News Roundup #5: Heart-dropping, turkish triple transplant, transplant tourism ban, further fecal matters
Handle with care Apparently, a heart doesn’t break if you drop it. In Mexico, the heart that was fumbled en route was actually successfully transplanted. It seems they took a page out of the One Tree Hill book. But thank god there wasn’t a hungry canine. Turkey: A transplantation juggernaut? WaPo reports on the world’s … Read more
Uterus Transplants: A New Field of Fertility Techonologies
In Turkey, on August 9, 2011 a woman named Derya Sert, became the first recipient of a successful uterus transplant. Though two previous attempts have been made, both organs were rejected. Yet Derya Sert, after only two and a half months, is menstruating with her new uterus, and is looking forward to having a baby … Read more
