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Man Gets First-ever Double Arm Transplant

German farmer who lost both his arms in an accident has been successfully fitted with two new...
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AIDS cure hope after German surgery

An AIDS patient is apparently free of HIV after receiving a bone marrow transplant during...
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Landmark windpipe transplant

Doctors in Spain have carried out the world's first transplant of a windpipe with tissue grown...
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Sydney Wells is an accomplished concert violinist who has been blind since a childhood tragedy....
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African-Americans No Longer Underprivileged When It Comes To Liver Transplants

Thanks to a new scoring system, patients with the greatest need will be the ones to most benefit...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 14:22

Racial Disparity Reduced, Sex Disparity Still Exist In Liver Transplant

A new system adopted in 2002 for allocating livers for transplantation seems to be working for...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 01:49
Stem Cell Transplant Method Is A Real Success

Stem Cell Transplant Method Is A Real Success

Stem cells have been always been regarded as stepping on the line of ethics, but those were the...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 21:40

Patient Receives New Windpipe Made From Owen Stem Cells

Some European doctors have performed the first trachea transplant using a woman’s own stem cells...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 19:03
Bone Marrow Transplant Possibly Curing HIV

Bone Marrow Transplant Possibly Curing HIV

People suffering from the immunodeficiency virus may be soon cured through a bone marrow...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 13:00
Bone Marrow Transplant Might Cure AIDS? Or Not?

Bone Marrow Transplant Might Cure AIDS? Or Not?

A German doctor says one of his patients, who suffered from leukaemia and was infected with the...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 08:51

British Girl Bravely Refused Heart Transplant

Hannah Jones was diagnosed with leukemia when she was 4 years old. Chemotherapy put her into...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 21:33
The French Artificial Heart

The French Artificial Heart

Recently, French scientists have seriously engaged in the race of building the first proper...
» read full story October 30th, 2008 - 13:44

World’s First Double Arm Transplant Proves Successful

After an accident that left him without both arms, Karl Merk feels like “a whole man again,”...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 15:14

First Recipient Of Double Arm Transplant Can Use His Hands Again

Karl Merk, who this summer became the world’s first double arm transplant recipient, can now use...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 23:58
European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells: Human Testes

European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells: Human Testes

European researchers made a huge step in stem cell research by converting cells from human...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 15:06
Face Transplants Are Viable, Not Oddities

Face Transplants Are Viable, Not Oddities

Recent findings show that face transplants, which may still be considered medical oddities by some,...
» read full story August 25th, 2008 - 12:51
FDA: Transplant Drugs CellCept and Myfortic Carry Fetal Risks

FDA: Transplant Drugs CellCept and Myfortic Carry Fetal Risks

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a statement on Friday warning that certain...
» read full story May 19th, 2008 - 11:29
Heart Donated by Slain Marine Saves Man's Life

Heart Donated by Slain Marine Saves Man's Life

A heart donated by a Marine who survived two tours in Iraq and was killed by a stray bullet back...
» read full story March 23rd, 2008 - 22:08
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When Bone Marrow Transplant Cures HIV

When Bone Marrow Transplant Cures HIV

The medical world has welcomed the first case of HIV completely cured. Is that possible, some have...
» read full story November 15th, 2008 - 14:08

British teenager wins right to die after court case is dropped

London  - A terminally-ill teenager in Britain has won the right to die after she was taken to...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 15:39

Man Who Illegally Sold Body Parts For Implant Surgeries Pleads Guilty

Michael Mastromarino, 44, of Fort Lee, N.J, the ringleader of a national body parts scheme, pleaded...
» read full story August 30th, 2008 - 17:16

Autistic Man Missing for a Week Found Alive in Wis. Woods

A 25-year-old man suffering from autism was found alive in the woods of Wisconsin Sunday a week...
» read full story June 23rd, 2008 - 12:27
Head of Kidney Transplant Ring Extradited to India

Head of Kidney Transplant Ring Extradited to India

The supposed ringleader of a syndicate that allegedly illegally removed hundreds of kidneys from...
» read full story February 09th, 2008 - 15:17
Kidney Ring Mastermind Caught In Nepal

Kidney Ring Mastermind Caught In Nepal

The suspect mastermind that was behind the illegal organ transplant operation in India...
» read full story February 08th, 2008 - 11:21
Indian Police Uncovers Illegal Kidney-Trafficking Operation

Indian Police Uncovers Illegal Kidney-Trafficking Operation

Indian authorities have started an intensive search for the mastermind of an illegal...
» read full story January 30th, 2008 - 10:40
Greek Archbishop Christodoulos Passes Away at 69

Greek Archbishop Christodoulos Passes Away at 69

Greece’s Orthodox Church leader, Archbishop Christodoulos died Monday at his home after months of...
» read full story January 28th, 2008 - 14:07
Doctor Pleads Guilty in Multimillion Dollar Body Parts Scandal

Doctor Pleads Guilty in Multimillion Dollar Body Parts Scandal

The ‘good doctor’ accused of illegally plundering corpses and selling body parts for different...
» read full story January 16th, 2008 - 12:12
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News: U.S.

Racial Disparities No Longer Exist in Liver Transplant

Racial Disparities No Longer Exist in Liver Transplant

Thanks to a new system adopted in 2002 and called MELD Score System ((Model for End-Stage Liver...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 15:24

Girl Living Without Heart For 4 Months Leaves Hospital

D’Zhana Simmons, a 14-year-old girl from South Carolina, was able to leave the hospital on...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 10:44
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Europeans Report First Windpipe Transplant Without Anti-Rejection Drugs

Europeans Report First Windpipe Transplant Without Anti-Rejection Drugs

An article in the Nov. 19 online issue of the journal The Lancet tells that story of a Colombian...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 07:50
First Stem Cells Trachea Transplant

First Stem Cells Trachea Transplant

An article in the British medical journal The Lancet recently reported that physicians from four...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 19:09
New Artificial Heart Unveiled in Paris

New Artificial Heart Unveiled in Paris

People in need of a heart transplant can now breathe relieved, as they would not have to wait for...
» read full story October 30th, 2008 - 14:35
Testicles an "ethical" source of stem cells, German scientists claim

Testicles an "ethical" source of stem cells, German scientists claim

Faced with strict German laws banning the use of human embryos, a team of German scientists came up...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 08:25
European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells

European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells

European researchers made a huge step in stem cell research by converting cells from human...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 09:11
J. Craig Venter Finds The Recipe For Synthetic Life

J. Craig Venter Finds The Recipe For Synthetic Life

The US scientist J. Craig Venter and his team are reporting the creation of first man-made DNA...
» read full story January 24th, 2008 - 21:41
Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

No need to worry about the ethical implications of stem-cell research anymore: American scientists...
» read full story December 23rd, 2007 - 23:47
US Scientist Is On The Verge To Create Artificial Life

US Scientist Is On The Verge To Create Artificial Life

The US scientist J. Craig Venter said for the British newspaper The Guardian that he has built a...
» read full story October 07th, 2007 - 12:29
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News: Health

Do Race, Gender Play a Role in Liver Transplant?

Do Race, Gender Play a Role in Liver Transplant?

A new study has tried to find an answer to the question whether race or gender plays a role on who...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 17:40

"AIDS cure" good for only 1 per cent of patients, say experts

Hamburg - Physicians in Germany who say they have "functionally cured" a patient with...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 06:40
Girl, 14, Miraculously Survives Nearly 4 Months without Heart

Girl, 14, Miraculously Survives Nearly 4 Months without Heart

As incredible as it may sound, an American teenage girl has survived for nearly four months...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 14:00
Stem Cell Airway Transplant Succeeded

Stem Cell Airway Transplant Succeeded

As any other science, medicine is also constantly changing, evolving, improving for the benefit of...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 21:02

Heartless For 118 Days

Medicine advances on a regular basis, leading to major breakthroughs in the field. The...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 16:51

Universal Health Coverage, In Discussion

As medicine, technology and science advance at a very fast rate, medical breakthroughs now happen...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 16:42

Girl Living With No Heart For 4 Months Leaves Hospital

D’Zhana Simmons, a 14-year-old girl from South Carolina, was able to leave the hospital on...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 15:37
Promising Results in Adult Stem Cell Research : 1st Trachea Transplant Performed

Promising Results in Adult Stem Cell Research : 1st Trachea Transplant Performed

Doctors at four European universities have managed to perform the first trachea transplant...
» read full story November 20th, 2008 - 14:40

Pioneering Stem-Cell Surgery Performed

Through a cooperation of 4 European universities, physicians have performed the world’s first...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 18:03
Doctors Report First Windpipe Transplant Without Anti-Rejection Drugs

Doctors Report First Windpipe Transplant Without Anti-Rejection Drugs

An article in the Nov. 19 online issue of the journal The Lancet tells that story of a Colombian...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 14:30
Bone Marrow Transplants May Cure HIV

Bone Marrow Transplants May Cure HIV

HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, is such a hardy pathogen that the concept of curing a poor...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 17:51
Leukemia and HIV Gone After Bone Marrow Transplant

Leukemia and HIV Gone After Bone Marrow Transplant

Medical history was written recently, after a patient with both leukemia and HIV received a bone...
» read full story November 13th, 2008 - 22:06
Same-Gender Heart Transplant More Successful

Same-Gender Heart Transplant More Successful

New research, presented Wednesday at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2008,...
» read full story November 13th, 2008 - 14:30
Breakthrough In Medicine: Bone Marrow Transplant Might Cure HIV?

Breakthrough In Medicine: Bone Marrow Transplant Might Cure HIV?

A German doctor says one of his patients, who suffered from leukaemia and was infected with the...
» read full story November 13th, 2008 - 14:20

First Double Arm Transplant, a Real Success

The first double arm transplant in the world took place in Munich, at the University Clinic. The...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 20:23
German Farmer Recovering Well after Double Arm Transplant

German Farmer Recovering Well after Double Arm Transplant

A 54-year old German farmer received the world’s first complete double arm transplant at the...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 14:30
Update: New Arms For 54-Year-Old German Amputee

Update: New Arms For 54-Year-Old German Amputee

The medical world is making astonishing progress in its mission to cure and heal the ill. One of...
» read full story October 08th, 2008 - 20:02
Child-Sized Heart Pump Useful Until Transplant

Child-Sized Heart Pump Useful Until Transplant

A miniaturized heart pump was able to help keep eight out of nine critically ill children alive...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 14:22

Tillman’s Baby Girl Is Recovering After Heart Transplant

Charles Tillman’s infant girl, Tiana, struggled to survive while undergoing a heart transplant,...
» read full story August 31st, 2008 - 13:33

Man Who Illegally Sold Body Parts for Implant Surgeries Pleads Guilty

Michael Mastromarino, 44, of Fort Lee, N.J, the ringleader of a national body parts scheme, pleaded...
» read full story August 30th, 2008 - 12:30
FDA Clears Test For Heart-Transplant Rejection

FDA Clears Test For Heart-Transplant Rejection

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a noninvasive test that allows physicians to...
» read full story August 29th, 2008 - 13:55
FDA Clears XDx’s AlloMap Gene Expression Test

FDA Clears XDx’s AlloMap Gene Expression Test

The US Food and Drug Administration announced its decision to allow XDx Inc. to sell a test,...
» read full story August 28th, 2008 - 14:32
Researchers Say Face Transplants Are Viable, Not Oddities

Researchers Say Face Transplants Are Viable, Not Oddities

Recent findings show that face transplants, which may still be considered medical oddities by some,...
» read full story August 23rd, 2008 - 14:25
Face Transplants Feasible, New Study Reveals

Face Transplants Feasible, New Study Reveals

French transplant surgeon Dr. Laurent Lantieri and his colleagues have written a report on face...
» read full story August 22nd, 2008 - 22:27
Face Transplants Are No Longer Utopias

Face Transplants Are No Longer Utopias

Two studies on cases of face transplant were published in the British medical journal The...
» read full story August 22nd, 2008 - 19:06
Face Transplants Are Effective, Studies Reveal

Face Transplants Are Effective, Studies Reveal

Two reports published in the Lancet medical journal on Friday give high hopes to people who suffer...
» read full story August 22nd, 2008 - 17:00
Studies Say Face Transplants Can Be Successful

Studies Say Face Transplants Can Be Successful

Two studies published in the journal The Lancet suggest that face transplants are no longer...
» read full story August 22nd, 2008 - 13:30
The Denver Cases of Infant Heart Transplants Questioned

The Denver Cases of Infant Heart Transplants Questioned

A report on three heart transplants involving infants at Denver Children’s Hospital published in...
» read full story August 15th, 2008 - 14:10
FTY720 is the New Hope For Treating Viral Infections

FTY720 is the New Hope For Treating Viral Infections

New findings published in the journal Nature regard new strategies for fighting chronic viral...
» read full story August 14th, 2008 - 17:39
Infant Heart Transplants Questioned Despite Being Successful

Infant Heart Transplants Questioned Despite Being Successful

A report describing three cardiac-death transplants involving infants at Denver Children’s...
» read full story August 14th, 2008 - 13:00
German Surgeons Perform World's First Double Arm Transplant

German Surgeons Perform World's First Double Arm Transplant

A German team of surgeons at the Munich University Clinic have successfully reattached two complete...
» read full story August 01st, 2008 - 22:09
Bayer’s Nexavar Gets China Clearance For Liver Cancer

Bayer’s Nexavar Gets China Clearance For Liver Cancer

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and Onyx Pharmaceuticals announced that the State Food and Drug...
» read full story July 28th, 2008 - 13:54
Rituximab + Antibodies Makes Kidney Transplant More Feasible

Rituximab + Antibodies Makes Kidney Transplant More Feasible

A new therapy appears to improve transplant rates and outcomes for patients waiting for kidney...
» read full story July 17th, 2008 - 16:25
‘Black Box’ Label for Some Antibiotics

‘Black Box’ Label for Some Antibiotics

After being sued by the advocacy group Public Citizen, the Food and Drugs Administration agency has...
» read full story July 09th, 2008 - 19:27
Success of Kidney Transplant May Depend on Gender

Success of Kidney Transplant May Depend on Gender

A new study by researchers at University Hospital Basel suggests that the success of a kidney...
» read full story July 05th, 2008 - 13:03
After One Week, Autistic Man Rescued Alive from Woods

After One Week, Autistic Man Rescued Alive from Woods

Keith Kennedy, 25, was found alive after being lost for a week in the woods of Wisconsin. He had...
» read full story June 23rd, 2008 - 22:52
FDA Warns Over Two Drugs’ Birth Defects Risks

FDA Warns Over Two Drugs’ Birth Defects Risks

The FDA issued a new alert on Friday, warning the doctors about the risk of first-trimester...
» read full story May 17th, 2008 - 18:40
Woman Dies, Man Critically Ill after Getting Infected Kidney

Woman Dies, Man Critically Ill after Getting Infected Kidney

One patient died and another is critically ill in a Boston hospital after receiving a kidney from...
» read full story May 15th, 2008 - 15:31

Controversy Shrouds Aust. Doctor’s Proposal to Pay for Kidneys

An Australian doctor’s proposal that the government should offer up to $47,000 for kidneys to...
» read full story May 05th, 2008 - 14:18
Medical Marijuana Patient Denied Liver Tranplant Dies

Medical Marijuana Patient Denied Liver Tranplant Dies

The patient denied liver transplant due to medical marijuana use died Thursday at Bailey-Boushay...
» read full story May 03rd, 2008 - 11:55
Patient Denied Liver Transplant Due to Medical Marijuana Use

Patient Denied Liver Transplant Due to Medical Marijuana Use

The University of Washington Medical Center denied 56-year-old Timothy Garon’s request for a...
» read full story April 28th, 2008 - 19:50
Thoratec’s Heart-Pumping Device Gets FDA Clearance

Thoratec’s Heart-Pumping Device Gets FDA Clearance

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new type of heart-pumping device designed by...
» read full story April 22nd, 2008 - 14:00
West Nile Virus Risk Increases As Mosquito Season Started Early

West Nile Virus Risk Increases As Mosquito Season Started Early

As the warm season sets in, the risk for the West Nile virus to manifest becomes higher as...
» read full story April 20th, 2008 - 10:04
FDA Reviews Two Transplant Drugs over Rare Disorder Risk

FDA Reviews Two Transplant Drugs over Rare Disorder Risk

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it is reviewing data involving a link between two...
» read full story April 14th, 2008 - 16:53
Historic Day at Johns Hopkins: First ‘Six-Way’ Kidney Transplant

Historic Day at Johns Hopkins: First ‘Six-Way’ Kidney Transplant

Surgeons at Johns Hopkins hospital in Maryland performed six kidney transplants at the same time –...
» read full story April 09th, 2008 - 16:16
Transplanted Cells Suffer From Parkinson's Continuous Comeback

Transplanted Cells Suffer From Parkinson's Continuous Comeback

Recent studies show that treatment solutions for Parkinson’s disease must be much improved...
» read full story April 07th, 2008 - 14:40

When ‘Donating’ Death Instead of ‘Life’

There are many patients standing in line for a transplant hoping their life will get better once...
» read full story April 02nd, 2008 - 13:38
A New Study Reveals Older Corneas Are Suitable for Transplants

A New Study Reveals Older Corneas Are Suitable for Transplants

According to the findings of a new study funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI) the age pool...
» read full story April 01st, 2008 - 21:19
Breakthrough Cancer Surgery Gives Woman Second Chance to Live

Breakthrough Cancer Surgery Gives Woman Second Chance to Live

Brooke Zepp, a 63-year-old woman from South Florida was diagnosed last May with leiomyosarcoma, a...
» read full story March 25th, 2008 - 15:25
Another Face Transplant in France Gives Man New Chance

Another Face Transplant in France Gives Man New Chance

Another face transplant has been performed in France. A team of French surgeons, headed by...
» read full story March 24th, 2008 - 18:02
Funeral Service Set for Girl Who Died after Tragic Pool Accident

Funeral Service Set for Girl Who Died after Tragic Pool Accident

A funeral service has been set for Abigail Taylor, the six-year-old girl whose intestines were...
» read full story March 24th, 2008 - 14:55
Girl Harmed by Pool Drain Last Year Has Died

Girl Harmed by Pool Drain Last Year Has Died

Abigail Taylor, the six year old girl whose intestines were sucked out by a pool drain, has died...
» read full story March 21st, 2008 - 21:48
Surgeon at Methodist Hospital Removes Healthy Kidney by Mistake

Surgeon at Methodist Hospital Removes Healthy Kidney by Mistake

Minnesota hospitals have struggled for years to eliminate wrong-site surgeries, but just as soon...
» read full story March 19th, 2008 - 14:50
A Story to Remain in the History of Starbucks

A Story to Remain in the History of Starbucks

Annamaries Ausnes had been visiting her local Starbucks for coffee and small talk with the barista...
» read full story March 13th, 2008 - 15:20
Partial Face Transplant Now Possible in the US

Partial Face Transplant Now Possible in the US

Brigham and Women’s Hospital was given permission by the New England Organ Bank to be the first...
» read full story March 07th, 2008 - 15:23
Ex Polish President Lech Walesa Leaves Clinic after Heart Surgery

Ex Polish President Lech Walesa Leaves Clinic after Heart Surgery

Former Polish President Lech Walesa was discharged from a Houston hospital Tuesday, four days...
» read full story March 05th, 2008 - 16:39
Prosecutors: Transplant Surgeon Speeds Patient’s Death for Organs

Prosecutors: Transplant Surgeon Speeds Patient’s Death for Organs

Prosecutors have charged the transplant surgeon, Dr. Hootan Roozrokh with attempting to hasten a...
» read full story February 27th, 2008 - 16:40
Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise in Treating Diabetes

Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise in Treating Diabetes

Human stem cells may be the key to treating and curing diabetes, a study appeared Thursday in the...
» read full story February 21st, 2008 - 17:02
New York Man Gets a Second-Chance to Live after Sister’s Death

New York Man Gets a Second-Chance to Live after Sister’s Death

The death of a New York woman saved the life of her brother who can now live a normal life only...
» read full story January 30th, 2008 - 13:56
Louisville Teen, 13, Dies after Heart Transplant

Louisville Teen, 13, Dies after Heart Transplant

A Louisville teen who had recently received a new heart passed away Saturday, local media sources...
» read full story January 28th, 2008 - 13:10
Marrow Transplants Could Solve Organ Rejection Issue

Marrow Transplants Could Solve Organ Rejection Issue

Just because a transplant was successful, it doesn’t mean the problems are over. In many cases, a...
» read full story January 24th, 2008 - 15:25
New Virus Is Linked to Aggressive Merkel Cell Skin Cancer

New Virus Is Linked to Aggressive Merkel Cell Skin Cancer

U.S. researchers have discovered a new virus they believe it is linked to a rare but extremely...
» read full story January 18th, 2008 - 12:09
Microwave Popcorn Lover Sues over Popcorn Lung

Microwave Popcorn Lover Sues over Popcorn Lung

A man diagnosed with popcorn lung has filed a lawsuit against Kroger Co. and two of its divisions:...
» read full story January 17th, 2008 - 15:35
UK May Shift to Opt-Out Organ Donation System

UK May Shift to Opt-Out Organ Donation System

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he favors the adoption of an opt-out organ donation...
» read full story January 13th, 2008 - 19:49
Edwards Has Bereaved Family on His Side

Edwards Has Bereaved Family on His Side

The family of a 17-year-old girl who died of leukemia after her insurance company refused to pay...
» read full story January 07th, 2008 - 14:16