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The future is here - scientists grow human liver 04 July 2013
It may not be long before patients can order organs off the shelves. Scientists say it may be another 10 years but progress is rapid. Recently, a group of researchers in London succeeded in creating a liver in the lab...
Keywords: Liver regeneration, liver grown in lab, organ harvesting, liver grown in lab
Read MoreKims in organ trafficking controversy 12 July 2013
A Kims consultant, Professor Vasudev Chaturvedi, was caught along with two Ugandan nationals for illegally trafficking kidneys. The professor was earlier vice president for sales and international business at Kims. Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (Kims) director has claimed that...
Keywords: organ transplant, State Organ Transplantation Committee, Kims organ trafficking, organ transplant
Read MoreNew norms for organ transplant, bad decision 04 September 2012
If you are planning for an organ transplant for a relative who is not very close to you; you may have to look for another donor who is closer. According to the newer rules for an organ transplant requires a...
Keywords: , , Transplantation of Human Organ Rules, organ transplant
Read MoreMiraculously five-organ transplant patient gives birth to a healthy baby girl! 14 March 2013
A woman who was given a new liver, pancreas, stomach and small and large intestines at a Miami hospital in 2007 has delivered a healthy baby girl, believed to be the first known case of a five-organ transplant patient giving...
Keywords: Fatima Al Ansari, five transplanted organs, organ transplant, Fatima Al Ansari
Read MoreJapan scientists develop human liver in lab 23 June 2012
Japan based scientists have claimed that they have prepared human eyeball and human liver using stem cells. They said the man developed eyeball and liver would open new annals in the history of organ transplantation. With the help of three...
Keywords: Yokohoma City University, Yokohoma City University, Yokohoma City University, Yokohoma City University
Read MoreGuntur Kidney Mafia - Human Rights Commission asks Police to investigare 15 February 2013
The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has directed the police in Guntur to submit a report on the issue of farmers selling their kidneys for paying debts by April 2. Y Soma Raju, a petitioner appealed to SHRC to end...
Keywords: Organ transplant tourism, Organ donors Kidneys, Organ transplant tourism, Kidney racket
Read MoreDelhi Gang Rape girl to get transplant in Singapore, 27 December 2012
The 23-year old medical student who was brutally raped and fatally injured as a group of men outraged her modesty and threw her out of a moving bus has been taken to Singapore for further treatment after the doctors confirmed...
Keywords: delhi gang rape case, organ transplant, treatment in singapore, delhi gang rape case
Read MoreGlobal Hospitals keen to start a hosp in Mumbai 08 August 2012
Global Hospital, the place where the union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh is undergoing treatment, in Chennai has plans to expand its business in Mumbai too keeping in view of increasing medical demands from the people of Maharashtra too. It has to...
Keywords: Global Hospital, Vilasrao Deshmukh, Vilasrao Deshmukh, DNA
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