Roberto Guizasola, who plays for Peruvian national football team, has been fitted with a knee cartilage taken from a corpse as he looks to finally resurrect his injury-hit career.
A Second Chance at Life: Tissue and Organ Transplantation
Organ and tissue transplantation can give a second chance at life to thousands of people. Learn more about this interesting procedure.
Organ and tissue transplantation can give a second chance at life to thousands of people. Learn more about this interesting procedure.
"I hope the donor was a decent footballer because maybe it will give me an edge," the Juan Aurich player told El Bocon Wednesday. "The operation went well. My aim is to return in December and start pre-season training with my club."
"I have to look at the positives because it's not easy to be confined to a bed. The good thing is that I have hopefully put an and to an injury that has been affecting me since 2011."
About Transplantation
Since the early times, the novel idea of transplanting tissues and other body parts from one organism to the other has captured the imagination of successive generations.
Since the early times, the novel idea of transplanting tissues and other body parts from one organism to the other has captured the imagination of successive generations.
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Bone Marrow Transplantation - Types - Procedure - Indications - Complications
Preferred Term is Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. In this stem cell from bone marrow are injected into a recipient after treating them with growth factor.
Preferred Term is Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. In this stem cell from bone marrow are injected into a recipient after treating them with growth factor.
