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The case of baby Theresa was the beginning of the ethical debate over anencephalic infant organ donation. [28] The story of baby Theresa remains a focus of basic moral philosophy. Baby Theresa was born with anencephaly in 1992. Her parents, knowing that their child was going to die, requested that her organs be given for transplantation.
Jaxon Emmett Buell (August 27, 2014 – April 1, 2020) was an American child known for being born missing about 80% of his brain due to Anencephaly. [1] He surpassed doctors' expectations, who predicted he would not live to be one year old.
A 7-month-old baby born in New Jersey is being considered the first to ever survive his rare condition past birth. The child, named Lucas, was diagnosed with exencephaly, a rare condition in which ...
Anencephaly (without brain) is a severe neural tube defect that occurs when the anterior-most end of the neural tube fails to close, usually during the 23rd and 26th days of pregnancy. This results in an absence of a major portion of the brain and skull.
One patient claimed that in 2011 Carvalho failed to warn her of birth defects before her child was born with deformed legs and severe brain damage. The mother said that her child, now eight years ...
An Oregon baby underwent surgery to remove half of his brain due to a rare disorder and seizures. Jackson Williamson was just 3 months old when he started suffering seizures.
On December 28, 2005, a kitten with cyclopia, "Cy", was born in Redmond, Oregon, United States and died about one day after birth. [17] In 2006, a baby girl in India with cyclopia was born. Her only eye was in the center of her forehead. She did not have a nose and her brain did not separate into two separate hemispheres (holoprosencephaly). [18]
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