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Derek Pfaff (Picture credit: Mayo Clinic Transplant X handle) A man in Michigan, US, can now smile, smell, and swallow for the first time in a decade, thanks to a “life-changing” face transplant. Derek Pfaff, 30, underwent the procedure in February, ten years after surviving a self-inflicted gunshot wound that severely damaged his face.Pfaff, who […]
In that first trial, Brännström’s team transplanted uteruses into nine women, each of whom had IVF to create and store embryos beforehand. The woman who was the first to give birth had IVF over a 12-month period, which ended six months before her surgery. It took a little over 10 hours to remove the uterus […]
Manitoba’s uphill battle with health care continues, slowing wearing out many tangled in the system. Lisa Fiwchuk is one of those people, after her partner of 11 years, Craig Schaefer, was told he needed a liver transplant just over one year ago. “It was hard. I didn’t know how to process it. There was a […]