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Medical first: Surgeons remove healthy kidney through vagina
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-02-03 20:50:41
On February 2, 2009, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine announced that a team of their surgeons successfully removed a healthy kidney from a female donor through a tiny incision in the back of her vagina.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-02-03 20:50:41
On February 2, 2009, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine announced that a team of their surgeons successfully removed a healthy kidney from a female donor through a tiny incision in the back of her vagina.
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First U.S. face transplant performed on woman
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-12-18 11:46:35
The Cleveland Clinic announces that it has performed the first face transplant within the United States, a 22-hour surgical procedure that replaced approximately 80% of the patient’s face. It is considered the world’s most extensive facial transplant to date.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-12-18 11:46:35
The Cleveland Clinic announces that it has performed the first face transplant within the United States, a 22-hour surgical procedure that replaced approximately 80% of the patient’s face. It is considered the world’s most extensive facial transplant to date.
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Medical first: Stem cells used for windpipe transplant
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-11-20 09:40:37
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-11-20 09:40:37
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-09-16 11:31:34
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-09-16 11:31:34
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-07-13 09:19:01
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-07-13 09:19:01
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-03-26 08:32:31
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-03-26 08:32:31
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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