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/PRNewswire/ -- University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, announced today that Martine Rothblatt PhD, JD, MBA, Chairperson...

BALTIMORE, March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, announced today that Martine Rothblatt PhD, JD, MBA, Chairperson and CEO of United Therapeutics, and inventor of SiriusXM Satellite Radio, will deliver the keynote address for this year’s graduating medical student class. The UMSOM MD graduation ceremony […]

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, announced today that Martine Rothblatt PhD, JD, MBA, Chairperson and CEO of United T

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, announced today that Martine Rothblatt PhD, JD, MBA, Chairperson and CEO of United T

The need for transplant organs is immense and growing. Some scientists think animal organs might be a good way to increase the supply. Advances in cloning and gene editing have led to breakthroughs.

The need for more transplant organs is immense and growing.

(CNN) — Last summer, after more than a decade of illness, Lawrence Faucette and his wife, Ann, faced the hard reality that the end of his life was near.

Martine Rothblatt sees a day when transplantable organs and 3D-printed ones will be readily available, saving countless lives—including her daughter’s.

Lawrence Faucette, the second person to have received a transplanted heart from a pig, has died. The 58-year-old from Frederick, Maryland, was first admitted to the University of Maryland Medical Center in September, after experiencing heart failure symptoms. Due to his pre-existing heart disease and other conditions, he was not eligible for a traditional heart […]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The second person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, nearly six weeks after the highly experimental surgery, his Maryland doctors announced Oct. 31.