Maglev titanium heart now whirs inside the chest of a live patient
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Womb transplants are now a life-changing reality. Here’s how the extraordinary procedure works.
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The nurse who introduced gloves to the operating room
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Doctors transplant a genetically modified pig heart into a human for the first time
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Their bionic eyes are now obsolete and unsupported
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First pig-human transplant: A recap
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Scientists used a tiny brain implant to help a blind teacher see letters again
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In a major scientific advance, a pig kidney is successfully transplanted into a human
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This MIT engineer built his own bionic leg
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The agony and the ecstasy of deep brain stimulation surgery
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Brazilian doctors use fish skin to treat burn victims
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Icelandic man receives world's first double-arm-and-shoulder transplant – four surgical teams were involved to minimise the transition time between donor and recipient
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Blind people could 'see' letters that scientists drew on their brains with electricity: scientists stimulated the brain using electrodes implanted on its surface
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21-yr-old student from Pune and the curious case of her changing hands – intergender and interrace double-hand transplant
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A British cobbler had his thumb replaced with a big toe. He’d lost the digit while mending a shoe, but is now back at work with a toe grafted onto his hand.
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How 3D printing could help shape surgery
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Synthetic speech generated from brain recordings
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Brain implants are happening — are you ready for yours?
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The devastating allure of medical miracles
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Two unborn babies' spines repaired in womb in UK surgery first
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Bioengineered lungs grown in a lab successfully transplanted into living pigs
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