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Cab Driver Gives Passenger A Kidney
Rita Van Loenen, a central Arizona woman, had no idea that a ride in Thomas Chappell's cab would save her life, as the driver offered her a matching kidney. Before this blessed encounter, Van Loenen had already undergone a kidney transplant from her cousin, but was...
The NHS surgeons who saved 15 lives in record-breaking transplant
" Surgeons are celebrating a European first with five lifesaving transplant operations from two donors in 24 hours. In a stunning display of teamwork, NHS doctors and nurses gave hope to three seriously-ill... Connie Culp first face transplant patient reveals herself
..."Five years ago, a shotgun blast left a ghastly hole where the middle of her face had been. Five months ago, she received a new face from a dead woman. Connie Culp stepped forward Tuesday to show off the... Pittsburgh man receives first US double hand transplant
A Pittsburgh man is recovering in hospital after receiving the first ever US double hand transplant. The 57-year-old is currently stable, and lost both of his hands to a bacterial infection."In March, the hospital performed its first hand transplant on a Marine who lost his... Use aborted foetus organs in transplants, urges scientist
An Oxford University stem cell expert, Professor Sir Richard Gardner, has suggested using the "kidneys and livers from aborted foetuses" to be given to patients in need of a kidney transplant or liver transplant. " Kidneys and livers from aborted foetuses could be... Can we really transplant a human soul?
" Written by Danny Penman The progress of medical science in the past 30 years has been so rapid that yesterday's miracles are tomorrow's commonplace procedures. So it has proved with heart transplants, which have... Nation's First Face Transplant Done in Cleveland
Reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow of Cleveland Clinic has just finished the nation's first near-total face transplant - 80% of the patient's face - with that of a dead female donor. The first partial face... U.S. teen lives 118 days without heart
It is truly said God chooses doctor to show his miracle, and this is the perfect case of Divine intervention.118 days on alternative system and still healthy is nothing but miracle."An American teen-ager survived... Windpipe transplant breakthrough - Stem Cell Therepy to treat serious diseases
In a breakthrough scientists in Spain have used adult stem cells from the recepient of an organ transplant to trick the body into accepting the donated organ without the use of anti-rejection drugs. Under normal surgical procedured involving organ transplantation involving a... Organ donor change shelved
Gordon Brown has shelved plans to introduce an opt-out system of organ donation in the UK despite announcing earlier that he was in favour of trying out the scheme. He has however kept the door open to revisit the... Ovary transplant "Miracle Baby"
A German woman who gave birth after receiving the world's first whole ovary transplant has described her newborn baby daughter as "a little miracle". "Maja, appropriately named after the Roman goddess of... OPINION... Stem Cell Research NOW
I was a Funeral Director and embalmer in California in the 1980's when a meeting was held by the firm I worked for. Employees from five firms were represented. We were told about a new contagious... AIDS Patient Is Reported Cured
Bone Marrow Transplant Cured AIDS Patient BERLIN — A man suffering from AIDS, not knowing that he had been infected with the AIDS virus for more than 10 years appears to have been cured of the disease after... Pig organs ‘available to patients in a decade’
Pig organs have for a long time been seen as a possibly beeing able to be used as in humans but rejection has been a problem. Now scientists have announced that using genetically modified pigs bred specifically...
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German Man Receives World's First Double Arm Transplant
A German man received the world's first complete double arm transplant and is adjusting well to his new arms, although it could take as long as two years before he gains functionality in his hands. The nerves are predicted to grow down the arm at a daily rate of 1mm,...
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