Hacker News with Generative AI: Transplants

Neurosurgeon prepared to perform first human head transplant (popularmechanics.com)
The Western medical establishment ousted him. China embraced him. Will the man on a mission to perform the first human head transplant ever pull it off?

Neurosurgery, Medical Ethics, China, Transplants, Science

4 points by bookofjoe 7 days ago | 2 comments

First Whole-Eye, Partial-Face Recipient Achieves Remarkable Recovery (nyulangone.org)
Over a year after a whole-eye and partial-face transplant, Aaron James has made a remarkable recovery, back to daily life in Arkansas.

Medicine, Transplants, Healthcare, Recovery

7 points by dxs 72 days ago | 0 comments

Blood cells with silicon exoskeletons successfully transfused between species (medicalxpress.com)
A study by an international research collaborative reports a stunning blood modification method that not only protects red blood cells for perfusion-based transplant organ cryostorage, but could make blood types cross-compatible and eventually enable blood transfusions between species.

Biotechnology, Medicine, Science, Transplants

6 points by PaulHoule 73 days ago | 0 comments