Clinic Plans First Transplant Of Human Face
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CLEVELAND -- A person severely disfigured by burns or disease could receive the first human face transplant using tissues from an organ donor.
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Doctors have used thin sheets of cheek tissue to restore vision in people with damaged corneas.
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A novel 3-D imaging technique provides a first look at the internal structure of human skin cells.
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Doctors in Italy have performed the world's first lung transplant on an HIV patient, a medical institute in the southern city of Palermo said on Friday.
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British doctors believe they have cured a boy of a rare disorder by transplanting cells from his baby brother.
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A remarkable operation to replace the skin and hair of a five-year-old burns victim is said to have gone very well.
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A man has eaten his first solid meal in nine years after his face was rebuilt using a pioneering jaw-bone graft.
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Scientists are studying how people perceive faces in hopes of improving face-recognition systems.
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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.
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A year and a half after receiving the world's first partial face transplant, Isabelle Dinoire said the operation has given her a normal life again, though she felt a part of her identity has disappeared.
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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 first baby conceived after an ovarian tissue transplant was born Thursday in Belgium in a procedure that could one day allow women to delay motherhood beyond menopause.
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A prototype artificial skin which can be used to heal wounds has been developed by British researchers.
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A year after a Frenchwoman received the world's first partial face transplant, doctors say the operation was a success and she is gaining more and more sensitivity and facial mobility.
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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 decision marks the first time a mechanical device has been made widely available to replace a failing human organ.
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Doctors from Kentucky and the Netherlands say they&#39;re ready to perform a face transplant as soon as they find an eligible candidate.