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Having a ball: Man born without testicles given one by twin brother
This surgery took a lot of balls! A 36-year-old man born without testicles was given one by his identical twin brother in a risky, six-hour operation in Siberia that should...
Transplant doctor rejects damaged donated lungs from chain-smoker
A doctor in China was forced to reject a pair of donated lungs that came from a deceased 52-year-old who had spent 30 years of his life chain-smoking. Dr. Chen...
First vaper to get double-lung transplant is teen former athlete
The first vape user to receive a double-lung transplant in the US was identified Tuesday as a 17-year-old former high-school athlete -- whose own organs were so badly damaged that...
Detroit hospital staff performs double lung transplant on patient with vaping injuries
Medical staff at a Detroit hospital say they have performed the world's first double lung transplant on a person with vaping-related lung injuries. The team from the city’s Henry Ford...
Fecal transplant doctors offer rebuttal after patient's death
A procedure that was touted as the future of medicine left a patient dead last summer, and now doctors are bringing transparency to the still-new technology. Doctors, books and blogs...
Butterfly wing transplant done with superglue and love
Watch the amazing moment a monarch butterfly's life was saved after a wing transplant. Katie VanBlaricum, 36, pulled off the intricate task using a glass plate, superglue and a wing...
Veteran gets groundbreaking penis transplant after losing his in Afghanistan blast
A veteran who lost the lower half of his body in an explosion has received one of the world's first penis transplants — and he's calling it "one of the...
Vaginal-fluid transplants in the works for US women
Good news for women with imbalanced nether regions.
ICU nurse donates part of liver to save 8-year-old Wisconsin boy's life
This Wisconsin nurse went above and beyond her job description. Cami Loritz, an ICU nurse at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa, Wis. this summer donated part of her liver for a...
First child to receive double hand transplant is thriving
At just 8 years old, Zion Harvey received two new hands, a surgery that has changed his life. According to previous reporting, the boy needed an amputation of both hands...
Baby born from dead donor’s transplanted womb in US first
The Cleveland Clinic says it has delivered the first baby in North America after a womb transplant from a dead donor.
FDA issues safety alert over fecal transplants after patient's death
One person died from a fecal transplant, the US Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday, as they issued a warning against the treatment. The idea behind the procedure, known...
7-year-old with rare disease needs mixed-race donor to save his life
The family of a 7-year-old New York boy battling a rare disease is desperately searching for someone with the same mixed heritage to help save his life. Asaya Bullock, of...
Baby makes history after world's first womb transplant performed by robot
A mom has become the first in the world to give birth to a baby after a womb transplant performed by a robot, doctors have revealed. The unnamed woman, from...
Hepatitis C-infected hearts and lungs can be safely transplanted, study finds
Doctors can safely transplant hepatitis C-infected lungs and hearts into people desperate for a new organ, say researchers who may have found a way to protect those patients from getting...
Disabled man changes mind about head transplant
He wanted a new head but had a change of heart — after his glamorous new wife gave birth to their “miracle son,��� according to a report. Valery Spiridonov, who...
HIV-positive mother donates liver to critically ill child
JOHANNESBURG — Doctors in South Africa say they transplanted part of a liver from a mother with HIV to her critically ill but HIV-negative child, concluding that the chance to...
Hunter gets face transplant after brutal shooting accident
A 64-year-old Canadian man who was left disfigured in a hunting accident seven years ago can now chew, smell, speak and breathe properly after undergoing the country’s first face transplant....
'Miracle baby’ grows up to be mother's transplant savior
When Evelyn Bowens became pregnant with her third child 30 years ago, a doctor suggested an abortion. She was 35 years old and had a weakened cervix, which can lead...
Doctors give soldier new ear after growing it in her arm
A young soldier received a new ear after she lost one during a car crash two years ago — after surgeons grew the organ beneath the skin on her forearm,...