Example Sentences

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No research group has yet been able to make fully functional, transplantable human organs, but scientists are getting closer.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

The surgery generated a lot of publicity around the lack of transplantable infant organs, but it also underscored the immunological challenges of cross-species transplants.

From Scientific American • Oct. 19, 2023

“They’re patients we had written off as not transplantable, but now there may be some hope.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2023

The possibility that pig kidneys might one day help ease a dire shortage of transplantable organs persuaded the family of Maurice “Mo” Miller from upstate New York to donate his body for the experiment.

From Washington Times • Aug. 16, 2023

But even after Congress provided dialysis for everyone, the shortage of transplantable kidneys was destined to spark similar questions, ones we still face today.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2022