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  Kids Who Need Heart Transplant Should Get the First Available, Study Says

  Waiting for a suitable match based on antibodies lowered survival rate, researchers found

  • Posted November 19, 2014
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  Most in U.S. Aren’t Suitable Kidney Donors, Study Says

  Health or financial reasons disqualify more than 75 percent, researchers report

  • Posted November 14, 2014
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  Drug Regimen Cures Hepatitis C in Most Liver Transplant Patients in Study

  Researchers say treatment has fewer side effects and less risk of rejection, too

  • Posted November 14, 2014
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  Gene Test May Spot Which Kidney Transplants More Likely to Fail

  Researchers suggest it could be way to spot trouble earlier

  • Posted November 11, 2014
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  Report: Fewer U.S. Hospitalizations for Hepatitis A

  Viral infection comes from contaminated food, water or contact with infected person

  • Posted November 8, 2014
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  Scientists Set Their Sights on First Whole-Eye Transplant

  Nerve regeneration is challenge, but real headway is being made in the field, researchers...

  • Posted October 30, 2014
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  Frailty Tied to Lower Survival Rates After Kidney Transplant

  Doctors should monitor such patients closely after surgery, researcher suggests

  • Posted October 30, 2014
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  Obesity May Speed Aging of the Liver, Study Suggests

  Heavier people might be more prone to liver cancer, insulin problems, researchers say

  • Posted October 13, 2014
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  Obesity May Speed Aging of the Liver, Study Suggests

  Heavier people might be more prone to liver cancer, insulin problems, researchers say

  • Posted October 13, 2014
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  Pigs’ Hearts Beat for a Year in Baboons’ Abdomens

  Studies may one day lead to use of animal organs for human transplantation

  • Posted August 20, 2014
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