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In extremely rare case, doctors remove fetus from brain of 1-year-old
By Nicoletta Lanese published
A young child had the remnants of her absorbed twin removed from her head.
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Vasectomy: Procedure, risks and reversal
By Anna Gora published
Half a million men in the United States undergo a vasectomy every year. But how does this procedure work?
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Weight-Loss Supplement Linked to Liver Failure Case
By Agata Blaszczak-Boxe last updated
A healthy 35-year-old woman who took a weight-loss supplement developed liver failure, and needed a liver transplant, according to a new report of her case.
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'Poop Pills' Work Just As Well As Traditional Fecal Transplants
By Samantha Mathewson last updated
"Poop transplants" given as a pill may work just as well as those delivered via colonoscopy, and the pill form may be a more pleasant treatment method for patients, a new study from Canada finds.
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Scientists revived the cells of pigs an hour after death, a potential organ transplant breakthrough
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Scientists revitalized cells in the bodies of dead pigs.
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2 pig hearts were successfully transplanted into brain-dead human patients
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Surgeons successfully transplanted pig hearts into brain-dead patients, advancing toward the next stage of FDA trials.
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3 kids receive kidney transplants without need for immune-suppressing drugs
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Three children with a rare genetic disease received kidney transplants without the need for any immune-suppressing drugs.
![Easton Sinnamon is the first person to receive a heart transplant along with implantation of thymus tissue from the same donor. On the left, Easton after his heart transplant; on the right, Easton at home during his first week out of the hospital.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6qdfoMBSo5wLwg5S2Nc6n5-320-80.jpg)
1st-of-its-kind heart transplant in infant could prevent organ rejection
By Rachael Rettner published
The novel procedure involves transplanting a heart along with thymus tissue from the same donor.
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