UAB News (News & Outreach)
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Cervical Cancer Awareness Month – how early detection and vaccinations save lives
Learn about the importance of screenings and HPV vaccines to help prevent cervical cancer. -
Bibb receives $1.2 million neuroendocrine cancer research award
Bibb has been studying neuroendocrine cancer for almost 10 years and has published several reports in high-impact scientific journals. -
Pig-to-human kidney transplant one of many feats for Locke, UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute
From its incompatible kidney transplant program to deceased donor programs, to xenotransplantation, UAB continues to seek ways to help patients who face end-stage renal disease. -
The 10-gene pig and other medical science advances enabled UAB’s transplant of a pig kidney into a brain-dead human recipient
The human preclinical model at UAB provides important knowledge before a Phase I clinical trial can begin for living human recipients. Decades of work by researchers across the world preceded UAB’s first clinical-grade pig kidney xenotransplant. -
Selfless act paves the way for more people to receive lifesaving organs
Jim Parsons’ legacy paves the way for thousands to potentially receive lifesaving organs through UAB’s xenotransplantation program. -
UAB announces first clinical-grade transplant of gene-edited pig kidneys into brain-dead human
In the study published in the American Journal of Transplantation, UAB researchers tested the first human preclinical model for transplanting genetically modified pig kidneys into humans.
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