In Focus – A race against time: accompanying organ transplants in Brazil
First modification: 12/20/2023 - 18:59 This In Focus immerses us in the fascinating and complex world of organ transplants in ...
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A patient regains her speech thanks to a laryngeal transplant
A woman recently benefited from the first laryngeal transplant in France, in a surgical intervention presented today, Monday, in the ...
A medical achievement… A pig’s kidney works in a human body a month after it was transplanted
The team is working on developing this type of animal-to-human transplant, also called a "xenograft," in hopes of addressing a ...
Innovative method with artificial cornea restores sight to blind Colombian
A Colombian man who was born blind and deaf has received an artificial cornea transplant that has allowed him to ...
Here America – Death sentence? Difficulties in accessing a transplant in Venezuela
return to homepage / Programs / Here America First modification: 06/11/2023 - 01:52 12:33 p.m. Until recently, transplants in Venezuela ...
“I feel very betrayed”, she donates a kidney to her boss and fires her for missing work (VIRAL)
Despite the great campaigns that are carried out to encourage people to donate their organs, there are thousands of patients ...
Colombia would be left out of the World Cup for Transplanted Athletes
This is a never ending problem. The lack of financial support for athletes and delegations the participation of a Colombian ...
Science and Technology – The historic intestine transplant carried out by Spanish doctors
First modification: 10/30/2022 - 16:37 The Spanish authorities estimate that 30% of patients who require an intestine transplant die on ...
Science and Technology – Researchers manage to modify the blood type of donated kidneys
First modification: 08/19/2022 - 22:36 Dr. Aisling McMahon, lead researcher, noted that "people from minority ethnic groups, on average, wait ...
The “resuscitation” of dead pigs, promise of progress and source of questions
Earlier this month, scientists managed to restore blood circulation and the function of dead pigs' body cells for a few ...
