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• Can this success be transplanted?

  Nov 19 2008:

  Johnjoe McFadden: The use of stem cell technology for a transplant is a scientific triumph, but it won't end the vexed debate on embryo research

• Transplant: 'It's an organ her body will recognise, because it's full of her stem cells'

  Audio (3min 32sec), Nov 19 2008:

  Sarah Boseley on the stem cell transplant of an organ

• A revolution in surgery

  Video (2min 15sec), Nov 19 2008:

  Health editor Sarah Boseley reports on the case of Claudia Castillo, who recently underwent revolutionary trachea transplant surgery

• 'My unique chance': How Claudia Castillo's landmark operation changed her life

  Nov 19 2008:

  How a patient's stem cells were used to engineer the growth of a new organ

• Computer virus strikes at three London hospitals

  Nov 19 2008:

  Managers at St Bartholomew's and the London NHS trust shut down email systems and internet

• Transplant first a giant leap for surgery

  Nov 19 2008:

  Patient's stem cells used to engineer new windpipe in cutting-edge collaboration between European doctors

• Where lives are cheap

  Nov 19 2008:

  Sarah Boseley: As the UK and US dither over the cervical cancer vaccine, thousands die in places it's needed most

• Clash of rights over medical research and privacy

  Nov 19 2008:

  Letters: How disappointing it was to read your article on the NHS medical research plan, which appeared to reject proposed changes to the present situation

• The donor trail

  Cartoon, Nov 18 2008:

  Britain urgently needs more donated organs. Stephen Moss traces the story of a single transplant to hear what those directly affected think

• Useful resources: organ donation

  Nov 18 2008:

  Further reading and organisations related to the donation debate

• 'His heart is still beating somewhere'

  Video (5min 14sec), Nov 18 2008:

  Martin Burton was 16 when he died, but his family's decision to donate his organs has transformed other lives. His parents went to meet one whose life was saved

• Gallery: The organ donation chain

  Gallery (6 pictures), Nov 18 2008:

  Six people involved in the organ donation process reveal their experiences, and speak out on the 'presumed consent' debate

• FAQ: Organ transplants

  Nov 18 2008:

  How many people are on the waiting list for an organ transplant in the UK?

• Taskforce opposes 'presumed consent' for organ donors

  Nov 18 2008:

  Brown still supports change which would mean every UK citizen would be assumed willing to donate

• Urgent question, wrong answer

  Nov 18 2008:

  Michael White: independent committee tasked with resolving organ donation problem comes up with the wrong solution

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