Parents Donate Organs of 22-Year-Old Brain-Dead Son
Multiple organs of a 22-year-old brain-dead young man who met with an accident were successfully harvested in Coimbatore.
The Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH) said that a youth, Dhineesh (22) hailing from Narosothipatty near Alagapuram ...
Cryopreservation Brings Organ Storage Condition a Step Closer
Storage of organs, such as hearts and lungs, can be improved and stored longer with cryopreservation, reveals a new study.
The team’s discovery of new cryoprotective agents opens the door to many more being developed that could one day help to ...
Does Gender of the Donor Matter for Survival?
No, the gender of the donor does not matter for the survival of the recipient, reveals a new study.
Gender and Pregnancy Status of the Donor
A study from Karolinska Institute in Sweden sheds new light on the question of whether the sex and ...
Virtual Biopsy Set to Transform Heart Transplant Care: Study
New virtual biopsy is non-invasive and takes less time in improving care for heart transplant patients, reveals a new study.
The days of heart transplant survivors undergoing invasive biopsies could soon be over after a new MRI technique has ...
Youngest Organ Donor in History Saves 5 Lives
A six-year-old child is the youngest organ donor ever in the history of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) who has donated organs and saved the lives of five people.
There must be some memorial and monument in her name to ...
World’s Largest Islet Transplant Program Changed Diabetics’ Lives for 20 Years
World’s largest islet transplant program has changed the lives of many people with diabetes, after 20 years of perfecting their technique.
The team behind the largest islet cell transplant program in the world reports the procedure is a safe, ...
Videos can Encourage Family Members to Donate Tissues
Family members who watch videos on tissue donation are more likely to donate their tissues, reveals a new study.
More than 60 percent of people who die in the United States have not given consent for their tissues to be donated; receiving ...
Virus Detected in Pig Heart Used in Human Transplant
Traces of a virus known to infect pigs were found in a 57-year-old man who survived for 2 months with a heart transplanted from a genetically altered pig, according to the surgeon who performed the procedure.
The presence of the virus’s DNA in ...
Brain-Dead Youth's Heart Transported from Vellore to Chennai for Transplantation
A young man’s heart was harvested and transported by road to Apollo Hospital, Chennai for transplantation.
He was declared brain dead by the doctors at the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore.
CMC Vellore officials told IANS that a ...
Pediatric Transplant Patients may Not be Keeping Their Adult Doctor Appointments: Study
A new study stated that among young adults who received organ transplants as children, missing doctor appointments is associated with more prolonged and more frequent hospitalizations and poorer medication adherence.
Researchers at the ...
Living Kidney Donor Surgery 'Safe' for Most Patients: Study
People who donate a kidney via laparoscopic surgery experience a minimal risk, reveals a 20-year Mayo Clinic study of more than 3,000 living kidney donors.
Only 2.5% of patients in the study experienced major complications, and all recovered ...
End Organ Donation Anonymity: Urge Western University Researchers
Western University researchers urge legislation to end the strict policy of anonymity in organ donations and to form new legislation where donor families are allowed to connect with organ recipients.
In a new commentary published in the ...
Black Kidney Transplant Patients Have Faster Clearance Rates for Tacrolimus
Black kidney transplant patients were found to exhibit faster clearance rates of tacrolimus, which is a key immunosuppressive drug.
Kidney transplant survival is shorter, on average, in Black recipients compared to white recipients receiving ...
Organ Transplant Added Under CM Chiranjeevi Health Scheme
Organ transplant has been added to the Chief Minister Chiranjeevi Health Insurance scheme (Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana) in Rajasthan.
Now packages for costly treatment of diseases like organ, bone marrow and cochlear implants ...
Organs of 4-year-old Brain Dead Boy Saves Three Lives
Three terminally ill organ failure patients received organs from a four-year-old brain dead boy from Punjab, reveal PGIMER Doctors.
The magnanimous gesture of consenting for organ donation by a family from Barnala district gave a fresh lease ...
