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Dolly the sheep, as the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell, is by far the world's most famous clone.
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Stem cell therapy is an intervention strategy that introduces new adult stem cells into damaged tissue in order to treat disease or injury.
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The Bio-Artificial Liver developed by Dr. Kenneth Matsumura has a two-part chamber—patient's blood on one side, live rabbit cells suspended in a solution on the other—with a semipermeable membrane in between. As toxins from the blood pass through the membrane, the rabbit cells metabolize them and send the resulting proteins and other good things back to the other side. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/saf/1209/features/artificialpopup/popup.htm
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Telesurgery, also called remote surgery, is performed by a surgeon at a site removed from the patient. Surgical tasks are directly performed by a robotic system controlled by the surgeon at the remote site. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/St-Wr/Telesurgery.html
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Face and hand transplantation are relatively new in the world of surgery. The key purpose for transplants is to restore function in patients who have experienced some sort of extreme trauma, but transplants also help improve a patient's body image. Wysong, P. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/729305
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In 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first preventive HPV vaccine, marketed by Merck & Co. under the trade name Gardasil. Baylor, N. (n.d.). Retrieved from website: http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/ucm111283.htm
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A rotavirus vaccine protects children from rotaviruses, which are the leading cause of severe diarrhea among infants and young children. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotavirus_vaccine
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The FDA just gave official approval to the world’s first bionic eye! Developed by Second Sight Medical Products, the Argus II is a bionic eye that bypasses damaged rods and cones in the retina. A miniature camera housed in a pair of glasses captures a scene, and the video is processed and wirelessly transmitted to an antenna in the Argus implant. The implant then stimulates an array of 60 electrodes to send information to the brain via the optic nerve. Read more: FDA Approves World's First Bion
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The breakthrough saw a 35-year-old man, identified solely as Jerome, receive a dead donor's features in a ground-breaking operation lasting almost a day.
Surgeons at the Henri-Mondor hospital, on the outskirts of the French capital, completed the procedure on June 27.
Since then Jerome has been in Surgeons carry out world's first full face transplant - Telegraph. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7878876/Surgeons-carry-out-worlds-first-full-face-transplant.html -
Almost 120,000 Americans are currently waiting for live-saving organ donations. However, there are far too few donors available, and finding appropriate matches between donor and recipient can be difficult. Being able to grow organs in vitro could potentially save tens of thousands of lives. Kidneys are one organ that many Americans need.
Kidneys Grown In Vitro Transplanted into Rats. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.biotechnologyforums.com/thread-2135.html -
Scientists in Japan said they had grown human liver tissue from stem cells in a first that holds promise for alleviating the critical shortage of donor organs. A First: Human Liver Created from Stem Cells : Discovery News. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/first-human-liver-stem-cells-130705.htm
