Word: transplanter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Cows genetically engineered to produce valuable human proteins, for example, or pigs whose organs have been altered to remove proteins that trigger rejection after transplant operations, could be stamped out on an assembly line. Fast racehorses or blue-ribbon pets might be duplicated at will. In humans, both cancer and the aging process involve genetic changes at the cellular level. Thus a better understanding of how genes work might someday have implications for anti-cancer and anti-aging treatments...
Pioneering surgeons used to wait until after the operation before claiming their 15 minutes of fame. Not anymore. In Louisville last week a team of doctors announced their intention to perform "the world's first successful hand transplant"--using a limb from a fresh cadaver--before lifting a scalpel or even picking a patient...
...Creating pigs with transplantable organs could mean big business for the two firms -- at least 50,000 Americans are on the waiting list for a transplant. But there's another, more ominous implication: If the Honolulu technique is able to produce cloned pigs as well as mice, it's more likely to work with humans, too. Put your order...
...year-old son Matthew developed a rare and aggressive cancer, doctors gave him a 20% chance to live and started an 11-month course of chemotherapy. Cerniglia's HMO paid the bills at first. But when things took a turn for the worse and doctors ordered a bone-marrow transplant, the health plan refused to cover it. The new treatment, the administrators said, wasn't a "medical necessity," nor was it on their list of covered therapies. Despite a letter from an expert at the National Institutes of Health testifying that this was Matthew's best chance at life...
...last five years Haber developed a model to study the artery-clogging process in cardiac transplant patients...