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Skin transplant offers hope to vitiligo patients BBC News Skin transplant surgery could be an effective way of treating the skin disease vitiligo, say US researchers. A team in Detroit transferred healthy skin ... Cell Transplant May Help Treat VitiligoBusinessWeek Skin Transplant Helps Vitiligo PatientsWXYZ Skin transplant raises hope for vitiligo patientsDaily News & Analysis HealthJockey.com -WDIV Detroit all 29 news articles »

Bill offers hope to Kentuckians waiting for transplants WHAS 11.com (subscription) (WHAS11) - A bill moving through a senate committee is offering hope to Kentuckians waiting for a transplant. The bill updates the procedures for ... and more »

40 Years Later: Transplant Patient Beats Odds WISN Milwaukee After a kidney transplant, Frank Germinaro was told that he wouldn't live long or have children. Four decades later, he's proving the doctors wrong. ... and more »

Sun-Sentinel

Sunrise woman raised money for bone marrow transplant; now she wants to help ... Sun-Sentinel By Rachel Hatzipanagos, Sun Sentinel A fundraiser for a Sunrise woman who needed $40000 for a bone marrow transplant was so successful she has money left ... and more »

Ellsworth Nurse's Transplant Postponed WABI An Ellsworth nurse who needs a liver transplant has had that surgery at the Yale medical center postponed. Jan Watson, a nurse at Maine Coast Memorial ... Nurse's liver transplant on hold for more testsBangor Daily News all 2 news articles »

In rare op in India, HIV patient gets kidney transplant Times of India The unusual patient scaled another height three months back; he became the first HIV-positive person in Maharashtra to undergo a kidney transplant. ... and more »

eFitnessNow

Kidney transplants and long-term health 7Online.com NEW YORK (WABC) -- More than 83000 people in the United States are waiting for kidney transplants. Their best option is a living donor. ... Researchers confirm safety of kidney donationsLos Angeles Times Statistics reveal kidney donation a safe processThe Money Times Little death risk in kidney donationWALA-TV FOX10 BusinessWeek -Scientific American all 114 news articles »

Older Donors and Recipients Aid Transplants U.S. News & World Report (blog) According to data from the national Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), more than 106000 persons are now on the waiting list for an organ ...

Fewer platelets could be used for some cancer and bone-marrow transplantation ... EurekAlert (press release) DALLAS – March 10, 2010 – Physicians may be able to safely lower the platelet dosage in transfusions for cancer and bone-marrow transplant patients without ... and more »

BBC News

British "pooled" kidney transplants point to more Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Kidney transplant procedures in which three donors agreed to "pool" their organs, so a loved one could receive a compatible kidney from a ... Three-way transplant brings hopeBBC News First three-way kidney transplants carried out in BritainTelegraph.co.uk Three-way transplant swap helps man ease wife's suffering with new kidneyScottish Daily Record TopNews United States -WebMD.Boots.com -UK Express all 37 news articles »