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He funded free hand graft surgery
Medicine - Health

He funded free hand graft surgery

With the most advanced surgical techniques available today, the first hand graft surgery in the UK will be conducted free of charge at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS T…

December 15, 2018
Face transplants startling the world
Medicine - Health

Face transplants startling the world

The shocking face transplant transplant in medical history has brought a new life for a 41-year-old volunteer firefighter from Mississippi (USA).

December 15, 2018
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
Successfully grafted two arms from another
Medicine - Health

Successfully grafted two arms from another

A Mexican man became the first patient in Latin America to have two arms by transplanting from another person's arms. Dr. Martin Iglesias, head of surgery at the Mexican…

December 14, 2018