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American scientists successfully implanted ovaries
US scientists have successfully performed a series of ovarian transplants for early menopausal women, using tissue from identical twins.
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He allowed the whole face transplant surgery
On October 25, doctors at the Royal London Free Hospital were licensed to perform an entire human face transplant surgery. The doctors will choose the four most suitable…
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France: successful surgery of the first tracheal transplants
A group of French surgeons said they had successfully performed the first tracheal transplants in patients with some incurable cancer so far. These are the first transpl…
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FDA allows the use of artificial hearts
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just turned on the green light for the use of fully artificial heart transplant. This allows patients with severe heart fai…
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Vietnam: Marrow transplant wraps
On the morning of August 10, marrow transplant for patient Dang Gia Hung was performed by the Central Children Hospital and the Royal Melbourne Children's Hospital. Afte…
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America: Buying human tissue is as easy as buying ... gloves!
Every day, thousands of Americans are facing the risk of death or disability because of poor quality tissue transplants. Reason: tissue providers do not need to attend m…
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Australia: a breakthrough in human organ development research
Australian scientists have successfully cultivated beating heart tissue in the laboratory in the world's first groundbreaking study. This success may pave the way for th…
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Restore vision with new implant techniques
US scientists are proposing a solution to transplant a solar-powered chip into the bottom of the blind eye. The chip will activate retinal cells by spraying them with ne…
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Blood vessels cultured from skin cells
For the first time in the world, 2 Argentinian patients have been transplanted blood vessels raised from their own skin cells. It is known that until now, people often h…
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She has an extraordinary heart
A British girl became the first heart transplant patient in the UK and around the world to have an active heart again after the donated heart was removed.
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China successfully performed the first face transplant
A man who had a facial deformity after being attacked by a black bear was partially implanted by Chinese doctors yesterday (April 14), considered the first face transpla…
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Rather organ, replacing the character?
According to Professor Gary Schwartz (University of Arizona, USA), at least 10% of people who have heart, lung, kidney and liver transplants have noticed changes in thei…
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America: Successful reconstruction of bladder
For the first time, scientists have recreated a complex organ of humans, which is the liver, by transplanting live tissue grown in the lab for seven young patients.
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Pig cells can heal diabetes
US scientists say in a decade the cells that produce insulin from pigs will be transplanted into the human body to treat type 1 diabetes. A research team from the Univer…
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Bone marrow and stem cells for children
On February 8, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Liem, Director of the National Pediatric Hospital said: After the success of liver transplantation, kidney transplant is pre…