Doctors perform world’s first living donor lung transplant to Covid-19 patient in Japan

Doctors in Japan have performed the world’s first-ever living donor lung transplant on a patient with severe lung damage from Covid-19. A Japanese woman’s life was saved by the nearly 11-hour operation carried out by a medical team of 30 after her husband and son donated parts of their lungs, doctors said on Thursday.  The … Read more

Paddy McGuinness says he’s tempted to have a hair transplant because Jimmy Carr’s was so good 

Paddy McGuinness has said he’s tempted to have a hair transplant after being left very impressed by Jimmy Carr’s. The TV presenter, 47, gushed that the comedian’s new locks are ‘unbelievable’ while appearing on the Two Pints of Lager podcast. He said: ‘The best one I have seen in the flesh – it was that good … Read more

New York grandmother receives first windpipe transplant in the US

America’s first trachea transplant has been performed on a 56-year-old woman from the Bronx in New York City. The procedure may even be the first in the world.  Sonia Sein said she spent the last six years ‘trying to catch every breath at every moment’ after extensive treatment for her severe asthma damaged her windpipe. … Read more

Surgeons perform double-lung transplant using organs from donor who previously had COVID-19

Surgeons at Chicago hospital perform one of the world’s first double-lung transplants on a COVID patient using organs from a donor who previously tested positive for the virus The patient, an Illinois healthcare worker in his 60s, tested positive for COVID-19 in May 2020 He became so ill that he was put on life support … Read more

Extraordinary life of Robert White whose life ambition was to transplant a human brain

The extraordinary life of an American neuroscientist who believed he could transplant human consciousness by cooling brains before removing and placing them in another body is told in a fascinating new book. The work of Robert White, whose life ambition was to transplant a human head, is explored by Brandy Schillace in Mr. Humble and Dr. … Read more

Jimmy Carr has had his teeth fixed and a hair transplant

Comedian Jimmy Carr has revealed he has had his teeth fixed in a mammoth three day appointment at the dentist and has also undergone a hair transplant.  Talking on Gabby Logan’s Midpoint podcast on Wednesday, Jimmy, 48, said he decided to make some tweaks to his appearance after feeling disappointed that he doesn’t look as … Read more

‘World first’ as NHS doctors transplant hearts in children using organs brought back to life

NHS doctors have reportedly become the first in the world to successfully transplant a heart that has previously stopped into a child patient. Surgeons have historically used hearts from brain-dead patients – someone whose heart is still beating but is unable to survive without artificial life support – in transplants. But, in a move which … Read more

Man seeks double hand transplant due to severe burns from bike crash

A butcher who was severely burnt, losing one hand and badly damaging another after a horror motorbike crash is raising money for a double hand transplant. Dorin Valentin from Croydon, London, was engulfed in flames after his bike came off the road in June 2020 and covered him in fuel. The 25-year-old survived, but was … Read more

EOTB’s Ashley Cain reveals his daughter Azaylia has received her stem cell transplant

Ashley Cain has revealed his daughter Azaylia has received her stem cell transplant amid her leukaemia battle. The former Ex On The Beach star, 29, took to Instagram on Monday and shared heartwarming snaps of his ‘strong, mighty’ daughter. Ashley, who shares Azaylia, five months, with Safiyya Vorajee, said she has now begun the ‘toughest journey … Read more