Doctors now ready for face transplants
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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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CLEVELAND, OHIO - A clinic in Ohio says it is about to start screening patients for what could be the world&#39;s first face transplant.
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A technique would let scientists use a patientâs skin cell to generate new heart, liver or kidney cells that might be transplantable.
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European Commission proposed biometric checks include face screening and automated security checks.
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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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Japanese doctors have used thin sheets of cheek tissue to restore vision in people with a painful eye condition caused by damaged corneas.
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Doctors in Germany have rebuilt a man&#39;s face after growing a new jaw on his back, it has been revealed. By the fourth week after receiving the pioneering transplant, the patient was able to enjoy his first solid meal for nine years.
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The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has laid out a plan for
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LOS ANGELES -- In what's being called a major advance in organ transplants, doctors say they have developed a technique that could free many patients from having to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives.
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Doctors have used thin sheets of cheek tissue to restore vision in people with damaged corneas. A team from Osaka University transplanted thin layers of cheek cells onto the eyes of four patients with a rare and painful eye condition.
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The Cleveland Clinic has received approval to perform the world&#39;s first human face transplant after 10 months of debating the issue.
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If a technique used in mice can be adapted to human cells, it would let scientists use a patientâs skin cells to generate new heart, liver or kidney cells.
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The approval marks a step toward an era in which medical treatments are personalized for each patient.
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Scientists have developed a stengthened cement to be used in facial reconstructive surgery.
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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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Surgeons carry out the first full face reconstruction, including the nose, using a single flap of skin.
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Thousands of intensive care patients are set to benefit from a drug which has been recommended to NHS doctors.