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unusual facts about Organ transplant



Asım Kibar

Mr. Kibar also founded Erciyes University Organ Transplant and Dialysis Hospital, one of the leading organ transplant hospitals in Europe, and was awarded with an "Honorary Doctorate" title by the Erciyes University.

Eric M. Genden

Eric M. Genden is an American otolaryngologist with the distinction of being the first surgeon to perform a jaw transplant in the United States.

Fritz Katz

Fritz Katz (1898 in Zaborze, Prussian Silesia - 1969 in Athens) was a pioneer in organ transplant techniques, performing one of the first successful grafts of adrenal glands.

Kunming Medical University

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University is among the "100 best general hospitals of China" and is the center for both human organ transplant and burn treatment in Yunnan.


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Muhammad Metwali Alsharawi

On reflection of his influence was the Egyptian parliament's repeated blocking of legislation permitting organ-transplant operations, after Alsharawi issued a Fatwā declaring such operations Haraam (sinful)(in case organs are sold and not just "donated") on the grounds that `humans do not own their bodies`.

Onygenales

The Onygenales are important as emerging human pathogens because of the rising rates of immunosuppression due to live-organ transplant, HIV/AIDS, and autoimmune disorders such as Lupus erythematosus.

Transplant rejection

The first successful organ transplant, performed in 1954 by Joseph Murray, involved identical twins, and so no rejection was observed.