Kidney failure articles
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First Human to Receive Transplanted Pig Kidney Dies
By Brendan Pierson(Reuters) - A man with end-stage renal disease who earlier this year became the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig has died, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said."The Mass General transplant team is deeply saddened at the sudden passing of Mr. Rick Slayman," the hospital said in a statement on Saturday. "We have no indication that it was the result of his recent transplant."Slayman, 62, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, received the...
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Community rallies for Boyertown teacher in need of kidney transplant
Maritza Ventresca recently received news that she has been matched with a living donor.
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Why History Matters (About Hitler's Failure to Distinguish Between History & Myth)
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) On 15 June 2006, my article of this same title was published at History News Network, which defines itself as “History News Network puts current events into historical perspective,” which this article did if World War Two and the Holocaust still remain as being events in “current history”; and this […]