Unmanned Aircraft Delivers Kidney for Transplant (IMAGE)

University of Maryland Medical Center

Unmanned Aircraft Delivers Kidney for Transplant

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In a first-ever advancement in human medicine and aviation technology, a University of Maryland unmanned aircraft delivered a donor kidney to surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore for successful transplantation into a patient with kidney failure.

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University of Maryland Medical Center/University of Maryland School of Medicine

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