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  • April 2008

    • Docs Pull Off 6-Kidney Swap

      newser  |  Baltimore Sun  |  Apr 9, 08 1:23 PM CDT

      Docs Pull Off 6-Kidney Swap

      In a procedure that took 13 hours and involved more than 100 medical personnel, Johns Hopkins Hospital pulled off the US' first six-way kidney transplant, the Baltimore Sun reports. Six donors provided six patients with working organs in Saturday's so-called "domino" procedure. All 12 were listed in good condition yesterday; some had even gone home. More »

    • Tragic Bond Links Heart Donor, Recipient

      newser  |  Hilton Head Island Packet  |  Apr 7, 08 4:16 PM CDT

      Tragic Bond Links Heart Donor, Recipient

      A Georgia man who took his own life last week had lived 12 years after receiving a transplanted heart from a South Carolina man who also committed suicide, police said. And in a twist worthy of Edgar Allan Poe, the donor's widow had met and married the recipient, the Hilton Head Island Packet reports. More »

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      obituary  • suicide  • organ donor  • transplant  • heart failure  • heart surgery  • heart transplants  • organ donations  • gunshot wounds

  • March 2008

    • Man Admits to Selling Stolen Body Parts

      newser  |  Star-Ledger  |  Mar 18, 08 9:57 PM CDT

      Man Admits to Selling Stolen Body Parts

      A New Jersey dentist who ran a business plundering body parts from corpses in funeral homes pleaded guilty in Brooklyn today, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. Michael Mastromarino, 44, admitted to removing bones and tissue from two dozen corpses, which were sold to tissue processors for use in transplants and other surgery. He now owes $4.68 million and faces up to 54 years in prison. More »

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      corruption  • New Jersey  • medical records  • transplant  • forgery  • funeral home

  • October 2007

    • She Views Life From Behind a New Face

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Oct 5, 07 1:19 PM CDT

      She Views Life From Behind a New Face

      Isabelle Dinoire, the French woman who in November 2005 received the world's first partial face transplant, has taught herself how to eat and speak again, but what she really wants to learn, the Guardian reports, is how to kiss. In a new book published in France yesterday, Dinoire describes her slow adjustment to living with another woman's face after surgery. More »

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      France  • cosmetic surgery  • transplant  • face transplant

  • August 2007
  • July 2007
  • June 2007

    • Plane Crash Kills Transplant Team

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jun 6, 07 4:33 AM CDT

      Plane Crash Kills Transplant Team

      Six members of a transplant team on a life-saving mission were killed when their plane plunged into Lake Michigan, 6 miles from Milwaukee. The AP reports the team included the pilot and co-pilot  of the Cessna Citation, a cardiac surgeon, a transplant donor specialist and a trainee in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery. The organs were also lost. More »

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      plane crash  • organ transplants  • transplant  • Lake Michigan

  • April 2007

    • Docs Accused Of Hurrying Death To Harvest Organs

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 12, 07 11:24 AM CDT

      A 47-year-old man was wrongly declared brain dead by two doctors apparently eager to harvest his organs, reports the LA Times . "They were waiting like vultures, so they could scoop them up," says the patient’s daughter, Melanie Sanchez. A third doctor determined that her father, who had suffered a catastrophic brain hemorrhage, was not dead. More »

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      health  • science  • doctor  • hospitals  • organ donor  • patients  • organ harvesting  • transplant  • organs

    • China Has Change of Heart On Transplants

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 6, 07 4:40 PM CDT

      China Has Change of Heart On Transplants

      China is rethinking a major medical cash cow: providing organ transplants for Westerners on overcrowded waiting lists at home. "Transplant tourism" has been a particularly popular option in Israel, where insurers are required to pony up  for overseas operations. But health officials recently ruled that organs should not be given to foreigners when not enough are available for Chinese citizens. More »

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      China  • Israel  • health  • organ transplants  • transplant  • organ harvesting  • waiting list

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