Tag: Transplant
Complication in first triple limb transplant
by on Jan.22, 2012, under Health and Fitness
A Turkish doctor whose 25-member team performed the world's first triple limb transplant — two arms and a leg — says the leg has been removed due to tissue incompatibility.
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NJ parents: Disabled girl was denied transplant
by on Jan.19, 2012, under Health and Fitness
The parents of a 3-year-old New Jersey girl say she's being denied a kidney transplant because of her mental disabilities, but experts caution the situation may be much more complex.
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Organ Transplant Drug Might Treat Rapid-Aging Disease in Kids
by on Jun.30, 2011, under Health and Fitness
WEDNESDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) — A drug currently used to
fight rejection in organ transplant recipients may also reverse DNA cell
damage in children with a rare, deadly disorder that leaves them old long
before their time, a new study su…
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Pilot transplant project aims to spur kidney swaps
by on Nov.23, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Too often, would-be kidney donors are wasted because the friend or loved one they want to help isn’t a match. Now a new national database promises to help find matches for those frustrated pairs so they can be part of so-called kidney exchanges an…
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Race Affects Hepatitis C Recurrence After Liver Transplant: Study
by on Oct.30, 2010, under Health and Fitness
SATURDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) — Hepatitis C patients who
receive a liver from a white donor have significantly more aggressive
recurrent hepatitis than those who receive a liver from a black donor,
researchers have found.
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US face transplant patient promotes organ donation
by on Sep.17, 2010, under Health and Fitness
There is an initial shock upon first glance at Connie Culp, the woman who received the nation’s first face transplant nearly two years ago. She taps her way through the hospital waiting room, feeling along the floor with a cane and smiling hesitan…
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Doctors: Transplant advance in windpipe cancer
by on Jul.31, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Doctors have successfully transplanted windpipes into two cancer patients in an innovative procedure that uses stem cells to allow a donated trachea to regenerate tissue and create an organ biologically close to the original, they said Friday.
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World first face transplant, with tear ducts
by on Jul.08, 2010, under Health and Fitness
French doctors have carried out a successful full-face transplant — eyelids, tear ducts and all — on a 35-year-old man, the hospital where the operation took place confirmed on Thursday.
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Experimental Liver Transplant Approach Shows Early Promise
by on Jun.13, 2010, under Health and Fitness
SUNDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) — A new approach to liver
transplantation is making headway in preliminary work with rats,
researchers say.
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