Organ Transplants

The first successful kidney transplant between two twins. Proved that it was possible and aided in the understanding of 'rejection'.

It's called oxygen. Very handy stuff if you are into breathing.

As far as I'm aware it is not yet possible to donate part of your heart to someone else as a living donor. A person needs a complete and fully-functioning heart to be healthy, and hearts do not have the capacity to regenerate themselves - both of these reasons would mean that attempting to donate part of one's heart would be incredibly risky to the health of the donor.

An "allogenic" transplant is a human-to-human transplant. (A "xenogenic" transplant would be animal-to-human).

Ronald and Richard Herrick are known for being the first identical twins to undergo a successful kidney transplant in 1954. The transplant was performed by Dr. Joseph Murray at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. This groundbreaking procedure was significant not only for its medical success but also because it demonstrated the possibilities of organ transplantation between genetically identical individuals, paving the way for future transplant techniques. Their case contributed to advancements in transplant immunology and organ donation practices.

A bad heart would help

There are too many variables to be able to get an exact number, such as if one or both lungs are being transplanted, if there are any complications, how long the patient is in the hospital, etc. A rough estimate would be between $150,000 and $300,000 for everything involved (hospitalization, obtaining a new lung, surgical costs, physician fees, medications, and so on). Hope this helps! Dr. B.

yes they should happen because when one of your organs fail you can have someone save you.

No, not always. They must have the same blood group (which is not guarenteed by being related) or a universal blood group, and the same tissue type (which is even less of a guarentee).

You got to make sure you get one about knee-high and have a sharp shovel or spade. Dig a circle around the about 1-2 feet from the trunk (if possible), get as much root ball as you possibly can.

Try not to dig at an angle toward the trunk but straight down to grab more of the root system.

Don't pull on the tree but gently grab the fibrous (feeder) roots and free them from the soil.

Spot where you want it, preferably not on a hill or an unusually dry spot. If you see them in the woods, they'll usually be in moister soil or even bottom-land. I have had success w/Beeches by digging little deeper hole that usual for transplanting. Make sure you dig a really big hole (alot larger than the root ball) and backfill it w/really really good soil. You may have to buy it some soil amendments if your soil is crappy.

Tamp down your backfilled soil so it meets the roots and cover w/mulch (what you rake up from the floor of the woods is fine) just make sure it goes all the way arouond the tree and is fairly deep, kinda like the floor of the woods.

Soak it w/water, unless rain is expected that day.

Clip a few of the smaller limbs off, not all, but make sure its limbs are = to its roots (its lost root, so it needs to lose top growth)

Don't forget about it during a dry spell

Good Luck

Currently a heart can be transplanted only within about 6 hours of removal from a living donor.

The muscle cells can retain viability for about 12 to 24 hours after death or removal, but some critical cells may not respond after about 6 hours, even when well oxygenated.

If a patient dies and there is no life support, practically all of the heart cells die within an hour from lack of oxygen and accumulation of metabolic waste.

Pig hearts are not used routinely for human heart transplants - xenotransplantation just does not work for long term use. People just seem to assume that animal to human transplantation is far more common than in reality - it is incredibly rare. Very occasionally it may be used to bridge a gap until a suitable human organ becomes available, but it is not a long term solution. Animal organs do not maintain function in a human body.

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Porcine and bovine heart valves can be used for heart valve replacement operations in humans, but this is very different to having an organ donated from an animal.

In the year 1973 the American neurosurgeon Robert Joseph White performed the first head transplant on a monkey. This transplant was a result of a number of preliminary attempts.

Yes a limb transplant is possible

I don't see why not but this is something his doctor that prescribe the pill will have to decide based on his patients state. Never ever take Viagra without prescription considering the lethal side effects.

I believe that it is inhumane first of all to abort a fetus so keeping it alive to harvest its organs is essentially lessening the value of life to a parts store. Inhumane... interesting word. To answer that we need to decide what it means. Is it inhumane to grow an aborted fetus.... Well, you need to decide whether or not the "fetus" is still human and of course it is. How could it be anything other? So, this now makes the question one of whether or not it's inhumane to grow a human being in an organ farm for the purpose of harvesting it for parts. I vote yes. Oh, another thing. Eventually, you'll have to kill the human being harvested and at that point you'll have to decide whether that constitutes murder. An ethical issue to be sure, but that aside... Such action would be illegal in the US under both state and federal laws and the perpetrators would be charged and prosecuted with numerous criminal felonies.

The first successful transplant in 1950 was a kidney. The transplant was done at Little Company of Mary Hospital on June 17, 1950.

yes

No, once the optical nerve is severed it cannot be repaired thus optical nerve transplantation is not yet available. :-(

For solid organ transplants (hearts, lungs, kidneys etc...) rejection is a fairly common occurrence, despite the use of immunosuppressive drugs. Depending on the transplant, over 50% of recipients will experience some organ rejection at some point, whether acute or chronic.

The rejection rate of organs is a little higher than it absolutely could be, since a small but noticeable proportion of cases result from patients not taking their prescribed medications correctly (i.e missing doses etc...). It's a problem which tends to be higher among teenage transplant patients.

found on the cell membrane.

-That animal organs are frequently used for human transplants: they are not. Xenotransplantation rarely works and carries far greater risks than allotransplantation.

- That the recipient will take on some of the donor's personality or traits: This is not considered "normal" or even commonplace in transplantation surgery. Sometimes odd cases do make the news of recipients who take on characteristics of their donors. However, dietary and personality changes can quite easily be related to necessary post-transplant medications. In particular, cortecosteroids can result in huge changes in dietary habits, and mood swings/impulsiveness. It is also slightly psychologically natural to feel "close" to a person who is in effect keeping you alive, even if you may never have met them.

- Children are a higher transplantation priority: not necessarily. Organs go to those who are in greatest need and are a correct match. But few children need to be transplanted compared to adults, there is normally enough child-sized donors to cope, and also adult organs can be scaled down for someone smaller (but not scaled up). Hence it sometimes appears children are being transplanted before adults, when it's really just a case of using what organs are available.

-As soon as you have a transplant, that's it. You're cured. : Nope, maintenance of the transplanted organ is just as crucial as having a transplant to begin with. You'll probably still need to make a few small lifestyle adjustments in order to maintain a good general health.

- You can only get organ failure (and require a transplant) as the result of living a terrible lifestyle: Best to point out genetics, auto-immune disorders, accident/injury, congenital defects, viral infections etc...