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“THO”Act shows its muscle
The “Transplantation of Human Organs Act" spares no one violating the provision that are laid down by it, be it a medical practitioner or a lay person .A court ruling in new Delhi denied bail t...
Read More2001 International transplant directory
The 2001 edition of the international transplant directory has been completely updated and contains the most accurate information available on the world of transplantation. The directory is organized...
Read MoreA Case of nerves!
In November 2000 surgeons at Memorial Hermann children’s hospitals in Houston, Texas were literally working on a case of nerves .They performed the first neither living -do-nor nerve transplant...
Read MoreA Noble gesture in Chennai
The government general hospital, Chennai was in the news some month ago for saving the lives of two people suffering from chronic renal failure .The kidney transplant that saved them were made possi...
Read MoreBone Marrow Transplantation
“MINI” bone marrow transplants effective against haematologic malignancies “Mini” transplants of bone m...
Read MoreDeath of Prakash
Prakash was a 31 year old very enthusiastic young man who was full of vitality. He had undergone a successful cadaver transplant three year ago at one of the hospitals in Chennai. He hailed from Erod...
Read MoreHand Transplants
Centre of excellence for hand transplantation established in Houston, USA The Houston and transplant composite tissue allograft institute has been established by the Park Plaza Hospital in Hou...
Read MoreHeart Transplantation
Possibility of avoiding heart transplantation in children with acute myocarditis Researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles, USA have come up with the interesting finding that OK...
Read MoreHeart Transplants
Watch what you eat! Cardiac transplant recipients may be able to reduce their risk of chronic organ rejection ...
Read MoreIndian experience with social, moral & ethical issues
Cases study 2 : The belligerent family 23 years old female, 2-wheeler head injury, GCS of 11/15 rapidly progr...
Read MoreIntestinal transplantation
The challenge of post-operative management of patients following intestinal transplantation Intestinal transplantation, in parti...
Read MoreIs it time to have a "Common platform" for eye and solid organ donation campaign
In the last 10 year the eye donation programme in India is slowly coming of age, thanks to a lot of efforts and excellent supports from various NGO’s, International fellowship organization and ...
Read MoreIssues related to kidney transplantation : young versus old
Young versus old Does the age of donors matter in cadaver kidney transplants ? Apparently, it does. Kid...
Read MoreKidney Transplants
Largest Study in the world on Cancer mortality in Kidney transplant recipients The largest study of its kind in the world was done in Britian to evaluate cancer mortality in kidney transplant re...
Read MoreLiver Transplantation
Tuberculosis - One of the causes of PUO after Liver Transplant in children A report in the July 2000 issues of the paediatric infectious disease journal has described 6 causes of mycobacterium t...
Read MoreLongest surviving patient of kidney transplantation in India
“My patient Mr. J. M. Tanna aged 75 years was transplanted on 1st October 1970, by Mr. Frank Ellis,&nbs...
Read MoreOrgan Donation Awareness Week
Actor Sarathkumar, Host of the popular television Tamil quiz show” Koteeswaran”came out of the tube to be in direct touch with the people in January this year as part of “Organ Dona...
Read MoreOrgan donation in Australia- an overview
Greg Armstrong Vice President, International transplant Coordinators Society Brisbane, Australia Cadaveric organ donation commenced in Australia in the 1960s with the first cadav...
Read MoreStudy on growing Liver tissue from Bone Marrow
Scientists from the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) and London’s Imperial College of Medicine and Royal Free Hospital are studying the possible of stimulating liver regeneration using cell...
Read MoreTHO Act Chapter VI – Offences and Penalities
18. (1)Any person who renders his services to or at any hospital and who, for purposes of transplantation, conducts, associates with, or helps in any manner in the removal of any human organ without ...
Read MoreWitnessing brain death tests cold help families cope
Allowing relatives to witness tests to confirm a loved one is brain dead may help them to cope with their loss, doctors and nurses said in London, U.K. Despite explanations form medical staff, &...
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