Transplant

14/03/2013 - Transplant challenge for World Kidney Day
Senior transplant specialists today called for steps to increase public awareness of organ donation for World Kidney Day. More

19/02/2013 - Transplant pioneer works on brain repair
A pioneering transplant surgeon has set out ambitious plans to extend the range of surgery by harnessing the power of stem cells. More

18/02/2013 - Stem transplants pass million
More than one million blood stem cell transplants have now taken place globally, campaigners have revealed. More

07/01/2013 - Hand transplant first
Surgeons are celebrating performing the first hand transplant in the UK. More

08/08/2012 - Grapefruit juice could boost cancer drug
The effectiveness of a transplant drug with potential anti-cancer properties is dramatically increased if taken alongside grapefruit juice, researchers say. More

26/07/2012 - Success for pioneer transplant op
A boy of 13 is flourishing - two years after receiving a pioneering windpipe transplant, doctors report today. More

29/05/2012 - Smokers' lungs "save lives"
The lungs of smokers should be used for transplants - because overall patients have a better survival chance, British surgeons say today. More

21/05/2012 - Heart drugs may prevent cancer
Statins were developed to reduce cholesterol and found to have a range of other benefits for heart patients - and new findings suggest this may include preventing cancer. 1 comments More

24/11/2011 - Student gets artificial windpipe
A geology student from Eritrea has become the latest beneficiary of dramatic advances in windpipe transplant techniques, it was revealed today. More

15/09/2011 - Mammoth transfusion hope
Researchers are using the DNA of extinct woolly mammoths to design a powerful new kind of artificial blood, it was revealed last night. More

08/07/2011 - Synthetic transplant hailed as first
A 36-year-old man is due to leave a Swedish hospital today after a revolutionary windpipe operation. More

22/03/2010 - Child gets home-grown windpipe transplant
British surgeons have performed a revolutionary windpipe transplant procedure on a child for the first time, it has been announced. More

03/08/2009 - Private organ transplants face ban
Private transplant operations are set to be banned in Britain as part of a series of measures to ensure patients get "fair" access to donated organs. More

20/11/2008 - Bristol lab helped grow Claudia's new windpipe
British scientists have been talking about their part in creating the first transplant organ created from a patient's own cells. More

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