Organ Transplants

Temple kidney transplant

A Temple Hospital worker needed a kidney transplant. When the call finally came, his colleague performed it

Organ transplants are up, but the agency in charge is under fire

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Penn researchers get $3.2 million grant to use artificial intelligence for improving heart transplants

Penn Heart Transplants

U.S. discards too many kidneys viable for transplant, Johns Hopkins study finds

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Johns Hopkins surgeon performs world's first organ transplant between living HIV-positive donor and recipient

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Philly organ donation hub sets two national life-saving records in 2018

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Woman gives birth via uterus transplanted from deceased donor — the world's first

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Riley Hancey, who received lung transplant in Philly after being denied in Utah, dies at 20

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Denied lung transplant in Utah for smoking pot, man gets one in Philly

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Penn study finds potential earlier warning of organ transplant rejection through blood test

Hahnemann could perform nation's first organ transplant from HIV-positive donors

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Medical school enrollment surpasses 100,000 for first time as application numbers rebound

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