A former Army private in Iraq, Brendon Marrocco lost both his legs and arms to a roadside bomb, and became the military's first quadruple amputee to survive. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports. (Nightly News)
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Brendan Marrocco, who lost all four of his limbs in a 2009 bomb attack in Iraq, talks about his road to recovery after receiving a double-arm transplant and what he is looking forward to accomplishing. (NBC News)
When the Bartlinskis adopted a little girl from China, they only hoped to "make her as happy as can be," not expecting her to survive due to a heart defect. She has defied the odds for the past 2.5 years and is now at the top of the list for a heart transplant. NBC's Tom Costello reports. (TODAY)
An unusual transplant helps cure dangerous bacterial infection. WXIA's Kevin Rowson reports. (NBC News)
A Texas woman who lost her limbs to a deadly infection will undergo a double-arm transplant in Boston. The operation has never been attempted in the US. WHDH's Byron Barnett reports. (NBC News)
In a TODAY.com exclusive, Charla Nash, who was the recipient of a groundbreaking full face transplant in 2011 after an attack by a chimpanzee left her disfigured, talks about gaining more feeling in both sides of her face and building stamina with the hope of undergoing a hand transplant by Christmas. (TODAY)
Former vice president Dick Cheney received a new heart after waiting 22 months on the donor list. NBC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman explains what the procedure means for Cheney, who had the first of five heart attacks at age 37. (TODAY)
Kari Roberts, who lost 135 pounds in order to become a kidney donor, and her bother Tony Bolda, the recipient of his sister's kidney, tell TODAY's Dr. Nancy Snyderman and Savannah Guthrie they are "great" after surgery. (TODAY)
Cary Ramey, an athlete who lost his thumb in a car crash, received a toe-to-thumb transplant. "It's getting better every day," he tells TODAY's Jenna Wolfe. "I'm already doing so many more things that I couldn't do before." (TODAY)
TODAY's Meredith Vieira talks with Anissa Ayala, whose sister Marissa was conceived 20 years ago to be a bone marrow donor to help cure Anissa's leukemia, and NBC's chief medical editor discusses how this case led to a major shift in medical ethics. (TODAY)