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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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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Adiences of an exhibition are being invited to see what they would look like if they had cosmetic surgery.
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Animal-to-human organ transplants could be at the dawn of a new era thanks to progress in overcoming rejection and the creation of transgenic pigs, an expert said Tuesday.
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European Commission proposed biometric checks include face screening and automated security checks.
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Doctors warn about the dangers of using the potentially fatal toxin botox in cosmetic facial treatments.
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A major shake-up in the way doctors are regulated in the UK is to be outlined by ministers.
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A gel to speed up wound healing and reduce scarring is being developed by UK scientists.
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Britons are getting more cosmetic surgery and other treatments intended to improve their looks, with nearly a fifth more procedures carried out last year versus 2003, an industry body said Monday.
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The DHS adopts a common way to exchange facial data.
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3D scans of faces are set to speed up the diagnosis of rare genetic conditions, scientists say.
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German physicians have pioneered a way to create and transplant bone grafts from one part of a patient&#39;s body to another. The work of Patrick H. Warnke and associates at the University of Kiel is summarized
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Medical research team believes units could be modified to 'print' new skin.
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Doctors in Leeds carry out the NHS's first adult-to-adult live donor liver transplant.
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Capping a months-long scientific and ethics review, British regulators said yesterday that they are prepared to allow the creation of embryos that are part human and part animal for use in medical experiments.
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Over the last five decades, surgeons have learned how to transplant virtually every vital organ in the human body.
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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.