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Princess Mikasa undergoes surgery to remove cancer

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Mikasa (in a file photo), an aunt of Emperor Akihito, underwent surgery at a Tokyo hospital on July 10 to remove a large intestine cancer, the Imperial Household Agency. The surgery ended successfully and she is expected to leave the hospital in about two weeks, the hospital said.

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Japan's 1st intestine transplant from brain-dead donor held

KYOTO, Japan - A girl is carried by doctors at Kyoto University Hospital in Kyoto for the first small intestine transplant from a brain-dead donor in Japan on Jan. 21. The transplant is part of the nation's 11th set of transplants from such donors since the procedure was legalized in 1997.

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13-month-old baby in Madrid gets intestine transplant in pioneering operation

STORY: 13-month-old baby in Madrid gets intestine transplant in pioneering operation DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:44 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of transplant at Madrid's La Paz Hospital 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): DANIEL, Emma's father 3. various of doctors at Madrid's La Paz Hospital 4. various of Emma 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): BELEN ESTEBANZ, Medical Coordinator for Transplants, Madrid's La Paz Hospital 6. various of Emma, her parents and the doctor team at Madrid's La Paz Hospital STORYLINE: A 13-month-old baby girl Emma has become the first person in the world to receive a multivisceral intestine transplant from a donation carried out in controlled asystole. It was confirmed on Tuesday by the medical team at Madrid's La Paz Hospital, where the operation was carried out. Asystole donation means that the donor has already died and although intestine transplant operations from living donors have been possible, this is the first time an intestine has been transplanted fr

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Aussie researchers discover 380-mln-year-old heart of ancient fish

STORY: Aussie researchers discover 380-mln-year-old heart of ancient fish DATELINE: Sept. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of constructed three-dimensional images of the fish STORYLINE: Aussie researchers have discovered a 380-million-year-old heart -- the oldest ever found -- in an ancient jawed fish, alongside a separate fossilized stomach, intestine and liver, providing new insights into biological evolution. Kate Trinajstic, the lead researcher from Curtin University's School of Molecular and Life Sciences and the Western Australian Museum, said the discovery was remarkable, given that soft tissues of ancient species were rarely preserved, and it was even rarer to find 3D preservation. "As a palaeontologist who has studied fossils for more than 20 years, I was truly amazed to find a 3D and beautifully preserved heart in a 380-million-year-old ancestor," Trinajstic said in a statement. This discovery, published in the Science magazine

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AUSTRALIA-FISH HEART-FOSSIL-DISCOVERY

(220916) -- SYDNEY, Sept. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Image provided by Curtin University shows the reconstruction of the internal anatomy of the arthrodire. Aussie researchers have discovered a 380-million-year-old heart -- the oldest ever found -- in an ancient jawed fish named arthrodire, alongside a separate fossilised stomach, intestine and liver, providing new insights on biological evolution. TO GO WITH "Aussie researchers discover 380-million-year-old heart of ancient fish" (Curtin University/Handout via Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-FISH HEART-FOSSIL-DISCOVERY

(220916) -- SYDNEY, Sept. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The fossil of the arthrodire, where the 380-million-year-old heart was discovered, is seen at the Western Australian Museum on Sept. 8, 2022. Aussie researchers have discovered a 380-million-year-old heart -- the oldest ever found -- in an ancient jawed fish named arthrodire, alongside a separate fossilised stomach, intestine and liver, providing new insights on biological evolution. TO GO WITH "Aussie researchers discover 380-million-year-old heart of ancient fish" (Curtin University/Handout via Xinhua)

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Princess Mikasa undergoes surgery to remove cancer

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Mikasa (in a file photo), an aunt of Emperor Akihito, underwent surgery at a Tokyo hospital on July 10 to remove a large intestine cancer, the Imperial Household Agency. The surgery ended successfully and she is expected to leave the hospital in about two weeks, the hospital said. (Kyodo)

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Japan's 1st intestine transplant from brain-dead donor held

KYOTO, Japan - A girl is carried by doctors at Kyoto University Hospital in Kyoto for the first small intestine transplant from a brain-dead donor in Japan on Jan. 21. The transplant is part of the nation's 11th set of transplants from such donors since the procedure was legalized in 1997.