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Change skin color to black after liver transplant
Medicine - Health

Change skin color to black after liver transplant

A man in Krasnodar Krai, western Russia meets a strange story after a liver transplant from African Americans. When the organs function normally, his skin gradually chan…

December 15, 2018
The world's first skull transplant
Medicine - Health

The world's first skull transplant

James Boysen, an American cancer patient, is the first person in the world to have a skull scalp implant.

December 15, 2018
Equipment to help control obesity
Medicine - Health

Equipment to help control obesity

The doctors of the Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM) and the Czech Hospital of Motol have successfully performed a rare surgery to put an electronic…

December 15, 2018
Russia fabricated only
Medicine - Health

Russia fabricated only

A group of Russian scientists has just announced that it has created a new type of self-digesting thread, used to sew wounds for patients after surgery in many different…

December 15, 2018