Surgery
Medical first: Stem cells used for windpipe transplant
By: William Atkins
European surgeons performed a pioneering first in medicine: The first human trachea (windpipe) transplant that used the patient’s own stem cells to prepare the trachea for transplantation.
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By: William Atkins
European surgeons performed a pioneering first in medicine: The first human trachea (windpipe) transplant that used the patient’s own stem cells to prepare the trachea for transplantation.
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Scientists reduce appetite through varicose vein treatment
By: William Atkins
A hunger-activating hormone was reduced in pigs using a medical procedure originally used to treat varicose veins. If it works in humans, the obesity-control treatment could be a much less invasive surgical procedure than bariatric (weight-loss) surgery.
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By: William Atkins
A hunger-activating hormone was reduced in pigs using a medical procedure originally used to treat varicose veins. If it works in humans, the obesity-control treatment could be a much less invasive surgical procedure than bariatric (weight-loss) surgery.
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First southern hemisphere full artificial heart transplant to be performed
By: William Atkins
Dr. Paul Jansz and Dr. Philip Spratt are scheduled to perform the first full artificial heart transplant, from the Southern Hemisphere, in September 2008 in Sydney, Australia.
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By: William Atkins
Dr. Paul Jansz and Dr. Philip Spratt are scheduled to perform the first full artificial heart transplant, from the Southern Hemisphere, in September 2008 in Sydney, Australia.
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Smells like rotten eggs? You may be in suspended animation
By: William Atkins
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital discovered that small amounts of smelly hydrogen sulfide can be safety applied to laboratory rodents to quickly place them in a suspended animation-like state.
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By: William Atkins
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital discovered that small amounts of smelly hydrogen sulfide can be safety applied to laboratory rodents to quickly place them in a suspended animation-like state.
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