https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A hospital in northern Italy said on Wednesday it had achieved a world first by successfully transplanting a kidney in the place of the spleen in a six-year-old girl. https://www.thelocal.it/20161214/italian-doctors-transplant-kidney-for-spleen-in-world-first Wed, 14 Dec 2016 14:52:19 +0100 italian-doctors-transplant-kidney-for-spleen-in-world-first An Italian-Chinese medical team plan to perform the world's first head transplant in China, one of the surgeons said on Friday, amid concerns over medical ethics in the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20150911/italian-chinese-team-to-perform-first-head-transplant Fri, 11 Sep 2015 17:32:52 +0200 italian-chinese-team-to-perform-first-head-transplant