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Pancreas Cell Transplants May Be The New Hope For Treating Type 1 Diabetes

By Jenn Loro - Apr 20, 2016 06:52 AM EDT

Pancreatic cell transplants prevent severe life-threatening hypoglycemia in people with type 1 diabetes, according to new research.

First Uterus Transplant Removed Again After Yeast Infection

By Jenn Loro - Apr 10, 2016 09:02 AM EDT

Cleveland Clinic recently revealed the reason behind the failure of what was supposedly the first uterus transplant in the US- an infection caused by the overgrowth of yeast normally found around the vaginal tract. Doctors are reviewing the case to ensure the prevention of similar cases from happening in the future.

Lamar Odom Tested Positive For Cocaine, Kidneys Damaged

By R. Siva Kumar - Oct 28, 2015 09:43 AM EDT

Lamar Odom's blood is officially tested positive for cocaine even as his kidneys need transplant.

Ovarian Tissue Transplant Will Help Women Have Babies

By Kanika Gupta - Oct 07, 2015 01:24 PM EDT

A Congolese-Belgian woman was given a fresh lease of life when she gave birth to a perfectly healthy baby after doctors made her fertile again by transplanting ovarian tissue that was removed from her body and kept frozen when she was just a child

'Heart in a Box': Breakthrough to Make Dead Hearts Alive For Transplant

By R. Siva Kumar - Sep 02, 2015 08:04 AM EDT

A new organ care system called 'heart in a box' is a revolutionary technology to help in heart and later organ transplant.

Brain-Dead Woman Kept 'Alive' For 54 Days To Deliver Boy

By R. Siva Kumar - May 06, 2015 09:36 AM EDT

Karla Perez, who suffered a brain bleed, was kept alive for almost two months, so that her baby could be delivered through a cesarean section.

100-Minute-Old Baby Is UK's Youngest Organ Donor

By R. Siva Kumar - Apr 25, 2015 02:47 PM EDT

Teddy Evan died almost two hours after he was born, but helped an adult to live.

Saving face: Spanish hospital performs world's most complex ‘face transplant’

By Maria Slither - Apr 01, 2015 10:51 AM EDT

A hospital in Barcelona prides itself to have performed the most complex face transplant in the world on February 25. After the 27-hour long operation, the patient is now having a normal life.

UK Transplant Breakthrough: Newborn Donates Her Organs to Save Two Lives

By Cheri Cheng - Jan 21, 2015 01:13 PM EST

Doctors from the United Kingdom have successfully transplanted the organs from a newborn infant into two separate recipients.

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