Transplant

Man receives human kidney transplant after surviving 271 days with gene-edited pig organ

Andrews was 66, had end-stage kidney disease, no suitable living donor, and a long anticipated wait time for a deceased donor when he underwent surgery in 2025 to receive a kidney from a pig.

Medical team performing surgery
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Top 10 hair transplant clinics in Turkey (2026): Ranked by technique, safety and results

Bel Finkelstein with the medical team.

'Noble, extraordinary act': Seven-year-old receives life-saving transplant from fallen IDF soldier

Reuven (right) and Yonatan (left) recover at Clalit-Beilinson Hospital following the kidney transplant.

'Unbelievable full circle': Terror attack survivor’s kidney saves rescuer’s brother 24 years later


Kidneyversary: Celebrating the end of a year of lockdown with a transplant

I call it miraculous that, after two years of waiting, including a year of painful dialysis, I finally got a kidney – after my original donor was rejected shortly before surgery was scheduled.

Kidney transplant operation at Rambam Hospital in Haifa

Meet the woman promoting organ donation in Israel

“My new goal is to make the organ donation card a default process when people obtain their ID.”

DVORA SZERER, founder and CEO of Nehishut: Climbing together toward a solution.

Four families consent to organ donation and save fifteen lives

The donations were received at the following medical centers: Soroka, Wolfson, Assuta Ashdod and Meir Kfar Saba.

Karin Ohayon

Revolutionary Israeli bone marrow transplant method meets trial goals

Following market research, Gamida Cell expects to treat 2,000 patients in the US in the three years after the drug is offered to patients.

Gamida Cell studying 521

A lifelong dedication to the nation’s health

These devices can also be used for home therapy and in addition he set up four phototherapy clinics for people suffering from psoriasis.

At-home therapy device

'Gift of Life' founder Rabbi Heber passes away at age 55 from COVID-19

'He touched all our hearts with extraordinary modesty and humanity."

GIFT OF Life: Matnat Chaim donors, 2016-2017.

Cancer surgeries and organ transplants delayed by coronavirus outbreak

'All this has happened in two weeks. We went from business as usual to we have to cancel everything and stay home. I’ve never seen things change on a daily basis the way they are now.'

Emergency Medical Technicians wearing protective gear wheel a sick patient to a waiting ambulance during the outbreak of coronavirus disease in New York City, March 28, 2020

One man's story of receiving a new kidney and a new life

In this wild time of coronavirus, Chaim still managed to receive a "new used" kidney.

Ilan Chaim

A live kidney is highest form of charity

For years, living kidney donors were common among relatives and friends, but what Matnat Chaim in Israel and other organizations are encouraging is the donation of a live kidney to strangers.

Kidney transplant operation at Rambam Hospital in Haifa

Robotic heart? International team develops transplant replacement

The revolutionary device is expected to be tested in humans by 2028.

Virtual image of human heart