Lost or damage of an organ due to disease or injury is a serious problem for human body. The typical therapy is to get an artificial organ or a transplant. Unfortunately, artificial organs and other implanted abiotic devices often fail over time. Transplantation of organs to replace the incurable ones, such as heart, liver, or kidney, is a highly successful therapy. A successful transplant requ...

The Fifth International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion was held in conjunction with the Joint Congress of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) 55th Annual Conference and the International Federation for Artificial Organs (IFAO) at the Hilton Anatole Dallas Hotel, Dallas, TX, May 27–30, 2009. Approxima...

The immune system protects the body against a wide range of infectious diseases and cancer by leveraging the efficiency of immune cells and lymphoid organs. Over the past decade, immune cell/organ therapies based on the manipulation, infusion, and implantation of autologous or allogeneic immune cells/organs into patients have been widely tested and have made great progress in clinical applicati...

Artificial vessel grafts are used for outflow reconstruction in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). We report a very rare case of invasion of an artificial vascular graft into the duodenal bulb after LDLT. A 54-year-old man underwent LDLT in August 2012. A right hemiliver without a middle hepatic vein was used as a graft. The outflow of segment V was created by anatomizing an artificial ...

Abstract The use of artificial organs is likely to increase in the future, given technological advances, increases chronic diseases, and limited donor organs. This article examines how could affect people's experience conceptualization bodies our understanding relation body self. I focus on heart devices argue that these have two conflicting potential influences. First, they may influence peopl...