Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Performs 400th Pediatric Liver Transplant

Newswise imageThe Liver and Intestinal Transplant Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles began in 1998 and now performs 25 to 30 liver transplants each year–the most in Southern California–with survival rates exceeding national averages. The hospital recently performed its 400th transplant.
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Connie Culp, 1st US partial face transplant recipient, dies

Connie Culp has died almost a dozen years after the groundbreaking operation.
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Historic face transplant gives suicide survivor a ‘second chance’

As Katie Stubblefield brushed her fingers across her face, she could feel the wound.


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Hidden Immune Cells Cause Lung Transplant Failure

Scientists have discovered that a subset of immune cells called nonclassical monocytes (NCMs), previously unknown to reside in the lungs, play a key role in driving primary graft dysfunction (PGD), the leading cause of death after lung transplantation. The study demonstrates targeting these cells could lead to novel treatments for PGD, a complication that currently impacts more than half of transplant patients.
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Men Perceived as Younger and More Attractive After Hair Transplant

According to a new article published online by JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery, men are judged — by other women and men — by the number of hairs on their head.

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Chinese surgeon reveals I may do human head transplant next year 

Dr Xiaoping Ren shocked the world earlier this year when it was revealed that his team in Harbin, China had carried out a successful head transplant on a monkey – and that it lived for 20 hours.
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