Tag: transplant
World’s first full eye transplant partially successful
There has been an important development in the medical world. Doctors in the USA performed a long operation and the world’s first full eye transplant was partially successful. happened. Many…
Aaron James’ new eye after the world’s first transplant
In the summer of 2021, Aaron James, 46, from Arkansas in the United States received an electric shock of over 7,000 volts in the face during work. He accidentally touched…
HIV: the “Geneva patient” declared in remission after a bone marrow transplant
News Published on 07/21/2023 at 12:35 p.m. Updated 07/21/2023 at 12:35 p.m. Reading 2 mins. In Geneva, Switzerland, a man has been declared in remission from HIV following a bone…
A new case of HIV remission after a bone marrow transplant
A man referred to as “the patient from Geneva” is in long remission from HIV after receiving a bone marrow transplant that does not have a mutation known to block…
Tom Tol recovered from his heart transplant at UMC Utrecht while playing drums
Tom was in intensive care for about five months and his muscle strength decreased sharply as a result. It took so long because several complications arose. He only slept for…
Hugo, 6, is waiting for a lung transplant – living with a 25 meter long tube
Hugo Vendin has assistants from home health care who help him around the clock with everything from tube feeding to watching over him at night. Hugo’s parents work in shifts…
Kidney transplant rejections: software allows them to be diagnosed in less than a second
News Published on 05/22/2023 at 2:55 p.m. Updated 05/22/2023 at 2:55 p.m. Reading 2 mins. Cock-a-doodle Doo ! French researchers have developed software to quickly diagnose cases of kidney transplant…
First transplant from a still beating heart
News Published on 04/25/2023 at 1:59 p.m. Updated 04/25/2023 at 1:59 p.m. Reading 2 mins. This is a world medical first. In the United States, surgeons have managed the feat…
World first: a lung transplant performed with a robot without opening the thorax
News Published on 04/18/2023 at 7:15 p.m. Updated 04/18/2023 at 7:15 p.m. Reading 4 mins. In Barcelona, a team of thoracic surgeons announces that they have performed the world’s first…
Foch Hospital: the second baby from the first uterus transplant in France is born!
News Published on 03/03/2023 at 11:12 am Updated 03/03/2023 at 11:12 am Reading 2 mins. Marie Lanen Head of parenting section (baby, pregnancy, family) Born without a uterus, Deborah is…