Sentences with phrase «artificial organ transplant»

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A related area of problems arises in connection with the probable increase of organ transplants, the use of artificial bodily parts, and the probability of growing human embryos in the laboratory.

It was formerly used to question organ transplants; now it is turned avidly against the implantation of artificial hearts — not on the plausible grounds that it's a dangerous procedure inviting strokes, but because so few persons can, at this point, receive this chancy benefit.

Those with more science knowledge are especially likely to see bioengineered artificial organs for human transplant as an appropriate use of medical advances (85 % compared with 65 % of those with less science knowledge).

The transplant is a step towards providing artificial replacements for donor organs that are in short supply.

Jed Mercurio's 2007 take — available on home video today — updates the story with Dr. Victoria Frankenstein working to develop artificial organic organs for transplants — and driven to push her experiments ever faster when her son becomes deathly ill.