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transplant

[trans-plant, -plahnt, trans-plant, -plahnt] / trænsˈplænt, -ˈplɑnt, ˈtrænsˌplænt, -ˌplɑnt /


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"Runner," an action comedy led by Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson, debuted in fourth place, with the heroes fighting a cartel to get a sick young girl a lifesaving organ transplant.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

A heart transplant is currently the only cure for heart failure.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 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

Dr Leonardo Riella, from the centre for transplantation sciences at Mass General Brigham said the shortage of organs available for transplant meant " we are in a crisis".

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

On June 10, 1997, I received my gift of life, a double lung transplant that I have waited over two years for.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

Australia has approximately 144,000 people living with heart failure, while only about 115 heart transplants are performed each year.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 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

"NHS England is leading a programme of work which is already helping to increase the number of transplants, reduce variation, identify suitable patients earlier and improve access," it added.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

The state has tracked data for 72 workers who have undergone lung transplants and 51 workers who have been referred for lung transplant evaluations.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 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

A kidney transplanted from a pig has worked inside a patient for 271 days – the longest on record, say US doctors.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

The reaction resembled the way a human immune system may reject a transplanted organ.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 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

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

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

To isolate each group, the researchers designed an unusual experiment that involved transplanting different types of microglia into mice that lacked microglia entirely.

From Science Daily Nov. 13, 2025

Both have since died but helped advance xenotransplantation - the transplanting of living cells, tissues or organs from one species to another.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2025

He panicked, removed the cells, and hadn’t tried transplanting skin cells since.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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