Brazilian patients test positive for HIV after organ transplant
Six Brazilians were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus after receiving an organ transplant at a private laboratory, which was ...
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Titanium heart implanted in human for the first time
"This device can serve as a bridge to a real heart transplant," said Dr. Alexis Shafii, surgical director at Baylor ...
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Organ transplant: increased risk of death in case of unbalanced intestinal microbiota
Intestinal dysbiosis, which occurs when the intestinal flora is unbalanced, is associated with mortality in the context of organ transplantation. ...
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Kidney transplant: This patient stayed awake during his own operation
A 28-year-old American man received a new kidney transplant while he was awake during the procedure and was able to ...
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The first patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney has died
Suffering from chronic kidney failure, American Richard Slayman underwent a genetically modified pig kidney transplant last March. THE ESSENTIAL Richard ...
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Organ transplant: can it change the personality of the recipient?
Personality changes have been reported after organ transplantation in recipients, a study suggests. THE ESSENTIAL According to a recent study, ...
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6 good reasons to donate a kidney during your lifetime
Donating a kidney during your lifetime to a loved one who needs it has multiple benefits for the recipient. Here ...
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Registry in France: “the refusal rate has reached a historic record”
The transplant refusal rate "has reached a historic record in France", deplores the Renaloo association. THE ESSENTIAL The transplant refusal ...
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A Spanish woman gives birth to her child using her own mother’s uterus
A woman had her own mother's uterus transplanted in order to be able to give birth to a child, born ...
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This hospital holds the world record for kidney transplants… thanks to donations!
Over a 12-month period, the Penn Transplant Institute performed 100 kidney transplants. THE ESSENTIAL The Penn Transplant Institute in the ...
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Medical feat: a first larynx transplant carried out in France
Lyon surgeons have succeeded in transplanting a larynx to a forty-year-old woman, who could thus regain the use of speech ...
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The liver can function for more than 100 years
This vital organ can perform its function and remain resilient for as many years, even after leaving its original body. ...
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Registry: “I have the responsibility to live my life to the fullest”
Suffering from a congenital heart defect, Emmanuelle had to undergo a transplant when she was “9 and three quarters old”. ...
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World first: researchers develop human kidneys in pigs
To cope with the lack of transplants, researchers have grown human kidneys in pigs. THE ESSENTIAL Researchers have successfully grown ...
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Kidney transplant: an implant can detect rejections early
An electronic device can detect warning signs of kidney transplant rejection up to three weeks earlier than current methods. THE ...
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Organs repaired using 3D printing
More and more organs are being replaced by prostheses made by 3D printing. THE ESSENTIAL 3D printed organs have made ...
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Transplant: a cryogenized kidney transplanted successfully in the laboratory
American researchers have successfully performed the first frozen kidney transplant in a rat. THE ESSENTIAL American researchers have performed the ...
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Twins born after ovarian tissue transplant
In Marseille, a patient with Hodgkin's lymphoma and ovarian failure recently managed to give birth to a boy and a ...
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Transplant: a transplanted heart after stopping beating for 20 min
For the first time in the world, surgeons managed to transplant a heart that had stopped beating for twenty minutes. ...
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Kidney transplant: she finds a donor by putting an ad on her car
A 60-year-old was able to receive a kidney from a compatible donor after formulating and writing her request for help ...
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Will trans women soon be able to give birth to a child?
Womb transplants should soon be possible for trans women, allowing them to carry a pregnancy. THE ESSENTIAL After a first ...
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For the first time, a baby receives a bowel transplant in Spain
This transplant was carried out thanks to a donation in asystole. The transplanted intestine came from a person at the ...
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Transplantation of a kidney graft already transplanted 10 years ago
A patient with kidney failure awaiting a transplant in the operating theater of the Saint-Louis hospital in Paris was able ...
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All Swiss are now suspected organ donors
Switzerland follows the French model and changes its rules on organ donation. THE ESSENTIAL Explicit consent is still in force ...
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Organ donations: the drop in fatal strokes leads to a drop in transplants in 2018
The Biomedicine Agency confirmed a drop in the number of transplants in 2018 after 8 years of sharp increase.A 5% ...
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Lung cancer: is a successful double transplant still possible?
American doctors have saved a terminal lung cancer patient with a double lung transplant. A world first that marks a ...
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Organ transplants: what does the new ministerial plan change for patients?
To increase the number of transplants, the Ministry of Health is implementing a new action plan for the removal and ...
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Transplant patients are more at risk of developing cancer because of immunosuppressants
An American study shows that people who have benefited from an organ donation are more at risk of developing cancer. ...
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Bioethics law: what it changes for research on embryonic stem cells
The bioethics law, definitively adopted on June 29, is changing research on embryonic stem cells. A very sensitive area on ...
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A first baby born in France after a uterus transplant
A 36-year-old woman who had undergone a uterine transplant has just given birth to a baby. A "first" in France. ...
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