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This family photo shows Aaron James and his daughter, Allie in September 2022. Aaron was working for a power line company in June 2021 when he was shocked by a live wire. He nearly died. Ultimately he lost his left arm, requiring a prosthetic. His damaged left eye was so painful it had to be removed.

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Arkansas man receives the world's first whole eye transplant plus a new face

11:58am November 10, 2023

by The Associated Press

The NYU medical team announced Thursday that Aaron James is recovering well from the dual transplant last May and the donated eye looks remarkably healthy.

Sonia Sein with her surgeons and ICU team at The Mount Sinai Hospital.

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Woman Gets New Windpipe In Groundbreaking Transplant Surgery

7:51am April 06, 2021

by Richard Harris

A medical team in New York City says it has performed the first complete surgical transplant of a trachea. These kinds of transplants are one of the last big transplant challenges.

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In most states, undocumented immigrants with kidney failure have to receive dialysis as an emergency treatment in hospital emergency rooms. Some advocates say kidney transplants for undocumented immigrants would be a cheaper way to treat the problem.

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Transplants A Cheaper, Better Option For Undocumented Immigrants With Kidney Failure

5:22pm May 12, 2019

by Eilis O'Neill

Across the country, there are about 6,500 undocumented immigrants with kidney failure, according to the National Institutes of Health. What kind of care they get depends on where they live.