Is it possible to perform a thyroid transplant?

[Bird_42]

If a person has a bad heart, we give that person a heart transplant.

In theory, is it physically and medically possible to give someone with a bad thyroid, a thyroid transplant?

If a person could receive a new thyroid, would this person have to take anti-rejection medication for the rest of his life?

Has a thyroid transplant actually been done before?

[flyingfool]

Without reading the link above.

My answer is that with a bad heart, t here is NO medication that will allow you to simply live without the heart.

With thyroid, there IS medication that you can take to continue to live without a thyroid gland.  And it is DRAMATICALLY less expensive that a thyroid transplant would be even if it was possible.

So with such a reasonable and inexpensive (relatively) alternative.  No one I don't think would undertake the thyroid gland  transplant.

Just my opinion.

[gimel]

Some info for you.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3570830/

[Barb135]

Very interesting article and promising, even if those of us with Hashimoto's would be left out as possible receivers for the time being.