In Kenya, kidney failure has skyrocketed over the past five years following a dramatic rise in diabetes, hypertension and other ailments. The demand for dialysis - an expensive procedure for most Kenyans - far outstrips the supply of dialysis machine...
Some people are calling it the greatest medical breakthrough so far this century. Surgeons in Spain have successfully carried out the worlds first organ transplant using new stem cell technology. But what are stem cells? Most cells in our bodies are...
First US face transplant revealed 美国第一例面部移植手术曝光 The recipient （接受者） of the first US almost-total face transplant has appeared before the media for the first time. Connie Culp, a 46-year-old mother-of-two was left without the middle...
By Carol Pearson Washington 11 April 2008 A surgeon in Miami used his skill in transplanting organs to save the life of a woman who had been told her cancer was inoperable. In this breakthrough surgery, doctors narrowed the scope of what is now cons...
By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 26 November 2007 Kidney sales are legal in Iran, and they take place in other countries where they are technically against the law. Now, a prominent American surgeon advocates making kidney sales legal in the United...
Modern science helps in new ways Can you imagine being savagely attacked by a dog? What if the attack was so severe that your nose, lips and chin were completely destroyed ? How would you feel about yourself ? Would you be able to look at yourself i...
By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 17 January 2007 watch Uterus Transplant report A New York hospital is taking initial steps to offer the first uterus transplant in the United States. Doctors in Saudi Arabia performed the procedure a few years ago but...
HEALTH REPORT - Kidney Transplants By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Each year, thousands of people receive organ transplants. The...
SCIENCE REPORT – March 20, 2002: Uterus Transplant Operation By George Grow This is the VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT. Doctors in Saudi Arabia have performed the first human uterus transplant o...
Broadcast: Jan 31, 2003 More than 35,000 transplants have been done since Mexico's organ transplant system began in 1963. But desperate demand for donor organs is constantly outstripping supply. Last...
