A recent breakthrough in plastic surgery from India is certain to save more lives and improve patients’ health and recovery, Plastangel Foundation reports in a news release.
As humans continue to lust after any number of material and immaterial objects, scientists are researching radical life extension technology like never before. Read on to learn about the great, the weird and the downright costly behind our quest for eternal existence, in OZY.
Surgeons at Delray Medical Center have published early clinical experience with SMART, a scaffold-based reconstructive technique designed for selected complete muscle transection injuries where suturing alone may be mechanically unreliable. Published in PRS Global Open, the report describes six cases with no construct failures or wound complications reported during available follow-up.
Jim Ray, 67, of Bowling Green, Ky., became the ninth patient to receive a hand transplant by the Louisville VCA surgical team at Jewish Hospital on November 25, 2014.
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In December’s 10 Things, Stephen S. Park, MD, talks about his plans as the new President of the AAFPRS.
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For the first time, researchers have grown a fully functional thymus from scratch in a living animal.
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A group of plastic surgeons caution that stem cell claims are running far ahead of the evidence in the August issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®.
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Celebrating a decade of the Vegas Cosmetic Surgery & Aesthetic Dermatology, founder, S. Randolph Waldman reflects on the past 10 years and previews the upcoming event.
Read MoreResearchers from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C. are the first to demonstrate that vaginas can be constructed in the lab and used successfully in humans.
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The 11th Annual Meeting of the International Federation for Adipose Therapeutics and Science (IFATS) attracted an all-time record number of attendees who share a special interest in regenerative medicine and stem cell technology.
Read MoreThe United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a lower court decision that Histogen Inc does not infringe patents in the lawsuit filed by SkinMedica Inc. Expect to see more of the Regenica line soon.
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Top rhinoplasty specialists discuss their most challenging cases.
Read MoreMar 14, 2013 ASPS Regenerative Medicine Summit Maimi, FL
Read MoreAllergan has acquired the SkinMedica skin care business for $350 million.
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Denise Mann My mother has Parkinson’s disease. There, I said it. I wasn’t always able to say this out loud because that would make it true, but of late, I have come to terms with her disease. She is 65 years old, and has what her inter
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Paul S. Cederna, MD’s work with nerve regeneration is the stuff that science fiction is made of. Only it isn’t fiction
Read MorePlastic surgery has been granted department status at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The new department will be led by J. Peter Rubin, MD.
Read MoreCytori Therapeutics Celution(R) 800 System is now approved for various medical uses in Russia including plastic surgery and select soft tissue therapies.
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