Tag Archives: organ transplant

In a Medical First, Infertile Daughter Will Receive Uterus From Mother (video)

Throughout her early childhood Sara Ottosson appeared perfectly healthy. It was only when she reached her teenage years and failed [...]

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Harvard Starts Heart Outside Body, Preserves Organs for 10 Days

Science fiction is fraught with mad scientists who discover strange chemicals that can empower the human body or even reanimate [...]

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Child Receives Trachea Organ Transplant Created With Own Stem Cells

Doctors at the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) along with colleagues at the University College London, the Royal Free Hospital, [...]

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Stem Cells Used to Grow Hearts: Cool New Pics and Vid

When you’re heart is broken, you’ll do anything to fix it. Even replace it with a pig heart. Scientists at [...]

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TransMedics: Transplanting a Real Beating Heart

You’ve heard a bit about heart transplants and they’re no piece of cake, but now there’s a company out there [...]

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The Miracle of Heart Transplants

Take a moment and think about your heart.  None of that lovey-dovey crap, this muscle is all business, beating over [...]

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Can They Really Transplant An Entire Hand? Yes Indeed!

Did you know that for ten years now it has been possible to transplant a donated hand (or a pair [...]

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