transplant
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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
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
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
“You would not be considered a strong candidate for a transplant, unfortunately,” she said.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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Another benefit of moving to Nevada is the high concentration of transplants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
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
In the US, around 100,000 people are waiting for a kidney while only 25,000 transplants occur each year.
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
Search after search about lung transplants and lung-function percentages, new combinations and phrasing but always the same idea.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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Blood vessels gradually grew into the graft, creating a local supply of nutrients that helped keep the transplanted hepatocytes alive and functioning.
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
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
Those cells cannot grow hair in a lab, only when they are transplanted into skin and connected with underlying tissue.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
We split up the rest, the Chinese, Laotians, Singaporans, Filipinos, the whole transplanted Pacific Rim.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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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
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
They carefully accounted for the challenges of transplanting two organs at once, including differences in blood volume needs and electrolyte management during the operation.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2025
She was a master gardener, expert at transplanting Japanese maples, according to her neighbor, Patty Hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
My plan is to start them off in small containers and then locate a place later for transplanting.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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