Living-donor liver transplant offers numerous advantages over deceased-donor transplant, including better three-year survival rates for patients and lower costs, according
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Here's How 6 Face Transplant Patients Are Doing 5 Years Post-Surgery
Less than 20 years ago, face transplants were far-fetched procedures of the future. They’re still not exactly commonplace, but a
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2nd ever HIV patient in remission after stem cell transplant: Doctors
A man who previously tested positive for HIV has shown no trace of the virus that causes AIDS since receiving
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Hearts from unusual donors could help meet growing transplant demand
Researchers say the ever-growing waiting list of hopeful heart transplant recipients could be trimmed down if only more patients were
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Marijuana use has no effect on kidney transplant outcomes
A new study in Clinical Kidney Journal indicates that the usage of marijuana by kidney donors has no measurable effect
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Man maimed in hunting accident becomes oldest face transplant patient
Grandfather, 64, left disfigured by a hunting accident becomes the world’s oldest person to have a face transplant in a
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Understanding immune system interplay to improve organ transplant success
A rare opportunity to analyse both blood and tissue samples from human transplant recipients has allowed immunology researchers at the
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Uncovering a mechanism causing chronic graft-vs-host disease after bone marrow transplant
Allogeneic bone marrow transplant (BMT) is an essential treatment to cure patients with blood cancers such as leukemia. In patients
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