Word: graftings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...their organs are roughly the same size as those of humans, meaning operations can be performed with a relative snap-out, snap-in simplicity. The problem is, once the donor organ is stitched in place, the body rebels, rejecting it even more violently than it would a human graft. "A pig heart transplanted in a person would turn black within minutes," says David Ayares, a research director with PPL Therapeutics, the biotech firm based in Scotland, New Zealand and Virginia that helped clone Dolly and also produced the piglets...
...upper eyelid using cartilage from the back of an ear and a lower eyelid with skin from the forehead. Next, doctors exposed the remaining parts of Kadriu's cheek area and screwed in a set of titanium plates. The missing midface soft tissue and skin were replaced with a graft. Finally, a titanium nasal bone was fixed to Kadriu's face--a foundation for a new nose. Fortunately, the nasal passages and linings were still present in residual form and worked normally after the operation...
Political theologians are discussing the unconstitutional takeover of Pakistan's democratically elected government by General Pervez Musharraf [WORLD, Dec. 6], ending a checkered era of government rule plagued by graft, corruption and sectarian strife. The takeover cannot be condoned, but it must be admitted that the general saved Pakistan from impending social disorder. For democracy to sustain itself there must be a sound socioeconomic base and political leaders with an unblemished background. To expect a Western-style democracy in the region is naive. What is needed now is a restructuring of Pakistan's economy, which is a shambles...
...services, primed by the annual $800 million that family members in the U.S. send them. Many even draw dollars from Havana ATM machines, via accounts set up by U.S. relatives in Canada and Europe. But for Cubans, entrepreneurship is fraught with migraines, from exorbitant government licenses and taxes to graft. And for those who have no access to dollars, despair--and resentment--is rising. At the same time, Cubans are worried that turning capitalist too quickly could invite the kind of abuses that have devastated Russia's economy. "We want the embargo to end," says a high-ranking Cuban official...
...Which European former head of state this week found himself at the center of a graft scandal...