Looney donated a kidney to her mother in 1999. Later pregnancy complications caused high blood pressure that damaged her remaining kidney, which eventually failed, something incredibly rare among living donors. She spent eight years on dialysis before doctors concluded she’d likely never get a donated organ – she’d developed super-high levels of antibodies abnormally primed to attack another human kidney.
Yoon defends his martial law decree as an act of governance and denies rebellion charges, vowing to “fight to the end” in the face of attempts to impeach him.The National Assembly
on a 204-85 vote. His presidential powers and duties are suspended and Prime Minister, the country’s No. 2 official, takes over.The Seoul Western District Court issues a warrant to detain Yoon for questioning.
Anti-corruption investigators and police raid the presidential compound andwho is the first sitting president to be detained.
The Seoul Western District Court grants law enforcement authorities’ request for a formal arrest warrant for Yoon, citing concerns he could destroy evidence. His arrest triggers a
who break into the court, smashing windows and equipment. Dozens are arrested.“I had seven cardiac arrests before I even was sick enough” to qualify for a new heart, said Dr. Robert Montgomery, chief of NYU Langone’s transplant institute. He’s a kidney transplant surgeon — and was lucky enough to get his own heart transplant in 2018.
Filling the gap, he’s convinced, will require using animal organs.Mary Miller-Duffy speaks with Dr. Robert Montgomery in the NYU Langone Health medical center in New York on Aug. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)
Mary Miller-Duffy speaks with Dr. Robert Montgomery in the NYU Langone Health medical center in New York on Aug. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)After decades of failed attempts, now pigs genetically modified so their organs are more humanlike are renewing interest in so-called xenotransplantation. Last year,