Giving the gift of sight May 19, 2023 | UCI Health A rare stem-cell transplant procedure restores vision in people with damaged corneas. Read More Tags eye transplants breakthroughs
Organ donation, a gift that endures February 14, 2023 | Kristina Lindgren Eight years after receiving her sister's kidney, Xenia Morales is thriving, newly married and planning to get a master's degree in counseling. She... Read More Tags diabetes kidney patient stories transplants young adults
A sister’s gift restores sight February 02, 2023 | UCI Health When a rare condition began blistering her eyes, Karen Ketchum turned to the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute and Dr. Marjan Farid, an expert in... Read More Tags eye patient stories transplants
Rebooting the immune system UCI Health offers stem cell therapy to stop MS. November 10, 2022 | UCI Health The UCI Health bone marrow transplant program is now offering leading-edge stem cell therapy usually reserved for blood cancers to halt progression... Read More Tags brain breakthroughs health tips patient stories transplants
Mantle cell lymphoma patient gets lifesaving transplant November 12, 2021 | UCI Health Sean Ramos turned to UCI Health cancer specialists when treatments elsewhere failed to knock out his lymphoma. After undergoing a stem cell... Read More Tags blood cancer patient stories rare diseases transplants
A new way to transplant insulin-producing islet cells October 28, 2021 | UCI Health UC Irvine researchers are testing a promising new way to transplant insulin-producing islet cells without the need for harsh immunosuppressant drug... Read More Tags breakthroughs diabetes pancreas transplants