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Former Premier League star Kieron Dyer has been discharged from hospital after undergoing a “life-saving” liver transplant. The ex-Newcastle midfielder was diagnosed with a chronic liver…

On a pleasant Monday morning in Newhall, Rick Herrington, the 63-year-old head football coach at Hart High, was putting his team through its first practice in helmets and shoulder pads.…

You know that Hart football coach Rick Herrington is on his way to recovery after receiving a new heart because he’s already scheduling his return to the golf course.“I’m getting better…

Credit: Unither Bioelectronics, Bromont QC A team of researchers from Toronto General…

The patient, who is from Mexico, was born with microtia, a rare birth defect that causes the auricle, or external part of the ear, to be small and malformed (it also can affect hearing in…

Sydney, May 30 The days of heart transplant survivors undergoing invasive biopsies could soon be over after a new MRI technique has proven…

Zinc's immune-boosting properties are well-established, but scientists haven't known exactly how it works. In a new study published online March 25 in the journal Blood, Fred Hutchinson…

Researchers on Thursday reported the latest in a surprising string of experiments in the quest to save human lives with organs from genetically modified pigs.This time around, surgeons in…

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine announces today the first peer-reviewed research outlining the successful transplant of genetically modified,…

In a first-of-its-kind surgery, a 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease received a successful transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart and is still doing well three days…