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What you need to know about SA’s historic liver transplant from an HIV-positive donor

Article Bhekisisa Team Author - 9 Oct 2018

How could a baby get an organ from a person living with HIV and not automatically contract the virus? The experts weigh in.

Coral transplant raises hope over the survival of the Barrier Reef

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Nov 2017

Coral bred in one part of the Great Barrier Reef was successfully transplanted into another area in a project that could restore damaged ecosystems

Saving baby Zia from a rare disease

Article bogdan TagDiv - 10 Jan 2014

A procedure new to SA has allowed a young mother to give part of her liver to save her son.

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Transplants, tragedy and the true kindness of strangers

Article Bhekisisa Team - 10 Jan 2014

Organ donations are rare in SA: donors and the specialists needed to do transplants are few. But awareness increases as more lives are being saved.

Patient delighted after world’s first full arm transplants

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Oct 2008

The world's only recipient of two full arms in a transplant appeared in public on Wednesday to talk about the success of the procedure.

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