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Scientists Pioneer Surgical Methods for Human Head and Eye Transplants

New Scientist Weekly by New Scientist

Jul 27, 202616:56Science & Medicine

Episode 388 Two extraordinary breakthroughs have been made in transplant surgery. First, scientists have found a way of keeping human eyes alive for up to 10 hours after death, opening up the possibility of eye transplan...

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Scientists Pioneer Surgical Methods for Human Head and Eye Transplants is an episode from New Scientist Weekly by New Scientist. Episode 388 Two extraordinary breakthroughs have been made in transplant surgery. First, scientists have found...

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Published Jul 27, 2026, 16:56 long, audio available.