[ad_1] Tania Jackson of Hull after her double hand transplant pictured at Leeds General Hospital. (SWNS) A mom has become the first woman in the U.K. to have a double hand transplant …
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Ethical dilemma of an HIV positive liver transplant in children
[ad_1] As medical science progressed in the 21st century – keeping people with access to them alive longer than ever – new ethical puzzles tend to emerge. Take this one: an infant …
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[ad_1] South Africa is sorely lacking in organ donors. This means that doctors have trouble finding suitable donor organs for critically ill patients who would die without a transplant. Sometimes they have …
Read More »New discovery could lead to more successful corneal transplant
[ad_1] London, October 1 A team led by a scientist of Indian origin has made an unprecedented discovery that could help improve the success of corneal transplants in patients with diseases. The …
Read More »Four in the UK develop cancer after an organ transplant. Are there reasons to worry?
[ad_1] Broken emails Receive alerts and special reports. News and stories that matter, delivered in the morning on weekdays. SUBSCRIBE It is not uncommon for infectious diseases to be transmitted from donor …
Read More »Breast cancer is transmitted from organ donor to 4 transplant recipients
[ad_1] According to a new report by a team of doctors in the Netherlands, the organs donated by one woman have transmitted breast cancer to four different transplant patients. This is a …
Read More »Heart Transplant Surgeon Leaves SSHU in Fifth Resignation for Suspended Program
[ad_1] Oregon Health & Science University is losing another cardiology specialist – the fifth resignation in a month and the first since the Portland Research Hospital suspended its heart transplant program. The …
Read More »The man becomes the oldest transplant recipient in the world
[ad_1] A 64-year-old man in Canada who was disfigured after a hunting accident became the oldest person in the world to receive a facial transplant, his doctors report. Four months after the …
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[ad_1] A 64-year-old man in Canada who was disfigured after a hunting accident became the oldest person in the world to receive a facial transplant, his doctors report. Four months after the …
Read More »Facial Transplantation: Canadian hunter Maurice Desjardins becomes the oldest transplant recipient in the world
[ad_1] Maurice Desjardins after his facial transplant. (Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital) Eli Rosenberg Generalist journalist responsible for national news and latest news September 14 at 10:50 A bullet fired from a rifle during a …
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