Word: transplanter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...method has many advantages over the old one. Most important, the hemophiliac tends to produce antibodies which counteract the vital Factor VIII when it is injected. With the new techniques of organ transplant that have recently been developed, it is possible to establish a permanent source of Factor VIII inside the hemophiliac--by inserting an entirely new spleen...
...spleen transplant of the dog Ellie is the first totally successful one done by Norman's project. In the past, problems have arisen because the hemophiliac dog rejected the new spleen. Rejection occurs when an animal refuses to accept living tissue from another body. In Ellie's case, doctors avoided the threat of rejection with a combination of immunosuppressors: cortisone, actinomycin C, imuran, and antilymphocyte serum...
Harvard and Boston University Medical School surgeons will help implement a new law this week that represents a major new breakthrough for heart, kidney, and liver transplant cases...
...enables a person, without the consent of next of kin, to bequeath parts or the whole of his body for research and transplant use. It represents three years of legislative work by the surgeons. It represents, too, a major breakthrough for heart, kidney, and liver transplant patients...
Properly registered he will receive a small laminated card to be carried like a driver's license. The card allows a doctor to remove legally the person's organs within minutes after death. For the transplant of kidneys, livers, and hearts, this "quick-time" is essential...