Functioning kidney built from newborn rat cells is a major step towards personalised transplant organs for people Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Aspirin-related drugs suggest a way towards more effective stem-cell transplants. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
When Taylor Binns slowly began going blind because of complications with his contact lenses, he started to prepare for living the rest of his life without vision. But an innovative treatment using stem cells has changed all that, and returned to him the gift of sight. Original post on ctvnews.ca Comments on reddit.com
Scientists in Cambridge have reversed paralysis in dogs after injecting them with cells grown from the lining of their nose. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
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Justin Legg struggles to mow the lawn, but that’s not stopping him from doing half-marathons in honor of his 19-year-old lung donor. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
After surviving a near-fatal car accident, Kaitlin Hunter found herself battling a devastating bacterial infection. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
Told his kidneys were barely working, Martin Cupid had one thought: He wanted to keep his job. Rather than spend his days tethered to a dialysis machine, the Boynton Beach man found a doctor who recommended a treatment that allows Cupid to cleanse his system himself. Original post on palmbeachpost.com Comments on reddit.com
Two Swedish women may be able to bear children using the wombs which carried them, doctors say, hailing the world’s first mother-daughter uterus transplants. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
The rodent recovery spurs hope that humans could one day benefit from similar treatments. Original post on technologyreview.com Comments on reddit.com
After giving the gift of life, a New York mom received her worst nightmare in return. To help her boss move up the transplant waiting list, Debbie Stevens, 47, donated her kidney to a man in Missouri, enabling her employer to secure a perfect match from someone in San Francisco, the New York Post reported Monday in an exclusive story. Original post on huffingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
In 1997, Richard Norris was shot in the face. The accident almost cost him his life, and, even after years of reconstructive surgery, left him without significant portions of his face and jaw. Original post on io9.com Comments on digg.com
The most extensive full face transplant ever performed has just been completed. It included both jaws, teeth, and tongue. The 36-hour operation occurred on March 19-20, 2012 and involved a multi-disciplinary team of faculty physicians and a team of over 150 nurses and professional staff. Original post on sciencedaily.com Comments on reddit.com
You probably know your blood type: A, B, AB or O. You may even know if you’re Rhesus positive or negative. But how about the Langereis blood type? Or the Junior blood type? Positive or negative? Most people have never even heard of these. Yet this knowledge could be Original post on sciencedaily.com Comments on reddit.com
In only the second procedure of its kind, surgeons in Sweden replaced the cancerous windpipe of a Baltimore man with one made in a laboratory. More
