Larynx Transplantation

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Avery Johnson, Woman Finds Her Voice After Rare Transplant. Wall Street Journal, Jan 21, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704881304576093980834273812.html

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"The voice is her [recipeint's] own and not that of the organ donor. Her doctors say that is because its unique timbre resides in the palate, tongue, lips and sinuses, and the voice box simply vibrates to facilitate sound, akin to the reed on a clarinet.

"The vast majority of patients with compromised or removed larynxes suffer from cancer. Immunosuppressant drugs could allow the cancer to return * * * Ms. Jensen lost the use of her larynx after repeatedly trying to pull out a breathing tube while she was sedated for treatment of renal failure



Note:
(a) Two vocal cords 聲帶 are inside a larynx 喉.
(b) Davis, California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis,_California
named for Jerome C. Davis, a prominent local farmer
(c) Modesto, California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modesto,_California
(section 1 Hisotry)
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