transplantation
Americannoun
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The research on bone-marrow transplantation mirrors the arc of many medical advancements.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
In aplastic anemia, where the marrow stops making enough blood cells, and in inherited blood disorders such as sickle-cell disease, stem-cell transplantation has emerged as a curative therapy as the procedure has become safer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Scott has his eye on mitochondrial transplantation, in which healthy mitochondria, the cell’s minute, energy-producing structures, are transferred into cells to—theoretically—restore their ability to generate power and survive.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
At Cambridge's Royal Papworth Hospital, which carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979, transplantation is a central focus.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
The prize had nothing to do with the chicken heart, but articles about his award conflated the immortal chicken-heart cells with his transplantation work, and suddenly it sounded like he’d found the fountain of youth.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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