Missouri Boy, 2, Youngest in World to Use Artificial Lung - FOXNews


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Missouri Boy, 2, Youngest in World to Use Artificial Lung
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Owen was placed on a heart-lung bypass machine called ECMO, but after about two weeks it can cause organ damage and leave a child ineligible for a ...
First Artificial Lung in US Goes to Two-Year Old HULIQ
Missouri Boy Has First Artificial Lung Surgery In United States Surgery.about.com (blog)
Children's Hospital Performs First Artificial Lung Treatment KPLR 11
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Toddler Is World's Youngest Recipient of Artificial Lung - Tonic


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Toddler Is World's Youngest Recipient of Artificial Lung
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Having been unsuccessful in waiting for a lung donor, they agreed to try an artificial lung device — with successful results. It was during a shopping trip ...

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Scientists show off a model of an implantable artificial kidney. Can it ... - SmartPlanet.com (blog)


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Scientists show off a model of an implantable artificial kidney. Can it ...
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This shortage of organ donations makes a majority of people resort to kidney dialysis. When dependent on kidney dialysis, patients must spend up to five ...
UCSF unveils model for implantable artificial kidney to replace dialysis Science Centric

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Too much of a good thing - Malay Mail

Too much of a good thing
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However, an accident at work left him with an artificial heart. Having an artificial organ inside him makes Remy impotent as a repo man. ...

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Marshalls Creek man helps ESE teacher get more suitable kidney - Pocono Record

Marshalls Creek man helps ESE teacher get more suitable kidney
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"A human organ is better than an artificial organ," he said. "A natural organ does things a kidney machine cannot. And if it fails, they can always fall ...

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How to mend a broken heart - Sydney Morning Herald


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How to mend a broken heart
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Tigano's artificial heart was also funded by benefactors, but if government funding was granted about 200 people a year could be helped. ...

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Donations keep heart surgery pumping - Fairfield Advance


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Donations keep heart surgery pumping
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Heart surgeon Phillip Spratt (far right) says the government should fund artificial heart transplants instead of hospitals relying on donations from the ...
Living without a heart Fairfield Advance
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Sydney man gets first heart transplant at St Vincent's hospital NEWS.com.au
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Eyegenix™ Artificial Cornea Achieves Major Advancement Towards Curing Corneal ... - PR Newswire (press release)

Eyegenix™ Artificial Cornea Achieves Major Advancement Towards Curing Corneal ...
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Although corneal transplantation is a successful procedure that is performed more often than all other types of organ transplants combined, it is only able ...

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Brigham and Women's to offer hand transplants - Boston Globe

Brigham and Women's to offer hand transplants
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The alternatives to hand transplants have been reconstructive surgery or artificial hands. While prosthetic hands can function much better than they once ...

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Fujifilm to enter into capital partnership with Japan Tissue Engineering - Asahi Shimbun

Fujifilm to enter into capital partnership with Japan Tissue Engineering
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It is currently attracting attention as a promising alternative to artificial organs and transplantation. Artificially-derived stem cells with genetic ...

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