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Too Bad You Can't Buy One New
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That case where a male transplant recipient got uterine cancer is just one example of how getting a transplanted organ can give you diseases. People have gotten rabies, West Nile, and all sorts of diseases, but the weirdest case may be the guy who got a kidney and died from a hamster virus. A what? Yeah, the donor bought a pet hamster a month before suddenly dying, and her organs gave four people the virus, killing three of them. These cases are a reminder that they still can't totally guarantee that a donor organ is clean. (MSNBC)
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