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Pigs ‘breathe’ new life into damaged lungs

Research
Pigs ‘breathe’ new life into damaged lungs

An unusual method of revitalising damaged lungs using a pig’s circulatory system could enable more transplants in patients.
Life Stories
18 Things I Wouldn’t Have Done Without My Gift Of Life!

I am so grateful to my organ donor and their family for enabling me to do all these wonderful things that I wouldn’t otherwise have been able to.
Life Stories
Advocate story – Georgia Wilding

My link to organ donation is a bit different. My reason for joining LLGL - after running the Great North Run for them - was all about my cousin, Jamie.
Life Stories
Kim was really struggling by the time she got the call

Hi, my name is Kim. At the age of 30, I was diagnosed with an autoimmune liver condition called Primary Biliary Cholangitis. At the age of 44, they started talking about a transplant. I was terrified....
News
Vulnerable fearful as shielding rules relaxed

People who have had an organ transplant are right at the top of the list of those considered extremely vulnerable to the Coronavirus. However, the government has updated its advice for the vulnerable and changes come...
Research
Learning how to repair kidneys for transplantation

Emily Thompson, a Clinical Research Fellow at Newcastle University, was a recent recipient of one of our Travel Fellowship grants. This is what she had to say about her LLGL fellowship...