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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.

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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David Bennett Sr. (center) after his groundbreaking heart transplant. Bennett is pictured with his son, David Bennett Jr (left), and Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin, director of the Cardiac Xenotransplantation Program at the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Man who received 1st pig heart transplant has died

By Rachael Rettner published

The exact cause of the man's death is still unclear.

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Medieval surgery tools

How did doctors perform surgery before modern anesthesia?

By Emma Bryce published

The history of anesthesia in surgery was grisly, painful and occasionally very dubious.

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photo of a donated human lung in a machine that keeps the tissue alive outside of the body

Creating 'universal' transplant organs: New study moves us one step closer.

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The technique will soon be tested in a clinical trial.

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The transplant heart was surgically removed from the donor pig before the surgery on the human patient; pig organs are considered suitable for transplant to humans because they are about the same size and shape.

Surgeons transplant pig's heart into dying human patient in a first

By Tom Metcalfe published

The heart from a genetically modified pig has been transplanted into a Maryland man in a last-ditch effort to save his life.

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a close up of a pig's kidney being used in a transplantation experiment

Pig kidney successfully hooked up to human patient in watershed experiment

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The experiment was brief, but the results hint at the promise of pig-to-human transplants.

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An engraving of the human brain.

Lobotomy: Definition, procedure and history

By Tanya Lewis published

Lobotomy is a neurosurgical operation that involves severing connections in the brain's prefrontal lobe.

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Slightly asymmetrical woman's face

Why do faces become less symmetrical with age?

By Benjamin Plackett published

The aging process doesn't happen equally on both sides, leaving the human face increasingly less symmetrical with age.

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A cooler for transporting human organ donation.

What happens to your body when you're an organ donor?

By Tyler Santora published

With organ donation, the death of one person can lead to the survival of many others. But when a donor dies, how do doctors save their organs for transplantation?

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David Lee holds up his hands, one of which has had the thumb replaced with a big toe

In rare surgery, hospital swaps man's lost thumb for a big toe

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The cobbler thought he'd never work again, but the strange surgery saved his hand function.

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