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1902 - |
Alexis Carrel, Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1912, develops a technique to join blood vessels, indispensibile in organ transplantation. |
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1944 - |
Peter Medawar demonstrates that rejection is a immune-related phenomenon. |
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1954 - |
Professor Murray performs the first kidney transplant in identical twins. |
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1963 - |
Thomas Starzl performs the first liver transplant on two year old child in Denver, Colorado, USA. |
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1964 - |
Dr. Datering and associates perform the first intestinal transplant in Boston, USA. |
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1966 - |
Professors Keyy and Lillehei perform the first pancreas transplant. |
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1967 - |
Professor Christian Barnard performs the first heart transplant in South Africa. |
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1978 - |
Dr. Calne makes clinical use of cyclosporin for the first time, discovered by Jean Borel, Cambridge, UK. |
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1981 - |
Norman Shumway and Bruce Reitz successfully perform the first heart-lung transplant, Stanford University, USA. |
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1982 - |
First artificial heart transplant, which functions for 112 days. |
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1984 - |
The National Institute of Health in Washington, DC approves liver transplantation as the therapy of choice for terminal liver failure. |
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1986 - |
Joel Cooper successfully performs the first lung transplant, in Toronto General Hospital, Canada. |
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1988 - |
Pichlmayr performs a split liver transplant. Raia performs the first living-related liver transplant in Brasil. The recepient is a 4 year old girl affected by biliary atresia. |
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1992 - |
First liver transplant from baboon to human: the recipient lives 70 days. University of Pittsburgh, USA. |
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1995 - |
First transgenic pig is created by David White, University of Cambridge, UK. |
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2000 - |
Islet transplant: for the first time excellent results are attained in the cure of diabetes. |
