Topic: transplant
Definition:

  • (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient
  • in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
  • "he had a kidney transplant"
  • "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"
  • "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago" the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
  • "the transplant did not flower until the second year"
  • "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"
  • "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation" lift and reset in another soil or situation
  • "Transplant the young rice plants" be transplantable
  • "These delicate plants do not transplant easily" place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient transfer from one place or period to another
  • "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"

    Related tag cloud:

  • diabetes
  • pancreas
  • surgery
  • kidney
  • insulin
  • health
  • islets
  • liver
  • heart
  • transplantation
  • cancer
  • organ
  • dialysis
  • hair
  • transplants
  • lung
  • organ donation
  • research
  • laparoscopic
  • donation
  • cure
  • Resources:

    Springer LINK
    Information about scientific books and journals of the Springer publishing group, CD-ROM publications, software products, and catalogues, and online access (by subscription) to some contents.
    http://link.springer.de/

    American Society of Transplant Surgeons
    The coordination of efforts or formulation of programs by surgeons, physicians, scientists, agencies and health personnel to provide maximal efficiency and optimal benefit to recipients of transplants.
    http://www.asts.org/

    ScienceDirect
    Research papers published on the net , subscription required for some sections.
    http://www.sciencedirect.com

    Children's Organ Transplant Association - COTA
    Fundraising for transplant.
    http://www.cota.org