# What OTHER human organs have been transplanted?

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**Created:** [June 8, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-human-organs-have-been-transplanted/180426 "2003-06-08T07:43:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-human-organs-have-been-transplanted/180426/1 "2003-06-08T07:43:32Z")

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…While I was browsing the web for information on human organ transplants, I happened across [this](http://www.biospace.com/ccis/news_rxtarget.cfm?RXTargetID=203&SR=1) site, which has informed me about some experimental transplants of “unusual” human organs/strutures.

Among the most notable transplants, were those of:

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[li]A set of forearms[/li][li]A Uterus (!)[/li][li]A lower jawbone[/li][li]A larynx and “voice box”[/li][/ul]

In addition, I’ve only just learned of **Pancreas** and **Intestine** transplants, which, apparently, have reached a point above the purely “experimental” level.

All this is truly amazing to me, and I’m left wondering…what _other_ organs, structures, or tissues have been transplanted into humans, that I haven’t heard about?

Ranchoth

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**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-human-organs-have-been-transplanted/180426/2 "2003-06-08T08:20:59Z")

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[Organ Donation - your questions answered](http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/how_to_become_a_donor/questions/answers/answers_1.htm)

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> Kidneys, heart, liver, lungs, pancreas, small bowel, corneas, heart valves and bone can all be transplanted. Skin can be used to treat patients with severe burns. Techniques are improving all the time and it may soon be practical to transplant other parts of the body.

A cursory review of just Googol headers reveals research is strong with animal (often pig) donors, and the controversial stem cells and genetic research.

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-human-organs-have-been-transplanted/180426/3 "2003-06-08T12:28:29Z")

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According to Berke Brethed, when aliens transplanted Dick Gephart’s brain, they forgot to put his eyebrows back on…

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**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-human-organs-have-been-transplanted/180426/4 "2003-06-08T16:18:11Z")

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An acquaintance had part of her spinal cord and a vertebra removed due to cancer. These were replaced with a lot of metal and a “donor bone” vertebra. My impression at the time was that this was somewhat of an experimental procedure. Unfortunately, it didn’t work. A year and a half later, the donor bone has disappeared, either destroyed by cancer or absorbed by the body.