A successful throat and neck transplant
© istockIt took 17 hours of operation for Polish surgeons to carry out a graftrare multiple of throat and neck. ...
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Kidney transplant: a lot of progress over the past 20 years
November 7, 2016. According to a report from the French Association of Urology, real legal and medical progress in the ...
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A urine test for the follow-up of a kidney transplant
© ThinkstockA urine test could be able to detect early on whether a kidney transplant will fail and why, depending ...
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Carmat heart: the third transplant patient has died
© death following carmat heart transplantThis third implantation of the Carmat artificial heart was carried out on April 8, 2015 ...
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Cancer: new method of bone marrow transplant without chemotherapy
August 16, 2016. No, chemotherapy is not inevitable, say researchers at the Stanford Academy of Medicine (United States). Antibodies capable ...
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Transplantation: a 6th successful kidney transplant on the same patient
A sixth kidney transplant was performed in the same 46-year-old patient. This exceptional operation, carried out for the first time ...
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Neural transplant: the right timing
© istockFormerly considered impracticable, neuron transplants are now possible. If it is possible to repair damaged brain tissue, the timing ...
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First successful penis transplant in the United States
May 17, 2016. According to New York Times, an American, who had to undergo a penile transplant, following cancer, agreed ...
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Blind man partially regains sight with autologous skin cell transplant
Monday May 9, 2016. A team of Japanese surgeons and geneticists has just achieved a new feat in terms of ...
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Kidney transplant: discovery of one of the causes of rejection
© iStockPhotosIn case renal failure severe chronic, the kidney no longer performs its functions and the patient needs replacement therapy: ...
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She survives six days without lungs before receiving a transplant
© iStockPhotosInhale, exhale ... This innocuous little gesture that we do thousands of times a day is essential to our ...
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Head transplant: the Italian surgeon details his crazy project
© ThinkstockSince 2013, this project has been running through his mind ... The Italian neurosurgeon, Sergio Canavero continues the project ...
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Unusual: the transplant of a skull carried out with a 3D printer
© fotoliaChinese doctors have just reshaped the skull of a 3-year-old girl who suffered from congenital hydrocephalus, a disease characterized ...
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Carmat artificial heart: autonomous, the second transplant patient was able to return home
© iStockIt took five months of follow-up for the second patient equipped with an artificial heart of the Carmat type ...
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First uterus transplant performed in the United States
© iStockPhotosIn the United States, a 26-year-old woman (whose identity has not been revealed) suffering from infertility of uterine origin ...
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Lung transplant: donors should not drink alcohol
Patients transplanted with organs from alcoholics are more likely to suffer from early graft dysfunction, according to the results of ...
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A kidney transplant more accessible to the most qualified patients
© FotoliaThe level of education influences access to kidney transplants. A study ofNational Institute for Demographic Studies (INED) highlights social ...
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The first pancreas transplant due to needle phobia
© iStockPhotosSue York, a 55-year-old Briton, has type 1 diabetes since she was 7 years old. Since her childhood, she ...
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First corneal transplant of the eye reconstructed in the laboratory
© Piotr KrzeÃ… Â ›lakThe Laboratory of Experimental Organogenesis of Laval University (LOEX) and the Research Center of the CHU ...
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Kidney Transplant: Donate Alive
Relationship transplant or unknown benefactor A transplant kidney can come from someone who has just died or from a living ...
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Kidney transplant: a matter of patience
On the waiting list for a kidney transplant If the kidneys no longer work or hardly work, dialysis is often ...
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Premature, he becomes the youngest heart transplant recipient in the United States
© praisaengShe expected to give birth to a stillborn child, and she becomes the mother of the youngest cardiac recipient ...
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AMD: a first stem cell transplant to repair the retina
© iStockAge-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common visual impairment in the elderly. It is also the leading cause ...
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Transplant: what determines donor-recipient compatibility?
© iStockWhat determines our HLA typing?We often think, wrongly, that having the same blood group and the same rh as ...
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Living with a donor heart “I'm hot!” That was the first change Carla Joustra noticed when she woke up after ...
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Infertility: she succeeds in having a baby after a uterus transplant
© istockA medical feat. Swedish woman's successful uterus transplant brings great hope to women suffering from uterine infertility. This 36-year-old ...
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Video of Information Video: Kidney Transplant When the kidneys stop working properly, a kidney transplant may be necessary. The bad ...
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Video of Information Video: Liver Transplant In liver transplantation, the diseased liver is removed and replaced with a healthy liver ...
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Medical feat: a little girl receives a trachea transplant
© 2013 OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois. Jim Carlson, Photographer Regenerative medicine continues to advance. It's a world ...
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Liver tumor: why is a transplant necessary?
Liver tumors can remain "silent" for a long time and not be discovered until late. But, thanks to better monitoring ...
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