Having fallen head over heels in love, the first volunteer for a human head/body transplant has pulled out, saying he could not leave his new wife and baby boy for the months that surgery surely would have required. Valery Spiridonov, a 33-year-old Russian computer scientist who suffers from a devastating muscle wasting disease that has… Read More »
A face transplant that gave Cameron Underwood — a 26-year-old California native who attempted to kill himself two years ago — a new lease on life cost more than a million dollars. To date, the procedure — it was performed by the face transplant team at New York University Langone Medical Center — has cost $ 1.5 million,… Read More »
Southwest Transplant Alliance is electronically connecting with a Texas hospital to facilitate opportunities for organ and tissue donations. The organ procurement organization has launched an electronic interface with CHRISTUS Mother Francis Hospital in Tyler, Texas, connecting its Epic electronic health record system in a way that notifies Southwest Transplant of potential organ or tissue donors.… Read More »