transplant
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A transplant increases the risk of infection because of the medication patients need to take following the procedure, and complications led to Karen developing kidney failure.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
"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
In 1983 an 8-year-old girl with SCD and leukemia received a bone-marrow transplant from her brother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
When it was time to transplant, the five of them stood looking upon the field.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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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
“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
Biliary atresia is the leading cause of pediatric liver transplants and currently has no approved therapeutic options beyond surgery or liver transplant, Ipsen said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
He sold the business to one of the many transplants who’d come to South Carolina for a fresh start and Sam now worked at one of the saloons, the Drift.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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The current approach would probably require patients to take immunosuppressive medications to prevent their immune systems from attacking the transplanted cells.
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
San Jose Mogote seems to have transplanted itself to Monte Alban, in the middle of the buffer zone.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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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
She was a master gardener, expert at transplanting Japanese maples, according to her neighbor, Patty Hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
A living donor liver transplant involves removing a section of liver from the donor and transplanting it into the recipient.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025
"We found that people were actively transplanting and cultivating hazelnuts hundreds of kilometers from their place of origin," Armstrong explains of the expansive trade activity the maps illustrated.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 6, 2024
On the edge of the garden in a cold frame the tomato and bell pepper and cabbage sets were nearly ready for transplanting, waiting only for the passing of the frost danger.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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