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A transmission electron micrograph of HIV virus particles (pink) replicating from the plasma membrane of an infected immune cell

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Umbilical blood stem cell transplant puts woman in HIV remission

A woman is in remission for HIV after she received HIV-resistant stem cells from umbilical cord blood to treat her leukaemia

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HIV (green) infecting an immune cell

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Third person 'cured' of HIV after receiving stem cell cancer treatment

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Landmark pig heart transplant was a big leap forward in 2022

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Landmark pig heart transplant was a big leap forward in 2022

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A liver transplant

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Transplanted livers can keep working for a total of over 100 years

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OrganEx technology reverses certain deleterious effects of prolonged ischemia. Representative images of electrocardiogram tracings in the heart(top), immunostainings for albumin in the liver(middle),and actin in the kidney(bottom).The images on the left side represent the organs subjected to a control perfusion, while the images on the right represents the organs subjected to perfusion with theOrganEx technology. Tissue integrity and certain cellular functions have been restored by theOrganEx technology one hour after circulatory arrest.

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Blood substitute repairs damaged organs hours after heart stops

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Nader Moazami, MD, (right) surgical director of heart transplantation at the NYU Langone Transplant Institute, and cardiothoracic physician assistant Amanda Merrifield prepare to remove the heart from a recently deceased donor on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in New York, NY.

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Modified pig hearts transplanted into dead people kept on life support

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A cell sample being pipetted into a multi-well plate containing growth nutrient medium

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Experimental umbilical cord stem cell therapy treats rare disease

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Pierre-Alain Clavien and Philipp Dutkowski

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Damaged liver repaired inside machine for three days before transplant

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A microscopy image of a microgel with the protein Fas ligand on its surface

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Protein gel could help treat type 1 diabetes

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The 3rd generation synchronization modulation electric field (SMEF) technique protected human donor kidneys from tubule injury (red arrows) and other microscopic signs of damage during cold storage.

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Electric field keeps kidney cells powered up while organs are on ice

Organs soon run out of energy while they are between donor and recipient, but an electric field could keep them running and improve survival

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Lung with switched blood type is step towards universal donor organs

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Are genetically modified pig organs the future of transplants?

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Genetically modified pig kidneys transplanted into a brain-dead person

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Watch as a pig heart is transplanted into a human for the first time

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