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Pig Organ Transplants May One Day Outperform Human Donors, Says Leading Surgeon
A US clinical trial using gene-edited pig kidneys has begun, with experts saying xenotransplantation could one day offer safer and more effective alternatives to human donor organs.
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Heart For Transplant Flown From Thanjavur To Chennai, Saves 33-Year-Old Man
Taking organ donation and transplantation to a new high, a harvested heart from a brain-dead donor in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur was airlifted by a special chopper and successfully transplanted into a critically ill patient in Chennai.
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New Digital Push: Gujarat Develops Software To Make Organ Transplants More Efficient
The Gujarat government is developing a special registration software for patients awaiting organ donations.
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Putting Pig Organs In People Is OK In The US, But Growing Human Organs In Pigs Is Not - Why Is That?
A decade ago, scientists were chasing a different solution. Instead of editing the genes of pigs to make their organs human-friendly, they tried to grow human organs made entirely of human cells inside pigs. But in 2015 the National Institutes of
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Bengaluru Doctor, Second Main Accused In Andhra Transplant Racket, Arrested
A doctor from Bengaluru, who is named as the second main accused in a shocking organ transplant racket in Andhra Pradesh, surrendered before the court in the state's Annamayya district on Thursday night.
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Tiruchi Hospital Licence Cancelled Over Organ Transplant Racket Claim, Court Objects
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has set aside the Tamil Nadu government's order cancelling the organ transplant licence of Tiruchi's Cethar Hospital.
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Chinese Woman Marries Cancer Patient For Kidney, Finds Lasting Love
It raises complex ethical questions about medical arrangements, organ donation and the nature of marriage, while also offering a rare example of human connection emerging from a dire contract.
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Scientists Create One Kidney That Can Match Any Patient, No Matter The Blood Type
Scientists have developed a universal kidney transplant by converting a donor kidney to blood type O, enabling compatibility with any recipient.
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Could Immortality Be Real, As Putin Was Heard Telling Xi?
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have been recorded on a hot mic discussing how organ transplants and other medical advances could let humans live past 150 years -- or even become immortal.
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Hot Mic Captures Putin, Xi Discussing Organ Transplants And Immortality
When Russian President Vladimir Putin walked shoulder to shoulder with China's President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, a hot mic caught them discussing organ transplants and the possibility that humans could live to 150 years old.
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Saved 252 People: DMK Leader Appears To Defend Kidney Transplant Racket
A controversial video has emerged of DMK MLA P Kathiravan, whose family-run hospital recently lost its kidney transplant licence over an alleged illegal organ trade racket.
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Bengaluru Metro Makes History with First-Ever Organ Transport
History was made in Bengaluru after Metro officials successfully facilitated the transport of a donated human liver for transplant.
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2 Tamil Nadu Hospitals Lose Transplant Licences Over Alleged Kidney Racket
In a major crackdown on a suspected kidney transplantation racket, the Tamil Nadu government has suspended the kidney transplant licences of two private hospitals following a preliminary probe conducted by the state health department.
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Breakthrough In Organ Transplantation: Surgeons Revive "Dead" Heart For Infant Transplant
Surgeons at Duke University have successfully transplanted a revived "dead" heart into a three-month-old baby, offering new hope for infants in need of heart transplants and potentially increasing the donor pool.
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Landmark Surgery May Pave Way For Legalising Broader Organ Exchange Model
In a groundbreaking medical feat, two men in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore have been given a new lease of life after undergoing India's first inter-hospital liver swap transplant - a move that required a special court order to override current rules.
_640x480.jpg?downsize=245:163 "Organ Donation Week: Actors Swara Bhasker, Gul Panag Flag Off The Nationwide #MoreToGive Walkathon To Urge People To Donate Organs")
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Pig Organ Transplants May One Day Outperform Human Donors, Says Leading Surgeon
A US clinical trial using gene-edited pig kidneys has begun, with experts saying xenotransplantation could one day offer safer and more effective alternatives to human donor organs.
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Heart For Transplant Flown From Thanjavur To Chennai, Saves 33-Year-Old Man
Taking organ donation and transplantation to a new high, a harvested heart from a brain-dead donor in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur was airlifted by a special chopper and successfully transplanted into a critically ill patient in Chennai.
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New Digital Push: Gujarat Develops Software To Make Organ Transplants More Efficient
The Gujarat government is developing a special registration software for patients awaiting organ donations.
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Putting Pig Organs In People Is OK In The US, But Growing Human Organs In Pigs Is Not - Why Is That?
A decade ago, scientists were chasing a different solution. Instead of editing the genes of pigs to make their organs human-friendly, they tried to grow human organs made entirely of human cells inside pigs. But in 2015 the National Institutes of
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Bengaluru Doctor, Second Main Accused In Andhra Transplant Racket, Arrested
A doctor from Bengaluru, who is named as the second main accused in a shocking organ transplant racket in Andhra Pradesh, surrendered before the court in the state's Annamayya district on Thursday night.
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Tiruchi Hospital Licence Cancelled Over Organ Transplant Racket Claim, Court Objects
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has set aside the Tamil Nadu government's order cancelling the organ transplant licence of Tiruchi's Cethar Hospital.
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Chinese Woman Marries Cancer Patient For Kidney, Finds Lasting Love
It raises complex ethical questions about medical arrangements, organ donation and the nature of marriage, while also offering a rare example of human connection emerging from a dire contract.
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Scientists Create One Kidney That Can Match Any Patient, No Matter The Blood Type
Scientists have developed a universal kidney transplant by converting a donor kidney to blood type O, enabling compatibility with any recipient.
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Could Immortality Be Real, As Putin Was Heard Telling Xi?
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have been recorded on a hot mic discussing how organ transplants and other medical advances could let humans live past 150 years -- or even become immortal.
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Hot Mic Captures Putin, Xi Discussing Organ Transplants And Immortality
When Russian President Vladimir Putin walked shoulder to shoulder with China's President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, a hot mic caught them discussing organ transplants and the possibility that humans could live to 150 years old.
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Saved 252 People: DMK Leader Appears To Defend Kidney Transplant Racket
A controversial video has emerged of DMK MLA P Kathiravan, whose family-run hospital recently lost its kidney transplant licence over an alleged illegal organ trade racket.
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Bengaluru Metro Makes History with First-Ever Organ Transport
History was made in Bengaluru after Metro officials successfully facilitated the transport of a donated human liver for transplant.
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2 Tamil Nadu Hospitals Lose Transplant Licences Over Alleged Kidney Racket
In a major crackdown on a suspected kidney transplantation racket, the Tamil Nadu government has suspended the kidney transplant licences of two private hospitals following a preliminary probe conducted by the state health department.
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Breakthrough In Organ Transplantation: Surgeons Revive "Dead" Heart For Infant Transplant
Surgeons at Duke University have successfully transplanted a revived "dead" heart into a three-month-old baby, offering new hope for infants in need of heart transplants and potentially increasing the donor pool.
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Landmark Surgery May Pave Way For Legalising Broader Organ Exchange Model
In a groundbreaking medical feat, two men in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore have been given a new lease of life after undergoing India's first inter-hospital liver swap transplant - a move that required a special court order to override current rules.
