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Pittsburgh — Colin McStay, a two-year-old Irish boy who underwent a liver transplant earlier this week, wanted toast and jam on Friday and was watching a game show on TV, …

Donna Griffin, 28, from Clonsau, Dublin, was born with cystic fibrosis (CF), a lifelong, inherited disease that mainly affects the lungs and digestive system and for which there is currently …

A pig kidney has been successfully transplanted into a human patient for the first time, in what could be a major scientific breakthrough. For years, people have believed the method …

Ireland's first double lung and liver transplant patient said he plans to travel once he has fully recovered. Robert Sheehan, 29, from Asketon, Co Limerick, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis …

Surgeons in Boston have transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a sick 62-year-old man in the first surgery of its kind. If successful, this breakthrough could offer hope to …