Baby Fae transplant opened new medical vistas
Dr Leonard Bailey said the baboon heart operation on Baby Fae, though ending in death after 21 days, opened new vistas for all children and he planned to try it again. He noted the parents supported continuing research while ethical questions and rejection issues dominated debate.
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Bailey
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Alee
Fae
Seventh-Day Adventist University
Debates linger after Baby Fae baboon-heart transplant
The death of Baby Fae three weeks after a baboon heart implant stirs ethical questions about xenotransplantation. Doctors and critics weigh animal rights, infant immune response, and the future use of animal organs in life saving transplants.
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Barstow
Los Angeles
Baby Fae dies after baboon heart transplant at Loma Linda
New York report recounts the death of Baby Fae at Loma Linda University Medical Center after kidneys failed. The month-old infant, treated with a baboon heart in late Oct, died at 9 p.m. Officials state the team remains encouraged by lessons learned. Critics question animal-to-human transplants while some doctors defended the procedure and ongoing research.
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Bailey
Loma Linda
Brian Benefiel
Alhambra
Fae
American Medical Association
Baby Fae
NBC News
DeBakey
New York
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Paul I. Terasaki
UCLA
California Regional
Leonard Bailey
Nancy Poole
Back Porch
Barstow
Calif
Jerry Harris
Poole
Harrishes
Loma Linda University Hospital
California
Leonard L. Bailey
Lucy Shelton
Southern California
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