Doctors at a hospital in the eastern city of Boston have performed the first full-face transplant(移植) in the United States on a man who lost most of his face in a crippling electrical accident. In a 15-hour surgery performed last week, patient Da...
Face Transplants No Longer Science FictionFull face transplants are no longer science fiction fantasy，a leading surgeon has said，adding that they are technically feasible but ethically complex．Peter Butler from London's Royal Free Hospital call...
A new study suggests looking at volume of surgery alone may not be the best way of predicting surgical success. In recent years, a virtual library of medical research has concluded that, other factors being equal, complex surgery turns out better whe...
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...
