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  2. Organ transplantation - Wikipedia

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    Organ transplantation is a medical ... China's transplant programme attracted the attention of international news media in the 1990s ... in Sweden performed the first ...

  3. Paolo Macchiarini - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] He was convicted of research-related crimes in Italy and Sweden. [5] [6] Previously considered a pioneer for using both biological and synthetic scaffolds seeded with patients' own stem cells as trachea transplants, Macchiarini was a visiting professor and director on a temporary contract at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet (KI) from 2010 ...

  4. Adding stem cells to a kidney transplant could get patients ...

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    A novel approach to organ transplantation allowed patients to wean off anti-rejection drugs after two years, according to the results of a phase 3 clinical trial presented Monday.

  5. International organ donor rates - Wikipedia

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    Sweden: Opt-out 19.19 10,103,843 [2] Switzerland: 18.40 ... "Key facts and figures on EU organ donation and transplantation", EU Directorate General for Health ...

  6. Is it ethical to use animals as organ farms for humans? - AOL

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    Even though a record 41,000 organ transplants were conducted in the U.S. last year, more than 100,000 Americans are estimated to be on the transplant waiting list. An average of 17 people die each ...

  7. Uterus transplantation - Wikipedia

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    Except perhaps in rare cases of intersex individuals, transgender women are born with a male reproductive system. While sex reassignment surgery can create a vagina for these women, the option of a uterus is unavailable to them, meaning they cannot carry a pregnancy and would need to take other routes to parenthood, whether it be a more traditional approach involving coitus or an alternative ...

  8. List of organ transplant donors and recipients - Wikipedia

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    Prince of Sweden, husband of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden and former personal trainer and gym owner. Underwent a kidney transplant at Karolinska University Hospital, his father was the donor. May 27, 2009 [38] Lucy Davis (1973–) Actress best known for playing the character Dawn Tinsley in the BBC comedy, The Office. Kidney received in ...

  9. Transplant tourism begs the question, how much are your ... - AOL

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    Because unlocking the value of your kidneys or liver or other valuable organs would most likely kill you. For the poor in some impoverished Transplant tourism begs the question, how much are your ...