A revolutionaly technique helps cure 9-year-old girl who was Stanford Children's Health's 1,000th stem cell transplant patient.
Category: Transplantation
Triple-organ recipient joins walk to promote organ donation
A Stanford patient still in recovery from organ transplant surgery joins a 5K walk in the hospital to raise awareness of the need for organ donation.
Stanford coach’s quest to save his brother: ‘God, I hope this works’
ESPN told the story of Stanford football coach David Shaw donating stem cells to save his brother, who had a rare form of lymphoma.
When a child’s quality of life outweighs the next test or procedure
A Stanford researcher talks about navigating the uncertainty of making medical decisions for her 5-year-old son with an undiagnosed genetic disorder.
From Florida to Stanford, nephrologists bond over work
Friends and colleagues, Stanford nephrology fellows Daniel Watford and Dimitri Augustin trained alongside each other in Florida and then both moved west.
Heart transplant patient’s family shares love — from a distance
The COVID-19 pandemic kept a young patient's family from being by her side following her heart transplant. But they found a way to show their love.
Stranger donates kidney to boy in response to social media plea
A California toddler is doing well after receiving a kidney donated by a stranger who responded to his family's request on Facebook.
Nobel Prize science — with Stanford twist — is improving lung transplants
Stanford Medicine pulmonologist Mark Nicolls is working with Nobel winner Gregg Semenza to boost the success of lung transplants.
Living organ donation: ‘What about the donors?’ at Medicine X | CHANGE
Away from the headlines about organ donation, living donors often encounter challenges that get overlooked, like lost wages and insurance battles.
Rock solid science, passion help fuel successful startups
Entrepreneurs and scientists gathered at Stanford recently to discuss how to use scientific discoveries to launch startups and improve patient care.
Families of young heart donor and recipient meet for the first time
Hana Yago got a new heart from an organ donor when she was a toddler. Last month, she and her parents met the young donor's family for the first time.
I carry a part of my dad with me — in my lower right abdomen: Part II
In this conclusion of a two-part series, writer Nathan Collins shares the story of his kidney transplant, using a donated kidney from his father.
I carry a part of my dad with me — in my lower right abdomen: Part I
In this first piece in a two-part series, writer Nathan Collins shares the story of his kidney transplant, using a donated kidney from his father.
Cystic fibrosis took Mallory Smith’s life, but her memoir lives on
Mallory Smith's memoir chronicles her life with cystic fibrosis. Christy Hartman knew Mallory, and attended a campus event celebrating Mallory's book.
Transplanting mismatched organs may be possible — and safe — in the future, new findings suggest
A team of researchers have found a new way to remove blood-producing stem cells, introducing the possibility of safer, and non-matched, transplants.
Blood test may detect early signs of lung-transplant rejection
A new blood test measures the DNA fragments of lung transplant donors in the blood of recipients, in hopes of preventing organ rejection and saving lives.