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Conference on liver diseases in Chandigarh emphasizes need for Cadaver Organ Donations
A conference on “Current Perspectives in Liver Diseases and Hepatic Encephalopathy” at the PGI Chandigarh brought into focus once again the need to generate more cadaver organ donation th...
Read MoreTransporting donated organs in the face of halted air travel in US
On September 11 and in the days immediately following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, air travel in the US came to a grinding halt. While rescue efforts continued in...
Read MoreBrain Death & Organ Donation
INDIAN EXPERIENCE WITH SOCIAL, MORAL & ETHICAL ISSUES OF ORGAN DONATION Case Study 4: Marriage Squabbles (case discussed during brain death symposium held at CMC Vellore by MOHAN foundation)...
Read MoreCautious go ahead given for Xeno-transplantation research by Vatican
Xeno – transplantation research got a boost with the Vatican issuing a position paper in October this year encouraging research into xeno-transplantation but with caution as the watch word. Iss...
Read MoreChennai keeps Cadaver Transplant Activity moving
20 th September, 2001 – a 40-year-old woman who had been tragically involved in a road traffic accident was declared brain dead, but her courageous and generous family consented to donating he...
Read MoreCo-ordinating the process of cadaver organ donation
Mr.A.R. Krishnaswamy,Transplant Coordinator,Madras Medical Mission, Chennai The ultimate goal of any Organ Procurement Organization is assisting reffering Hospitals and Transplant Ce...
Read MoreDoctors in Bangalore fighting illegal trade in Kidneys
Dr. Lloyd Vincent, Head of the department of Nephrology, St.John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore was horrified to find out that several of his patients who were undergoing dialysis and aw...
Read MoreEminent Figures in Transplantation
Dr. Christian Barnard 1922-2001 Dr. Christian Barnard, the man who was as well known in the medical world as he was in the world of the common man, died on September 2, 2001. He suffered a fatal a...
Read MoreHeart Transplantation
Change in immunosuppressive therapy benefits heart transplant patients There are no hard and fast rules in immunosuppressant. R...
Read MoreHeart Transplants
Robert Tools, 59, the world’s first recipient of a self-contained artificial heart and Tom Christenson, 70, the second recipient of the same are making steady progress, according to surgeons La...
Read MoreHeart-Lung Transplantation in India
DR.N.MADHU SANKAR*, DR.BENJANMIN NINAN, DR.K.M.CHERIAN Heart-Lung transplantation has come of age and is offered to patients with end-stage cardiopulmonary disorders. We have performed...
Read MoreHeart-Lung-Liver Transplantations
Combined heart-lung-liver transplantation possible in some patients: Peter Friend, MD and colleagues at the Churchill Hospit...
Read MoreHope for HIV positive patients for access to organ transplantaion
The issues of organ transplantation for HIV positive patients is talking centre stage in USA with novelist, playwright and AIDS activist Larry Kramer playing a leading role. Kramer who is HIV positiv...
Read MoreINOS and the Essence of Organ Sharing
Since its inception in 1995, the cadaver organ transplant programme in our country has so far failed to achieve its objectives. One of the major hurdles has been the unrelated transplants that ...
Read MoreIntestinal Transplantation
Intestinal transplant outcome improves: Intestinal transplantation is now the standard of therapy for patients wit...
Read MoreIssues related to Kidney Transplantation
Elimination of pre-transplant cross-matching possible in some recipients: The august 2001 issue of clinical transplantatio...
Read MoreIssues related to Organ Donation
Pointers on increasing organ donation consent rates: Laura Siminoff, PhD and her team from case Western Reserve University...
Read MoreLiver Transplants
Domino transplants are a way of optimizing organ supply by utilizing an organ that otherwise would have been thrown away. Arlyn S...
Read MoreNobel prize in Physiology and Medicine for 2001 Awarded
Genetics was the focus of this year’s Noble Prize for Physiology and Medicine. This prestigious prize was awarded to Lee Hartwell, PhD, president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Rese...
Read MoreOne man’s treatment, another man’s cure
Cryptic statement above, but it could help boost blood bank supplies. A study published in the journal of the American Medical Association looked at the possibility of people with hemochromatosis, do...
Read MoreOvarian Tissue Transplantation
Possibility of preserving fertility through ovarian tissue transplantation into arms An arm-twisting tactic, of sorts, but p...
Read MorePainting competition on organ donation
Picture perfect “A picture is worth a thousand words” – this was brought home beautifully by a group of young...
Read MoreR & D in Transplantation
Research on animal – derived biomaterials for use in humans: Researchers at the Department of Biomedical Research Enginee...
Read MoreSkin Transplants
Clinical study of living skin replacement to help wound healing: The name is Vitrix. This cellular dermal replacement inv...
Read MoreStem cell Transplantation
Multiple Sclerosis Patients helped by autologous stem cell transplantation Patients with severe progressive multiple sclerosis...
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