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Transplanting monkey stem cells successfully cured heart disease
Scientists in Japan have used cardiac muscle cells derived from a monkey's stem cells to treat the sick hearts of five other monkeys.
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The first successful live uterine transplant in the United States
Four American women received uterine transplants from living donors at Baylor University Hospital in Dallas, USA. This is the first time the US has performed a live uter…
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Italian doctors prove that a head transplant surgery can be successful
Dr. Sergio Canavero confirms the success of treating paralyzed animals can prove the feasibility of head implant surgery.
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Life after one year of the first baby is paired
Through a history of two-handed transplantation, 9-year-old Zion Harvey (USA) has now done what she never thought she could, from throwing balls to banana trees.
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The first man implanted both hands in England
Two-handed metal presses cut off hands three years ago, and Chris King first successfully implanted both hands in the UK.
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Artificial bone from transplanted pig cells for humans
American scientists for the first time successfully replicated artificial bone from pig cells, opening hope for clinical application.
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Detects traces of life after the body dies
Researchers found many genes that can last up to four days after the body dies.
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Hundreds of genes remain active after the body dies
When the human heart and brain are no longer fighting for life, the respiratory and circulatory systems have to stop, that is the moment of death.
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The implant has a hand that is nourished on the leg
The transplant, which lasted more than 10 hours, completely restored the arm to a knife-cut worker in 2013.
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Chinese doctor: Do not consider the first implant to be a monster
Xiaoping Ren said that a head transplant would save many lives and it is important to change the notion that the first transplant is a monster.
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China will be grafting its head for the first time in history
Chinese doctors are ambitious to transplant one person's body to another for the first time in history, despite the international community's opposition to moral standar…
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The boy lived for more than a year without a heart in his body
Before conducting heart transplant surgery, a 25-year-old American man must wear a 24/7 artificial heart backpack throughout 555 days.
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Chinese patients are the first to be grafted
According to the neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero, the world's first graft surgery will be performed on a Chinese patient.
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Head implant - Ambition to overcome human limits
The world's first head transplant surgery is scheduled to take place in 2017, and controversy surrounding it is increasing day by day.
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The visually impaired first regained vision with skin cell transplants
Japanese scientists have just announced the successful transplants of human skin cells, opening hope for many blind people around the world.