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...elderly man develops macular degeneration, a disease that destroys vision. To bolster his failing eyesight, he receives a transplant of healthy retinal tissue--cloned from his own cells and cultivated in a lab dish...
...really really hard to quote the numbers. Some have died waiting for a transplant, some are no longer eligible for a transplant because their condition is so advanced and some refuse to undergo so much pain" Gillespie said...
...accordance with general transplant policy, Kuo's donor, who is currently described only as a young Asian woman, will remain anonymous for a year...
Gillespie said that nationally there is a total of 30,000 diagnoses of leukemia every year. But in its 12-year history, the Asian American Donor Program (AADP) has counted only 136 Asians who were able to find a compatible donor and undergo a transplant...
...advanced stage of leukemia and the fact that his donor was not a complete match, having one different antigen, lowered the odds of Kuo's recovery. After Kuo's transplant operation on Dec. 10, Kuo had a brush with death. Near Christmas, his liver and kidney functions went almost fatally askew...