Doctors Say They&#39;re Ready To Perform Face Transplant
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A team of doctors from Louisville and the Netherlands say in a new medical journal article that they are ready to perform a face transplant.
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Researchers from Kentucky and the Netherlands say they are ready to perform a face transplant. The procedure involves replacing someone&#39;s entire face with a dead donor&#39;s face.
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Advances in medical science have made transplant surgery a desired treatment for some serious diseases. Unfortunately, while the number of patients needing a transplant increases, the availability of donated organs remains small.
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The Cleveland Clinic in the United states says it is the first institution to receive review board approval of human facial transplant for someone severely disfigured by burns or disease.
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Doctors in Germany have rebuilt a man's face after growing a new jaw on his back.
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NEW YORK  - Transplantation of  pigment-producing cells called melanocytes appears to be a safe  and effective treatment for vitiligo, in which patches of skin  lose their coloration, appearing whitish, according to two  reports in the Archives of Dermatology.
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Far-reaching legislation to tighten the use of human tissue will come into force on 1 September.
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The spirit of Victorian medicine, in which pioneering and often gruesome operations were demonstrated in front of eager public audiences, is being recreated this week for Britain&#39;s first &quot;live&quot; brain surgery.
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By Henry L. Davis  If all goes as planned, surgeons in Buffalo today will perform what they believe  to be the first organ transplant in New York State arranged over the Internet.  Paul Cardinale is a 35-year-old financial consultant from Lakewood near Jamestown.
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An 8-month-old boy received five organs in a complex transplant for a rare gastrointestinal disease and is ready for the next step &#151; learning to eat, his doctors said Friday.
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Scientists have developed a stengthened cement to be used in facial reconstructive surgery.
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LOUISVILLE, KY. -- A team of doctors from Louisville and the Netherlands say they&#39;re ready to do a face transplant, a procedure considered controversial by some medical ethicists.
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Â· One patient a day dies waiting for a transplant Â· BMA backs idea, but other groups voice concerns
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Thai surgeons have performed the world&#39;s first sex change operation to be filmed with more than 30 specialist doctors from around the world watching closely on video monitors.
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Brazilian doctors who infused a stroke victim&#39;s brain with stem cells contained in bone marrow said on Friday they would try the treatment in others after
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Tissue banks that process donated skin, ligaments and bones for transplant must meet new federal safety standards aimed at preventing infection
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The search for recipients for the first face transplants may be relatively easy. More difficult, experts say, will be finding people willing to donate their faces after death.