothenburg announced that seven Swedish women in a ground-breaking research project…
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The Alberta Human Tissue and Organ Donation Amendment Act was passed
On Nov. 8, 2013, the Human Tissue and Organ Donation Amendment Act (Bill 207) was passed. The Act…
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University of Washington Medical Center becomes first in PNW to discharge Total Artificial Heart patient
On Mar. 21, 2012, the University of Washington Medical Center became the first in Pacific Northwest to discharge…
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The Alberta Transplant Institute was founded
On Dec. 16, 2011, the $1.28 million dollar Alberta Transplant Innovation Fund (ATIF) was established to fund research…
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The genome of a pig was sequenced by an international consortium
On Nov. 2, 2009, an international consortium lead by Larry Schook at the University of Illinois in Champaign…
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Stanford researchers identified pattern of gene expression shared by transplant patients who stay healthy without anti-rejection drugs
On Aug. 20, 2007, researchers from Stanford University announced they had identified a pattern of gene expression shared…
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University of Washington physicians performed adult heart-lung transplant
On Aug. 16. 2007, surgeons at the University of Washington (UW) Medical Center performed Seattle’s first adult heart-lung…
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World Kidney Day was established
On Mar. 8, 2006, World Kidney Day, a joint initiative between the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and…
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The Stanford Hospital Center for Clinical Sciences Research building opened
In 2000, the Center for Clinical Sciences Research building opened, and is an example of a fully integrated…
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National Donor Day was founded
On Feb. 14, 1998, National Donor Day was started by the Saturn Corporation and its United Auto Workers…
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First adult live-donor liver transplant in New England was performed
In 1998, Beth Israel Deaconess surgeon Dr. Roger Jenkins performed the first successful live donor liver transplantation (LADLT)…
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Genentech drug CellCept (mycophenolate mofetil) approved by FDA
On May 3, 1995, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had approved Genentech’s drug CellCept…
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Triple-organ transplant was performed for the first time in the U.S.
In 1995, Brigham and Women’s surgeons performed the first triple-organ transplant in the U.S., removing three organs from…
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The Lion’s Eye Bank reached milestone: 10,000th corneal transplantation
On Dec. 8, 1994, the Lion’s Eye Bank of Washington, Northern Idaho and Alaska announced that they had…
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12-year-old boy from Everett underwent the first heart transplant at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center
On Oct. 26, 1994, a 12-year-old boy from Everett underwent the first heart transplant at Children’s Hospital and…
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Stormie Jones, the world’s first recipient of a successful simultaneous heart and liver organ transplant, died at Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital
On Nov. 11, 1990, Stormie Jones, the world’s first recipient of a successful simultaneous heart and liver organ…
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First adult live-donor liver transplant performed at University of Chicago Medical Center
On Nov. 27, 1989, a surgical team at the University of Chicago Medical Center performed a live donor…
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BC Transplant (BCT) was established
In 1986, BC Transplant (BCT) was established. BCT directs, delivers or contracts for all organ transplant services across…
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Doctors at Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania performed the world’s first heart-liver transplant
On Feb. 14, 1984, the world’s first successful combined heart-liver transplant was performed in Pittsburgh at UPMC Children’s…
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Artificial skin was created from living cells for the first time
On Apr. 23, 1981, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced they had for the first time successfully tested…
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Stanford Medicine performed first successful human combined heart/lung transplant in the world
On Mar. 9, 1981, just minutes past midnight, Mary Gohlke, a 45-year-old Arizona woman dying of primary pulmonary hypertension,…
