First human face transplant, Ohio clinic starts screening patients
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The Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA, is to start screening patients for what will be the first ever face transplant. A review board has given the clinic permission to carry out the procedure.
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Doctors in Leeds carry out the NHS's first adult-to-adult live donor liver 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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The recipient of the first partial face transplant has recovered so well she can to go out without people noticing her scars, her surgeon says.
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When the doors of a health center in Loudoun County opened for the first time yesterday, offering many uninsured residents their first medical home, it was in part because of a small, now-defunct hospital in Alexandria and a complex court case dating back a dozen years.
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Doctors try to balance a patient's trust with new technology.
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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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It took 18 months for her smile to come back completely, but doctors say the French woman who received the world's first partial face transplant is doing well and is very satisfied with the results.
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SAN SALVADOR -- The first patient of the day was a plump 16-year-old wearing sparkly barrettes, Mary Jane-style shoes, and a shy smile.
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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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Researchers have made a biochip that could help replace animal testing for new cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
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A computer chip that is implanted under the skin won US approval on Wednesday for use in helping doctors quickly access a patient&#39;s medical history.
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Doctors at what was then known as Peter Bent Brigham Hospital performed the world&#39;s first successful organ transplant. Ronald Herrick -- then 23 and a resident of Northboro -- donated one of his kidneys to
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Morphing two faces together helps scientists understand how we recognise faces.
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U.S. medical researchers say human skin -- the largest organ in the body -- is a kind of zoo, and some of the inhabitants are quite novel.
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Following 10 months of debate on the medical, ethical, and psychological issues involved, the Cleveland Clinic&#39;s review board has approved its doctors&#39; petition to be the first institution worldwide to perform a human face transplant, the Associated Press
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A woman transplant patient came face to face with her old heart Tuesday at a British exhibition she hopes will increase public awareness about organ donations.