After receiving a Liver Transplant, Demi-Lee Brennan (9) was healing well, but nine months later on a check up, it was found that stem cells had migrated to her bone marrow, completely re working her Blood type and immune system. picked by muppetmaker 9 months ago

The same surgeon, an internationally known liver transplant expert, performed the procedures on four Japanese "yakuza" organized crime lords. The most prominent transplant recipient, Tadamasa Goto, had been barred from entering the U.S. because of his criminal history until the FBI helped him obtain a visa to receive the transplant. picked by teresag 4 months ago

With her mother desperately in need of a transplant, Laura Ashworth told family and friends she wanted to donate one of her kidneys.

So when the 21-year-old died after an asthma attack, it seemed that the tragedy would at least give Rachel Leake a chance of a healthy new life. picked by doggylives 6 months ago

Nataline Sarkisyan, a 17-year-old from Glendale, Calif., died Thursday just a few hours after her insurer, Cigna Health Care, approved a procedure it had previously described as "too experimental". They had originally agreed to a transplant but then changed their minds when the accountants felt they knew more medicine than the doctors. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

Sometime in 2004 a hamster got sick. Then it was sold from a PetSmart store. Then the woman who bought it died from a stroke. But she had contracted lymphocytic choriomeningitis from said hamster beforehand. Then her liver was donated to a guy. They guy then died several days later allegedly from the virus from the hamster.

The guy's wife is suing PetSmart for negligence. picked by moe 6 months ago

When a doctor discovered that the liver he was transplanting into his two-year-old patient was too large, he deliberately inserted a ping-pong ball to keep the oversized organ from putting pressure on her arteries. picked by Wingnut 2 weeks ago

Best present ever. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Measuring levels of cells that originate in bone marrow could help doctors predict outcomes for liver cancer patients. picked by tlovesd 2 years ago

Sulphasalazine can reverse cirrhosis of the liver. It is a 'cheap and readily available drug'. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

Miniature liver will be used for drug testing experiments. picked by hypnotode 2 years ago

Police had to track him down via cell phone coordinates. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

It took 18 months for her smile to come back completely, but doctors say the French woman who received the world's first partial face transplant is now doing well. Isabelle Dinoire, 40, was pictured without makeup for the first time today showing the extent of her scars. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

The world's only transplant recipient of two full arms said the feeling of being whole again was "indescribable". picked by AutumnLotus 4 days ago

A radical treatment that "rinses" organs and then implants them with patients' DNA is being hailed as a solution to the transplant crisis. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

The experimental transplant procedure marks the first time infants have received hearts from infant donors who had been taken off life support. picked by afroMOSHI 2 months ago

The success of Isabelle Dinoire's face transplant has scientists looking up - literally - and touting a new, rejection-free way of growing hair where once was bare. picked by mitzuzake 8 months ago

Thousands of women lacking a functioning uterus would be interested. If a uterus transplant was carried out tomorrow, it would only be the second ever. Would it be safe? The first was in Saudi Arabia in 2000 and it failed. picked by sparky 2 years ago

Woman learns she has advanced liver cancer, but refuses treatment to save the life of her four month old fetus, as it continued to grow. The baby was finally born, but the mother departed soon after. picked by muppetmaker 9 months ago

Man-made molecules reverse liver cirrhosis in rats picked by smarty1052 6 months ago

The drugs were prescribed "to accelerate Mr Navarro's death in order to recover his organs." picked by misswinkle 1 year ago