transplant
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Mette-Marit, who recently underwent a successful lung transplant, and Sonja, 89, followed in a car.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Williamson underwent a liver transplant earlier this year, prompting a judge to delay a February hearing in her case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
More than 10,000 people in the United States with chronic liver disease are currently waiting for a liver transplant, yet the supply of donated organs falls far short of demand.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
For decades, the wider area of Williamsburg has held a major cultural fascination for the type of millennial transplant who makes their way out to the East Coast.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
In an effort to supply this natural food, the Canadians have attempted to transplant caddis fly larvae and other insects to the barren reaches of the Miramichi.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Doctors and scientists are exploring xenotransplantation – using organs from other species – due to shortages of organs for transplants.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Emery said some of her 40-something patients are now on the list for double lung transplants, their only real hope of survival.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
“The percentage of workers who have either received lung transplants or who are awaiting lung transplants is astoundingly high.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
This has a direct impact on the more than 100,000 patients currently awaiting lifesaving transplants, whose lives depend on Americans saying “yes” to organ donation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
If it worked, it might mean doctors could use skin-cell transplants to treat wounds in the field.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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If the graft has enough room and a sufficient blood supply, the transplanted hepatocytes can perform functions similar to those of cells inside the liver itself.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
The feat followed trial and error that initially saw him mollycoddle corals in stress-free environments, but those easily perished in the ocean once transplanted.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
The situation led to his decision to stop taking medication that was needed to ensure the continued functioning of a transplanted kidney his brother had donated to him.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Based on a 1998 Vibe magazine article about street racing import cars in New York, the film was transplanted to Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
At around thirteen she began to develop breasts; she lost weight, her waist thinned out, and she shot up like a transplanted tree.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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The idea of transplanting the European game and the European league system to the US was unrealistic, said Bank, the expert in sports law.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Clutching a mysterious tool the shape of a mouse coffin, Firth’s villain tracks Daniel’s location by mentally transplanting himself into another person’s body, changing the color of their pupils to his own icy blue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
In practice, he argues, many innovations grow out of existing ones, often by borrowing or transplanting concepts from one field to another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Another team in China previously reported transplanting such a liver into a patient who had been declared brain-dead.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 5, 2024
At that point Mama, Hanako, and Akira would help with the transplanting.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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