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Cell Transplant Enables Paralyzed Dogs to Walk; Humans Next?
Scientists have reversed paralysis in dogs after injecting them with cells grown from the lining of their nose.
The pets had all suffered spinal injuries...
Man in Need of Heart Transplant Called A ‘Miracle’ After His Heart Heals Itself
A young man in dire need of a heart transplant shocked doctors and loved ones alike when his failing heart mended itself, the Omaha...
Transplant Nurse Donates Own Kidney to Patient
The way Clay Taber looks at it, he’s got three moms now, after a transplant nurse, practically a stranger, donated one of her healthy...
Community Gives $40,000 to Save Young Hospitalized Man in Need of Lung Transplant
An outpouring of community support has raised $40,000 for a 20-year-old patient at Tampa General Hospital who will die without a lung transplant that...
Hospital’s 5-transplant Kidney Swap Sets California Record
In what is the largest single-hospital kidney swap in the state, five patients received new kidneys from five healthy donors in a marathon series...
Stem Cell Transplant Accidentally ‘Cures’ HIV
A US cancer patient who received a stem cell transplant has been cured of HIV, said a team of German doctors whose research was...
Woman Has Second Child After Ovary Transplant
When Stinne Holm Bergholdt of Denmark was diagnosed with bone cancer at age 27, she was afraid she wouldn't be able to have...
Mosquito ‘Nose Transplant’ a Breakthrough in Wiping out Malaria
Five years of exhaustive research has yielded the key to thwarting “the most dangerous animal on the planet:” disarming its nose. Scientists at...
First Double Arm Transplant Recipient Regains Mobility
The recipient of the world's first complete double arm transplant scratched his head and back and beamed at his doctors Wednesday, saying he...
Stem Cell Transplant ‘Very Encouraging’ for Type 1 Diabetes
A handful of people with type 1 diabetes have been able to survive without insulin shots for more than two-and-a-half years, on average,...
Doctors Transplant Windpipe in a New Healthier Way
Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs....
World’s First Double-Arm Transplant Recipient Calls ‘Being Whole Again’ Indescribable
Doctors spent 15 hours in July grafting human arms onto the body of 54-year-old farmer Karl Merk, who lost his own just below the...
Boy Gets Heart Transplant Thanks to Cell Phone
Hospital officials in Pennsylvania tried to contact a family awaiting a heart transplant. Their son's organ had arrived and he needed to get to...
Girl’s Heart Jump-Started After 10 Years Living with a Transplant
British doctors have revived a 12-year-old girl's dormant heart after 10 years to reimplant it after her transplanted organ began to cause problems. It...
First Patient to Have Brain Tumor Removed Through Her Eyebrow Leaves Hospital in 2 Days Thanks to Technique
A 75-year-old woman has become the first person in the world to have a brain tumor removed through an eyebrow incision, according to the...
In World First, Stem Cells Reverse Woman’s Type-1 Diabetes
“I can eat sugar now,” said a woman from Tianjing, China, who recently became the first human to have their type-1 diabetes cured through...
Ultra Rare Reptile with Only 400 Left Can Survive in Colder Temps–Sparking Hope for Western Swamp Tortoise
The recent discovery of Australia's most endangered reptile surviving in colder temperatures has inspired conservationists in Perth to continue trying to save the species...
Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ From Rob Brezsny
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to...
Planting This Grass Could Yield a Bumper Crop in Flood Plains and Stop Coastal Erosion
Rising sea levels and coastal erosion are threatening farmers on America's mid-Atlantic coast, but a crop from colonial times may be the future harvest...
Children with Rare Birth Defect Are Breathing Easier with Device Made at Georgia Tech
At Georgia Tech, an incredible piece of biotechnology has cured one lucky child in a groundbreaking new treatment for a rare birth defect of...