Hacker News with Generative AI: Transplants

Duke doctors perform first living mitral valve transplant (medicalxpress.com)
In a groundbreaking series of surgeries, doctors at Duke Health have successfully performed the world's first living mitral valve replacement, saving the lives of three young girls across North Carolina.

Medical Advancements, Heart Health, Surgery, Transplants

11 points by PaulHoule 17 days ago | 0 comments

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 140 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 205 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 206 days ago | 0 comments