Cypriot girl gets kidney through ‘domino transplant’
A Cypriot family, a Jewish volunteer donor and two Arab couples living in Israel were recently linked through a domino effect transplant system involving a chain of donors that saved ...
Three patients receive new kidneys via transplant chain
An internationally coordinated chain of three kidney transplants involving Cyprus and Israel was successfully completed on Tuesday, giving three long-term dialysis patients a new chance at life.
The procedures were ...
US surgeons perform first pig-to-human kidney transplant
A 62-year-man with end-stage renal disease has become the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig, doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston announced on ...
First exchange kidney transplant between Cyprus and Israel (Updated)
The first ever crossover organ transplant involving Cyprus and Israel took place on Wednesday after two kidneys were exchanged at the old Larnaca airport in the morning.
The effort follows ...
Man gets wife’s kidney in special transplant for incompatible blood groups
A woman donated her kidney to her husband, offering him the ultimate gift of life before Christmas, state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Thursday.
The operation was successfully carried ...
First kidney transplant from living donor to child carried out in Cyprus
For the first time in Cyprus, a kidney transplant from a mother to a child was successfully performed, the health ministry announced on Friday.
The transplant, from a mother to ...