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Among all the negative news going out in the world, this brought a smile to my face. Grandmother's womb gave birth to the next generation. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2183441/chinas-first-womb-transplant-recipient-gives-birth-healthy-baby?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2dVQIa11eqiwIvJgOnmpyVnT7TlAXtoQY263UuFri6xjNv8WC33qejRf8#

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/25/first-full-body-transplant-two-years-away-surgeon-claim In 2 years? Keep that ventilator running!

First penis transplant in the United States a success 19 May 2016 The first penis transplant in the US is a success. American Thomas Manning is happy to be sitting on a chair. A few weeks ago that wasn't possible. A rare penile cancer required surgery that cut off most of his penis. But thanks to a successful penis transplantation and a deceased donor, doctors expect Manning to be back to normal. The procedure was a partial penectomy, but all that was left after surgery was a one-inch stump that had the bank courier sitting to urinate, unable to sit comfortably and having to abstain from intimate relations. But a week after the successful transplant, Manning is doing better and looking forward to living a normal life. His is the first successful penis transplant in the United States. There have already been three attempts at penile transplantation. Manning's is the second successful one. According to The Guardian, the world's first transplant, performed by Chinese surgeons in 2006, failed because the patient psychologically rejected the alteration although it was a surgical success. There was no sign of physical rejection but two weeks later, the transplanted penis had to be removed. The second attempt was done in South Africa, late in 2014. It is the first successful transplant and has already yielded very positive results - the patient's girlfriend is reportedly pregnant, according to CNN. Mr. Manning's surgery took 15 hours to complete. It was performed at the Massachusetts General Hospital, starting on May 8 and lasting until the following day. The cancer was diagnosed after he went to see a doctor due to an accident. Heavy equipment struck him. His physician noticed an abnormal growth in his genitals. Manning was eventually told it was an aggressive form of cancer and must be removed via surgery. The surgery went well, although there was a complication a day after that required another trip to the surgical theater to deal with hemorrhage. Manning is doing better now and hardly feels any pain. In the next several weeks or months , he expects to fully regain urinating and even sexual functions. But Manning will likely have to take anti-rejection medication for an extended period of time. According to the Chinese pioneers, a lot of complex microsurgeries are needed to be performed in the transplantation process. It took 3 years for the USA team to prepare for the surgery. The team had to operate on five to six dead donors to learn the tissue removals and perform cadaver dissections to get a better mapping of the anatomy. “We’re cautiously optimistic, it’s uncharted waters for us,” said one of the surgeons, Dr Curtis L Cetrulo, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, who estimated the surgery to cost around $50,000 to $75,000. Mr Manning’s bill was paid by the hospital and doctors did not charge him. Dr Dicken Ko, team leader and director of the hospital’s regional urology, explained the hospital will only handle one patient at a time. He added that the surgery is currently offered to cancer and trauma patients, not to transgender people. Penile transplantation is part of an experimental research programme which aims to help combat veterans with pelvic injuries, cancer patients, and accident victims. In the US, suicide rate among war veterans whose genitals and urinary sections have been damaged is high. Dr Cetrulo mentioned these victims are mostly between 18 to 20 years old. He said these men feel hopeless for missing out on intimate or sexual relations, so a penis transplant would address their pyschological hardship and could be lifesaving. But before the team can actually operate on veterans, they will perfect the surgical method on civilians first. MIMS ______ Personally, I cracked up when I read the name of the doctor: "Dr DICKen"

Got hope liao S. African man with transplanted penis to become a father https://sg.news.yahoo.com/african-man-penis-transplant-become-father-093320025.html A South African man who received the world's first successful penis transplant is to become a father just months after undergoing surgery, his doctor said Friday. Urologist Andre van der Merwe, who led the team that performed the operation, told AFP that the 21-year-old's girlfriend was pregnant. "He said that she is about four months pregnant. They are very happy with it and we also very happy," said Van der Merwe, who is based at Stellenbosch University. "We are happy that there were no complications and his penis is functioning well," he said. There was nothing preventing the patient from having children because his testicles, where sperm is produced, were not affected. Van der Merwe has previously admitted surprise at the speed of the man's recovery of sexual function however, saying the original goal was that "he would be fully functional at two years". The man, whose identity has not been revealed, received his new penis from an organ donor in a nine-hour operation on December 11 at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town. His own penis had to be amputated three years earlier after a botched traditional circumcision. The procedure, which often leads to disastrous infections and complications, is performed on boys and young men as a rite of passage to adulthood in some rural parts of South Africa. "These young men don't have a penis so they have to sit to urinate, so the first objective is to make them be able to stand to urinate, like other men do," Van der Merwe told AFP. "Secondly the objective is for them to have normal sexual intercourse if and when they want, so the second objective was met," he added. "He's got a normal sensual penis. His sensation has recovered 100 percent at this stage, and he has got normal erections and he is sexually active. "We can say that the third objective -- to conceive a baby, or for him to be able to conceive with his partner -- has (also) been met." Van der Merwe said he had not examined the man's partner but had no reason to disbelieve that he had impregnated her as he was a "stable young man" and had been in a relationship with the woman for a number of years. He said his team had been inundated with requests from men who have had similar amputations but could not take everyone. "Right now we have about nine people on our programme," he said, pointing out that finding penis donors would be one of the challenges, as with any other organ. "I don't think it would be easy but I believe people will now come forward because of this positive case," he said

Hi, Thank you for reading my mail. I drove a Toyota MRS, and recently due to the heavy rain and the car drainage hole being choke with twigs and leaves, my ecu is flood and spoilit. Henceforth, my car need a replacement ECU in order to continue living. It is currently in the hospital at Sin ming for sometime and the doctor just told me that he cant find an replacement Toyota MR-S ECU. As I am very quite concerned over this issues as it has been some time, I haven been able to concentrade on my work. If you do have any experience or information on getting a new ECU or other alternative... I will be very grateful to know it.:s34: Thank you very much. sobs sobs

this is his 'new' heart.......... what type of heart is this, any guess???