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The resettlement of a group of people.

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A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.

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The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location.

In preparing a fruit tree for transplantation, the first thing to be done is to open a trench round it at a distance of from 3 to 4 ft., according to size.

Treatment should be discontinued at the time of renal transplantation.

Such civilization as the Mongols possess is a mixture of Chinese and Indian, the latter derived chiefly through Tibet, but their alphabet is a curious instance of transplantation.

Not only is this true of epithelial cells, but - the connective tissuecells of the supporting structure of cancerous growth, after repeated transplantation, may become so altered that a gradual evolution of apparently normal connective tissue into sarcomatous elements takes place, these giving rise to " mixed tumours."

The losses in transplantation have been huge, but it is impossible to estimate them accurately, for even the current figures for the Catholic population are based on detailed estimates rather than on an actual count.

The best way of performing transplantation depends greatly on the size of the trees, the soil in which they grow, and the mechanical appliances made use of in lifting and transporting them.

All planters lay great stress on the preservation of the fibrils; the point principally disputed is to what extent they can with safety be allowed to be cut off in transplantation.

It is claimed, as a further result of the experiments, that from May to October the young fish would be practically free on the shallow part of the Bank from the risk of premature capture by trawlers, and that the increased value of the fish, consequent upon their phenomenal growth-rate, would greatly exceed the cost of transplantation.

Accelerated atherosclerosis may occur following balloon angioplasty, placement of an arterial stent, and following transplantation.

If the liver function fails this is known as decompensated cirrhosis and without transplantation the outcome is likely to be fatal.

Transplantation of preserved human amniotic membrane for surface reconstruction in severely damaged rabbit corneas.

Transplantation of pancreatic islets is arguably the most logical approach to restoring metabolic homeostasis in people with diabetes.

Thus these factors are likely to be centrally involved in the stem cell homing process, post transplantation, in the adult animal.

Transplantation immunology The Department of Immunology has a long track record in transplantation immunology.

Patient enthusiasm for transplantation must be tempered by discussion of the risks associated with surgery, chronic immunosuppression and the rejection process.

Each islet cell transplantation needs, on average, islets from two donor pancreases for the transplantation to be successful.

One of the reasons why live donor kidney transplantation is so successful is because the CIT is only one to two hours long.

It is being prepared in collaboration with the Intensive Care Society and the British Transplantation Society and includes a section on pediatric nephrology.

Young patients with negative serology for CMV, who may be candidates for bone marrow transplantation, should receive CMV negative blood products.

The contemplation of Asia suggests that progress is most rapid when accompanied by the migration of races or the transplantation of ideas and institutions.

In other words, there was either a definite tendency to expansion, or there was no impediment in the religion itself when circumstances promoted its transplantation.

In the 32 months to June 1995, 43 patients with alcoholic liver disease were referred for assessment for liver transplantation.

The use of stem cell transplantation to consolidate responses merits further study.

This case represents one of the longest survivors, in complete remission, after syngeneic transplantation for MM.

These plants are better for transplantation about every third year, as soon as the leaves are decayed in autumn.

A second transplantation of the seedlings about December has been tried with success.

In these cases, liver transplantation is required.

Unfortunately for many infants, surgery is not a cure, and complications of cirrhosis of the liver may develop gradually, and the child eventually requires liver transplantation to avoid an early death.

While not a therapy in itself, bone marrow transplantation may allow a cancer patient to undergo aggressive therapy.

Bone marrow transplantation is a process in which the patient's diseased bone marrow is replaced with healthy marrow.

Immunosuppressed-A state in which the immune system is suppressed by medications during the treatment of other disorders, like cancer, or following an organ transplantation.

Bone marrow transplantation has been shown to provide a cure for severely affected children with sickle cell disease, but the procedure is not entirely without risk.

In rare cases, bone marrow transplantation may be used.

Dysthymia is prevalent in patients with certain medical conditions, including multiple sclerosis, AIDS, hypothyroidism, chronic fatigue syndrome, diabetes, and post-cardiac transplantation.

Surgery can be used for corneal transplantation or to correct eyelid deformities.

Lung transplantation has become increasingly common for people with CF, although the number of people who receive lungs was as of 2004 much lower than those who want them.

Transplantation is not a cure, however, and has been likened to trading one disease for another.

If kidney problems progress, kidney dialysis or kidney transplantation may be required.

Bone marrow transplantation is being investigated as a possible treatment.

Transplantation of a healthy pancreas into a patient with type 1 diabetes can eliminate the need for insulin injections; however, this transplant is typically done only if a kidney transplant is performed at the same time.

For MPS I and VI, bone marrow transplantation has been attempted as a treatment option.

For those types of MPS, bone marrow transplantation has sometimes helped slow down the progression or reverse some of symptoms of the disorder in some children.

The benefits of bone marrow transplantation are more likely to be noticed when performed on children less than two years of age.

However, bone marrow transplantation is not thought to be helpful in other MPS disorders.

Severely affected patients may be offered bone marrow transplantation which appears to confer long-term benefit.

Liver transplantation has been used in cases of liver failure, but it has not effected a long-term cure of the porphyria.

Enzyme replacement therapies, including enzyme infusion, transplantation, and gene therapy, may hold promise for future advances in the treatment of these disorders.

Treatment for aplastic anemia may involve blood transfusions and bone marrow transplantation to replace malfunctioning cells with healthy ones.

Most of these infants received experimental treatment including transfusions before birth, early delivery, and bone marrow transplantation before birth, although the latter procedure had, as of 2004, not yet been successful.

Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is in the early 2000s becoming the treatment of choice for CML because it has the possibility of curing the illness.