Highlights We all have the power to save lives through organ donation Most of the organs are removed only after the patient is declared clinically dead or brain dead There ...
A new proposal has been put forth in Britain where pregnant women with fetuses that are severely disabled and are sure to die at birth, and who wish to go in for an abortion, will be give...
The rate for organ donation per million of population in 2014 was 1.2 and in 2015 it almost doubled to 2.1. Till recently thousands of people were being killed for transplant tourism. ...
The World Kidney Day 2016 is being celebrated on March 10 th to focus on the importance of kidneys and to bring greater awareness about kidney diseases. While kidney disease among adults ...
Zika virus is a mosquito-borne virus that originated in Uganda in 1947 The spread of the Zika virus in America will continue to rise due to the prevalence of the Aedes mosquito It is...
Bio-hybrid chip mimics kidney functions The silicone chip is powered by the heart Removes waste, salt and water Could probably replace the need for dialysis in ...
A regenerative gene-corrected iPSC transplantation could be the next targeted therapy for treating inherited retinal degenerations like retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Retinitis Pigmentosa GTP...
People who undergo organ transplantation are always at a risk that their immune system may recognize the transplanted organ as foreign and launch an attack against it. This may result in g...
Changes in guidelines for monitoring the metabolic syndrome have reduced cardiovascular risk in kidney transplant recipients and improved overall stability of kidney function. Researchers ...
Organ donation gives people a second chance to live. A single deceased donor can save up to nine lives with organ transplantation and help over 50 patients with tissue donation. However, t...
MOHAN Foundation has been awarded the prestigious British Medical Journal South Asia Award 2015 famously known as Oscars of Healthcare/Medicine under Healthcare Advocacy categor...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) can be used as a model for improving chronic disease care using electronic health records (EHRs), says a new study published in the Clinical Journal of the Ame...
Doctors against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH), an international panel of physicians, scholars, and activists met global authorities at the Palais des Nations, Geneva on June 24, 2015, ...
In a recent study published online in BMC Medicine, researchers state that following renal transplants, several outcomes are better in people with a lower body mass index (BMI) as compar...
The latest issue of Cytotherapy focuses on the recent advances with regard to umbilical cord blood. With around 30,000 cord blood transplants already done, research is centred on removin...
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