How do I know about transplantation?
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Please visit the sites\nhttp://www.transplant.cc\nhttp://www.transplantation.cc
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about 60-75% everybody's body protein is basically the same DNA but because each of us have subtle diffrences the Proteins and Amino Acids combine differently. Sometimes the transplants are not always successful for that reason. It is not easy to find a 100%match because like snowflakes everybody is different. Hopefully if people would stop being so closed-minded , religiously over zealous, and ignorant about STEM CELL RESEARCH maybe we can solve a lot more problems like this one. Until then check out this book:\n\n                    THE EYE CARE REVOLUTION By Dr. Robert Abel Jr.
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Only one way I know of- Kidney transplant, but then you have to worry about organ rejection.
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How do I supposed to know?
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i work with many transplant pt in the icus. id say most times the liver is good for about 20 years then you will need another transplant. but no worries. medicine is always progressing. i have had one pt. get a liver at age 3 then 21, and 40, came through fine each time.
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i am not sure of the laws pretaining to transplants in India but if its anything like in the states, her Doctor would have to put her name on a list to recieve  a Kidney from either a donor who has passed away and willed there organs away, or a live donor, because you can live with 1 kidney, well anyway they have a set of parameters for matching organs to reciepients, the closer the match the better, so my advise would be to contact her doctor or a transplant hospital to get the process started as soon as possible, as dialysis does not work well for some people.
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Yes, it depends on your medical /mental condition, your Dr. will decide that point.\nI had my first transplant in Dec.1995 it lasted for 10 years, I had a Pancreas transplant in Dec. 2000, and my third transplant, a kidney in Dec. 05. As long as you want this to happen, and your health is good it will happen.\nA piece of advice, DO NOT wait for UNOS to find you a donor, get out now and find a living donor, family, friends , if you go to church ask anyone and every one to be tested, you will be surprised who will say yes, and even more surprised who matches you..\nGood luck\nfeel free to e-mail me any questions you might have..
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that's actually a funny question I worked in organ transplant before.\n\nRN - There are several roles for nurses in organ transplant. the nurse does everything from managing the donor, allocate the organs, work with the recipients\n\nTransplant surgeon - they recover the organs and transplant\n\nHistotechnologist - the do the genetic testing to make sure the organs are a good match. They also do testing to make sure the donor doesn't have any communicable diseases\n\nCourier - they move the organs from one place to another, take lab specimens to different labs\n\nSurgical technicians - they help the surgeons recover the organs\n\nOrgan placement specialists - they place the organs for transplant, run the lists, fax charts, ets
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This is not possible for countless reasons.  First of all, when you say elements, the body is comprised primarily of cells, and all cells are subject to immune system monitoring, just like any invasive substance.  Now, all of the cells body express products that tell the body "this is your body, do not kill me".  Any part that does not express these products will be destroyed.  This is what makes transplants difficult.  So your idea is something that can never come to fruition.
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Get an organ donor card from any hospital or health centre.\n\nOtherwise I don't think there is anywhere in the UK where living people can donate their livers.
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There are basically two types of Stem Cell transplants.  One is Autologous...which means the cells are your own that were harvested at an earlier time.  The other is an Allogenic.....which means you received your cells from another person (preferrable a sibling) or a stranger based on HLA matching.  Graft vs Host is fairly common in the second type of transplant (which I'd bet your family member had). Think of it this way... "graft" refers to the cells from transplant, and "host" refers to you family member's body.  The graft cells are foreign to the body, and if the host's immune system recognizes it as foreign if will try to attack and reject it.  It can affect  any part of the body and the prognosis is often determined by where it attacks, and the severity. The most common areas affected are the skin, and stomach. It can be very uncomfortable and hard to treat/get under control. A mild case of GVH is also conseidered a good thing because it can shows the host's immune system is beginning to work. Bone marrow transplants are usually a very rough road, and they often come with many bumps along the way. I hope your family member feels better and enjoys a long life.
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it is  A. one of the first things you learn when you have a transplant
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Primarily because one can get donors from the family, thus reducing the chances of foreign proteins causing rejection.  Kidney transplants come from living people, thus are always extremely fresh-and the person can be carefully chosen to match a great number of protein markers.  This is not true for heart transplants, which must come from terminal victims, and in which they must merely take the best match, no matter how bad it is.
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My understanding is that they will have a full and active life barring any problems with rejection and reactions to the anti rejection medications. It is alot better then the alternative which is being connected to a dialysis machine his whole life. Much more traumatic than the other. I happen to know that 2 girls have full lives and are much healtier and happier due to their transplants courtesy of my daughter and our gift of life to them. Their lives have changed in so many ways. One is going to college which she never thought she'd be able to and the little one can play and eat ice cream and do alot of things she couldn't before she got the life and I say LIFE changing transplant. Hope all goes well. It is truly a miracle the whole process, but it does come at a high price. Just know that the donor family waits for the dear letters from the recipients. It is a good thing to write to them and means sooo much. Let the family know that it is appreciated and that they are doing good. We prayed for the families that received our daughters organs.  In our experience it was the one thing that was good out of all the terrible things we went through. To be able to take away the pain of other families was a comfort to us. Especially when we knew that we were going to loose her.
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I may be wrong, but I don't think that stem cell transplants have been approved by the FDA, even for clinical trials.  That said, you should be talking to your doctor about this, not random people on the internet!  Your doctor should be able to refer you to a hospital where you can receive appropriate treatment.
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The transplantation of animal organs/cells into humans is called xenotransplantation. I wrote a paper on it for my medical ethics class in undergrad. Here's a link from a reputable website with a bit of information about it: http://www.emedicine.com/PED/topic2903.htm
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I would guess that it would be in the field of biochemistry. Perhaps cloning will be the next big thing, where we may be able to growth individual organs for transplants.