Transplant

Transplant: Research Makes More Organs Count

Several years ago, a surgeon checked on his patient and was pleased to find her sipping hot coffee in her hospital bed just one day ...

Animal Studies at Mayo Clinic Move Another Step Toward Bioengineered Livers

Biomanufactured liver grafts implanted in animals show indications of functioning like a normal donor liver, Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered. This early research in the ...

Two kidney disease therapies square off in MENTOR trial

Membranous nephropathy is a disease leading, if untreated, to the need for kidney transplant. However current therapies have their own problems, says Mayo Clinic nephrologist ...

Beat Still My Beating Heart

Mayo Clinic Researchers Investigate Innovations in Heart Transplant As a science writer, I’m typically juggling a recorder, a note pad and a pen. Sometimes ...

A Lifetime of Achievement, But Not Done Yet

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Thomas Gonwa, M.D., a transplant nephrologist at Mayo Clinic in Florida, spent his career advancing the field of transplant research. And now he ...

New Center to Double Available Donor Lungs for Transplant

It's about a groundbreaking that breaks new ground in research and saving lives. Mayo Clinic in Florida is collaborating with ...