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Group photo of researchers after receiving grant award for gut microbiome research. From left to right: Ardith Doorenbos (UIC), Stefan Green (Rush), Mark Lockwood (UIC), Lisa Tussing-Humphreys (UIC), and Beatrix Peñalver Bernabé (UIC).
The east side of the University of Illinois Hospital displays the UI Health and UIC logo.

February 11, 2021

UI Health a regional transplant leader in 2020

Despite pandemic, UI Health provided most kidney transplants in region

July 10, 2019

Robotic pancreas transplant offers hope for obese patients with Type 1 diabetes

Patients often denied pancreas transplant because of weight

UI Health signage

June 12, 2018

UI Hospital’s transplant program celebrates 50 years at Northerly Island event

Robotic procedures let previously denied patients get life-saving transplants

July 10, 2017

Twin donates part of small bowel in rare transplant

Procedure was fifth living-donor small bowel transplant worldwide

June 21, 2017

Twin donates part of small bowel to brother in rare transplant

Only 5th living-donor small bowel transplant

Enrico Benedetti

June 6, 2016

Orphan drug allows kidney transplant from relative with mismatched blood type

First use of drug in transplantation from living-donor

January 28, 2016

Woman receives rare living-donor small bowel transplant from dad

UI Health only U.S. center offering procedure

Blood smear illustrating sickle cell anemia

September 16, 2015

UI Health validates cure for sickle cell in adults

Chemotherapy-free treatment offers hope to adult patients

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