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News - Announcements March 2007 2-for-1 Transplant Lets Patients Split a Liver (19.3.2007) WASHINGTON - The transplant surgeon had good news: A donated liver was on the way for critically ill Maggie Catherwood. Then he asked: Would she let doctors cut off part of her new liver to share with an equally sick baby? UK: 'Gene therapy for foetuses' hope (19.3.2007) UK scientists believe in the future they will be curing babies in the womb of serious diseases with the use of gene therapy. The work is controversial not just because of the ethics but also safety concerns. |