September 3, 2010
Quick Recovery After Double Transplant
A 55-year old man who underwent a rare double transplant has displayed a faster than normal recovery and can wiggle his fingers just a week after the surgery.
A 55-year old man who underwent a rare double transplant has displayed a faster than normal recovery and can wiggle his fingers just a week after the surgery.
A new study has suggested that kidney transplants that show a combination of fibrosis (scarring) and inflammation after one year are at higher risk of long-term transplant failure.
In a pioneering initiative and first of its kind in Central Government Health Scheme(CGHS), Minister of Health and Family WelfareShri Ghulam Nabi Azad
Religious leaders joined hands in India to dismiss the myth that people will be born blind in their next birth if they donate their eyes when they die.
A type of killer white blood cell, scientists reveal, could make organ rejection by the body history.
The cells suppress the immune response in
In a first for Hong Kong, a hospital in the city has completed the region’s first-ever combined heart and liver transplant in a 20-hour operation involving almost 70 medical staff.
Geographic variation has been identified as a key factor accounting for disparities in access to liver transplantation among racial and ethnic groups
A team of Rutgers-Camden biologists is working to engineer cold tolerant fruit flies and ultimately human cells within the next three years.
The research
A new study from Cambridge University has shown that kidneys from donors who died from heart-related ailments are suitable for donation. The study of
In a tragic incident, a 34-year old American died in a Colorado hospital just four days after donating a part of his liver to his elder brother who was suffering from an incurable liver disease.