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Transplants

What you need to know about SA’s historic liver transplant from an HIV-positive donor
Article
/ 9 October 2018

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

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

By Bhekisisa Team Author
Coral transplant raises hope over the survival of the Barrier Reef
Article
/ 26 November 2017

Coral transplant raises hope over the survival of the Barrier Reef

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

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 10 January 2014

Saving baby Zia from a rare disease

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

By Amy Green
Transplants, tragedy and the true kindness of strangers
Article
/ 10 January 2014

Transplants, tragedy and the true kindness of strangers

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.

By Amy Green and Bhekisisa Team
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Article
/ 8 October 2008

Patient delighted after world’s first full arm transplants

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.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 1 August 2008

German doctors perform world’s first two-arm transplant

A German medical team said on Friday it had performed what it called the world’s first transplant of two full arms.

By Staff Reporter

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