The kidney of a 35-year-old HIV-positive woman has been transplanted into another patient with the virus that causes AIDS, U.S. surgeons announced Thursday, in a major medical breakthrough. The surgeons at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore performed the operation on Monday, calling it the first in the world of its kind. “I’m feeling good,” said… Read More »
Media playback is unsupported on your device A woman from Renfrewshire who had been waiting for a double hand transplant for five years has successfully undergone the surgery. Quadruple amputee Corinne Hutton, from Lochwinnoch, went through a 12-hour procedure at Leeds General Infirmary. The news was announced by the charity Finding Your Feet, which the… Read More »
Medical breakthrough as Swedish woman becomes world’s FIRST to get pregnant after having a womb transplant performed using a robot Womb transplants have produced 13 babies so far around the world But the procedure had only been successful when done by human surgeons Using a surgical robot reduces the damage and recovery time for the… Read More »