AP Interview: US face transplant recipient recovers from final surgery, urges organ donation

US face transplant patient promotes organ donation

In second US cluster, amoeba blamed in deaths of 2 Arizona organ transplant recipients

Amoeba blamed in 2 more organ transplant deaths

Oklahoma man showing progress week after receiving 2 transplanted hands at Kentucky hospital

Double hand transplant patient shows new hands

Burn victim has 2 new hands after 18-hour surgery at Ky. hospital; 3rd double transplant in US

Burn victim gets 2 new hands in 18-hour surgery

Ky. surgeons perform unusual double hand transplant; surgery updates posted on Twitter

Ky. surgeons perform rare double hand transplant

South Dakota man dies after donating part of liver to brother; rare death of live donor

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S. Dakota man dies after donating part of liver to brother, rare death in case of live donor

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Eaten Alive: A nurse spends 5 years fighting flesh-eating bacteria to go home and be a mom

Eaten Alive: 5-year battle with flesh-eating germ

‘30 Rock’ actor Grizz Chapman speaks up for organ donation after receiving kidney transplant

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Former Missouri State, Saint Louis University coach Charlie Spoonhour awaiting lung transplant

Spoonhour awaiting lung transplant

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Charlie Spoonhour, the popular basketball coach known for his homespun humor and success on the court, is on the waiting list for a lung transplant.

Double heart transplant recipient Compton shares lead at Greenbrier Classic

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Spaniard who underwent world’s first full face transplant goes before TV cameras

Full face transplant Spaniard displays new look

Broadway to hold bone marrow donor drive for 11-year-old ‘Lion King’ star with leukemia

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Cheney says he underwent heart surgery last week, recuperating after the procedure

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French surgical team performs full-face transplant, including eyelids and tear ducts

French team performs face transplant with eyelids

Rock hall of famer Gregg Allman undergoes successful liver transplant at Mayo Clinic in Fla.

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Doctor: Polish man who had both hands transplanted simultaneously is doing fine

Polish man with both hands transplanted doing fine

South African surgeons report transplanting kidneys between patients with HIV infections

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British woman received lungs from a 30-year smoker, family complains they weren’t told

Woman received lungs of a 30-year smoker

LONDON — The family of a 28-year-old British woman who unknowingly received a lung transplant from a smoker says she would have been “horrified” and have lodged a complaint.

Spot in US Open only one part of heart transplant survivor’s ‘golden ticket’

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Man dies while donating portion of liver for transplant to relative at Boston-area hospital

Mass. donor dies during liver transplant procedure

Jury clears NYC hospital of wrongdoing in kidney transplant-cancer case

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NYC man’s kidney transplant gave him woman’s cancer; trial weighs transplant risks, rewards

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Spaniard who had partial face transplant appears in public for first time, thanks donor family

Spanish face transplant patient goes public

Spanish hospital claims world’s first full-face transplant, says patient pleased with results

Spanish hospital claims first full-face transplant

Spanish hospital claims world’s 1st full-face transplant, says patient is pleased with results

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Spanish hospital says it has carried out world’s 1st full face transplant in 24-hour surgery

Spanish hospital claims first full face transplant

Danish woman first in world to give birth to babies years apart after ovary transplant

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1st US double hand transplant patient leaves Pa. hospital after rejection symptoms clear

Double hand transplant patient leaves Pa. hospital

1st US 2-hand transplant patient back in Pittsburgh hospital with rejection symptoms

1st US 2-hand transplant patient back in hospital

Correction: Windpipe transplant story

Correction: Windpipe transplant story

LONDON — In a Jan. 13 story about an innovative windpipe transplant, The Associated Press erroneously described the time frame of the injury. Linda De Croock suffered from her injury for more than 25 years, not 2 ½ years.

Belgian doctors give woman a new windpipe _ after implanting it into her arm

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‘30 Rock’ actor Grizz Chapman needs kidney transplant, continues to work on sitcom

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HEALTHBEAT: Marathon 13-way kidney transplant brings hope to some with no other options

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Hoping to boost transplants, scientists try outside-the-body gene therapy to fix donated lungs

Scientists patch damaged lungs for transplanting

Double hand transplant patient’s mother says he’s out of hospital, to return to Ga. this week

Double hand transplant patient out of hospital

LANCASTER, Pa. — The mother of the nation’s first double hand transplant patient says he’s out of the hospital and looking forward to returning to his wife and daughter in Georgia.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs emcees product launch for first time since receiving liver transplant

Apple CEO Jobs on stage, discusses transplant

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs returned Wednesday to the showman role that has helped define his company leadership, taking the stage for the first time since his medical leave to announce such new products as an iPod Nano that records video.
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