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  • patient story

Returning to His Breath: Phil’s Lung Transplant Story

Returning to His Breath: Phil’s Lung Transplant Story. Returning to His Breath: Phil’s Lung Transplant Story. As Phil puts it, receiving his new lungs at the Massachusetts General Hospital Transplant Center was “bashert.” “It’s a Yiddish

  • news

Mass General Transplant Center Addresses Health Disparities in the Kidney Transplant Process

In the past, the calculation of the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) for Black individuals could result in an overestimation of kidney function, which could delay their disease stage identification, treatment, and listing for transplantation. The United Organ Sharing Network has removed the race variable in the eGFR calculation, making it race-neutral. Learn more.

  • press release

Researchers-Bioengineer-an-Endocrine-Pancreas-for-Type-1-Diabetes

Researchers-Bioengineer-an-Endocrine-Pancreas-for-Type-1-Diabetes. Researchers-Bioengineer-an-Endocrine-Pancreas-for-Type-1-Diabetes. Key Takeaways • Transplanting donor islet tissue to a bioengineered omentum—the fatty tissue that drapes from

  • patient education

update-on-covid-19

update-on-covid-19. update-on-covid-19. About the Event On May 24, 2022, the Massachusetts General Hospital Transplant Center held a virtual, fireside chat to share the latest updates on COVID-19 and transplantation. In this conversation, experts

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