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Health Ministry issues first-ever guidelines on transporting organs for transplant
"By streamlining organ transport process, we aim to maximise the utilisation of precious organs and…
PTI
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Diabetes, finally cured? Chinese scientists claim to have completely reversed Type 1 diabetes in patient using stem cell transplant
The patient showed significant improvement two and a half months post-surgery, no longer requiring …
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Brain-dead woman's organs save four lives
A 60-year-old woman, who was declared brain dead after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage, gave n…
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2 more gene-edited pig hearts were just successfully transplanted into humans an early sign that pig transplants could really work
Two humans received pig hearts at NYU this summer. Both patients were already brain-dead and on ven…
Hilary Brueck
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A man who survived a pig heart transplant contracted a viral infection tied to pigs and died two months after the surgery
"At Day 45, he looked really funky," the doctor who performed the transplant said. "Something happe…
Azmi Haroun
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I got a hair transplant in Istanbul, a sanctuary for balding men. It pulled me out of a dark place.
Spencer Macnaughton started noticing his hairline receding at 24 years old. He tried everything to …
Spencer Macnaughton
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Centre abolishes all age limits for organ donation, to adopt 'one nation, one policy'
As per the guidelines, there is a restriction on people above 65 years from receiving organ and to …
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About 17 Americans die waiting for transplants each day. Scientists are trying to make more organs in 5 creative ways.
Organ shortages are causing preventable deaths and risky transplants. New experimental methods of g…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Doctors changed the blood type of human lungs in the lab, opening the door to life-saving universal organs
Many patients die waiting for transplants because there are no compatible organs. Converting organs…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A Boston hospital is the latest to deny an organ transplant to a patient who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19
Vaccination requirements are not uncommon for transplant patients, since they take medications that…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The first pig-heart transplant patient was denied a human heart after failing to follow doctors' orders
Patients who miss appointments or forget medication may be denied a spot on the organ waiting list.…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The recipient of a historic pig-heart transplant stabbed a man years ago. Ethicists say criminal history shouldn't affect who gets lifesaving organs.
The stabbing left its victim paralyzed, and raises ethical questions about who deserves lifesaving …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A Colorado woman couldn't get a kidney transplant because she refused a COVID-19 vaccine - a policy at many hospitals
Transplant centers commonly prioritize patients who are more likely to survive after surgery. Vacci…
Aria Bendix
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Scientists rejoice as pig kidney continues to function in human body after 32 days
In a ray of hope for thousands of kidney transplant patients, surgeons at New York University Lango…
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A Texas inmate on death row wants to delay his execution so he can donate a kidney
Ramiro Gonzalez, who was sentenced to death for killing a young woman, wants to find a kidney recip…
Mia Jankowicz
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Doctor planning womb transplant to allow a transgender woman to carry children
A doctor in India is planning a womb transplant that might allow a transgender woman to carry child…
Alia Shoaib
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Scientists are sending free lab-made bacon to people who developed meat allergies from tick bites to try to understand the odd disorder
Alpha-gal syndrome is a fairly new tick-borne allergy. One lab is sending genetically modified baco…
Andrea Michelson
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Recipient of first pig-heart transplant dies 2 months after surgery
The University of Maryland Medical Center didn't give an official cause of death, but did say the h…
Rebecca Cohen
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Scientists created a fish from human stem cells that swims on its own. The bizarre experiment could one day help them build hearts from scratch.
The artificial fish is a bioengineering feat, but there are immense hurdles to overcome before scie…
Marianne Guenot
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An Ohio woman was denied a life-saving liver transplant after refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine
Michelle Vitullo has stage 4 liver disease, which is fatal without transplantation. She won't get t…