Questions tagged [transplantation]

I watched (IMHO canibalistic) movie "Seven Pounds" where protagonist donated many of his organs to other people and I noticed, that most recipients were black also as protagonist was. Is race really taken into account when organ…

The success of the head transplant surgery depends on the acceptance of the immune cells of the body on which the head is going to be inserted. Can stem cells from thymus gland and bone marrow of the head donor be transplanted into the body on which…

There is a news circulating that in the next two years, Dr. Sergio Canavero, of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group (TANG) in Italy, will perform the world's first head transplantation. A procedure which will require 150 surgeons and nurses…