Data collected by the International Registry for Hand and Composite Tissue Transplantation found that recipients were happy after transplant surgery with what NHS England described as their "cosmetic, sensory, functional and social outcomes".
While tissue engineering offers promise for organ and tissue transplantation, it can also be used to examine transplant and immune biology.
A recent fetal tissue transplantation trial to treat Parkinson's patients was a disappointment.
One of President Bill Clinton's earliest official acts was to sign a law permitting federal funding for fetal tissue transplantation.
People with Parkinson's disease and parents of diabetic children told stories of suffering that they believed might eventually be eased through research on fetal tissue transplantation.
In 1989, the subject was federal funding for research that involved fetal tissue transplantation -- a technique using cells taken from dead fetuses that had developed further than the embryos now under discussion.
To the surprise of many observers, a White House-approved committee appointed to study the issue, led by an opponent of abortion, had recommended that the government be allowed to finance fetal tissue transplantation research.
By saying yes to stem cell research, President Bush can adopt the same model of accountability used in the fetal tissue transplantation research, allowing the best possible science to progress.
Tissue transplantation was successful for all the patients.
Similarly, as noted above, Frederick Banting attempted canine tissue transplantation following his successful research on insulin.
When that is the case, liver tissue transplantation may be required (Samuel et al., 2011).
