transplants
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This Nine-Year-Old Girl Just Had Six Of Her Organs Replaced—That’s A Record
When she was five, Alannah Shevenell’s doctors discovered the cause of her fever, weight loss, and distended belly — a sizable tumour spreading throughout her body. After two failed surgeries and rounds of chemo, her doctors had just one option left; a risky surgery to replace six of her cancerous organs.
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Surgeons Perform World’s First Synthetic Organ Transplant
For the first time in history, a patient has been implanted with a synthetic windpipe that was created using the patient’s stem cells and a replica of his original windpipe. It’s amazing even though it kinda looks like PVC piping
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Woman Speaks First Words In 10 Years After Voice-Box Transplant
Brenda Jensen is speaking again, after 10 years using an electronic voicebox, thanks to an ambitious larynx transplant. And before you ask – it’s her own voice, and not that of the larynx donor, even though that would be cool.