SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Medical Transplants

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS -February 19, 2002: Medical Transplants By Nancy Steinbach VOICE ONE: This is Doug Johnson. VOICE TWO: And this is Bob Doughty with SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, a VOA Special English progr

VOA英语2010年-Double Transplant Can Improve Quality of Lif

The surgeons sew a piece of small intestine from the transplanted pancreas to Tiffany Buchta's own intestine during her double transplant surgery. Diabetes affects more than 220 million people worldwide, with the greatest number of cases in India, Ch

VOA标准英语2010年-Spanish Doctors Train Kenyan Counterpa

In Kenya, kidney failure has skyrocketed over the past five years following a dramatic rise in diabetes, hypertension and other ailments. The demand for dialysis - an expensive procedure for most Kenyans - far outstrips the supply of dialysis machine

VOA标准英语2010年-Olympic Transplant Recipient Promotes

United States parallel giant slalom snowboarder Chris Klug has more than just a desire to win an Olympic medal in Vancouver. He also is spreading the word about the need for organ donors, as he himself is a transplant recipient. American Chris Klug i

Take Away English-First Face Transplant 首例面部移植手术

Modern science helps in new ways Can you imagine being savagely attacked by a dog? What if the attack was so severe that your nose, lips and chin were completely destroyed ? How would you feel about yourself ? Would you be able to look at yourself i

SCIENCE REPORT - Uterus Transplant Operation

SCIENCE REPORT – March 20, 2002: Uterus Transplant Operation By George Grow This is the VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT. Doctors in Saudi Arabia have performed the first human uterus transplant o

Mexico Reorganizes its Organ Transplant System

Broadcast: Jan 31, 2003 More than 35,000 transplants have been done since Mexico's organ transplant system began in 1963. But desperate demand for donor organs is constantly outstripping supply. Last

First US face transplant revealed

First US face transplant revealed 美国第一例面部移植手术曝光 The recipient （接受者） of the first US almost-total face transplant has appeared before the media for the first time. Connie Culp, a 46-year-old mother-of-two was left without the middle

Donor DNA May Identify Early Heart Transplant Rejection

Scientists are reporting a new way to identify when a heart transplant recipient is starting to reject the new organ. The new technique could help doctors ensure the success of more transplants. The human immune system is programmed to reject foreign

美国国家公共电台 NPR Medicare Pays For A Kidney Transplant, But Not The Drugs To Keep It Viable

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to talk about a very specific health problem now - kidney failure. The federal government will pay for expensive transplants for patients whose kidneys aren't working anymore. But after three years, the government wil

环球英语 — 54：Beating Heart Transplant

Voice 1 Hello. Im Elizabeth Lickiss. Voice 2 And Im Christy Van Arragon. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 The be

60秒科学:Resuscitating Lungs for Transplant

Resuscitating Lungs for Transplant A study in the journal Science Translational Medicine details a new procedure for making damaged, donated lungs functional, potentially doubling the number of lungs available for transplant. Cynthia Graber reports E

HEALTH REPORT - Kidney Transplants

HEALTH REPORT - Kidney Transplants By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Each year, thousands of people receive organ transplants. The

VOA常速英语2008年-Transplant Surgery Used To Remove ‘Inoperable’

By Carol Pearson Washington 11 April 2008 A surgeon in Miami used his skill in transplanting organs to save the life of a woman who had been told her cancer was inoperable. In this breakthrough surgery, doctors narrowed the scope of what is now cons

VOA常速英语2007年-Transplant Doctor Argues in Favor of Kidney Sal

By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 26 November 2007 Kidney sales are legal in Iran, and they take place in other countries where they are technically against the law. Now, a prominent American surgeon advocates making kidney sales legal in the United

VOA标准英语2011--Cancer Rate Doubles in Transplant Recipients

Cancer Rate Doubles in Transplant Recipients Organ transplant recipients have a much greater risk of cancer than the general population, according to a new study, but the reason is not entirely clear. Cancer growth is often triggered by viruses, and

US Doctors Perform Full-Face Transplant

Doctors at a hospital in the eastern city of Boston have performed the first full-face transplant(移植) in the United States on a man who lost most of his face in a crippling electrical accident. In a 15-hour surgery performed last week, patient Da

美国习惯用语:313 feel in your bone; throw sb. a bone

今天我们要讲几个包括bone这个词的习惯用语。Bone是骨头。我们要学的第一个习惯用语是: feel in your bones。Feel in your bones这个习惯用语用了有一百来年了。它的起源很有趣，曾经骨折或者有风湿

英语小达人 313 Brain Transplant

Brain Transplant 脑移植 A patient needed a brain transplant and the doctor told the family, Brains are very expensive, and you will have to pay the costs yourselves. 一个病人需要进行脑移植，医生对他的家属说：脑器官是很贵的

学个词Learn a Word 第678期 Transplant

今天我们要学的词是transplant。 Transplant, 移植。 The patient is recovering from a kidney transplant, 病人刚刚接受肾脏移植手术，正在休复当中。美国一个七岁女孩进行肿瘤切除手术，医生被迫摘除肝、脾