Roy Calne
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Roy Calne
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Sir Roy Yorke Calne was a British surgeon and pioneer in organ transplantation. He was part of the team that performed the first liver transplantation operation in Europe in 1968, the world's first liver, heart and lung transplantation in 1987, the first intestinal transplant in the UK in 1992 and the first successful combined stomach, intestine, pancreas, liver and kidney cluster transplantation in 1994. In 1960, Calne showed that 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) could prolong the survival of a transpla
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British surgeon and pioneer in organ transplantation (1930–2024)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Calne
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2024-04-14T12:15:38Z
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