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Renal transplant surgery conducted – IBNLive.com
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Doctors perform pioneering uterus transplant
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Organ donation a heavier choice than what was presented on Quad Day – Daily Illini
Organ donation a heavier choice than what was presented on Quad DayDaily IlliniStill, the public's negative associations with organ donation and what “rights they may give up” hindered organ- and tissue-donor networks from reaching all eligible…
Army personnel donate blood – Times of India
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Swedish doctors claim pioneering uterus transplant – San Jose Mercury News
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Roberts starts bone-marrow transplant
Robin Roberts will begin to undergo bone-marrow transplant tomorrow morning, she says. Roberts (pictured), the “Good Morning America” co-host who’s on medical leave while being treated for a rare immune disease, posted a message on the show’s b…
Death Without Religion – Religion Dispatches
Death Without ReligionReligion DispatchesBut the real problems began in 1968, when a Harvard Medical School committee determined that brain death occurs when the patient suffers a “loss of personhood,” or a “permanently nonfunctioning brain.” T…