Crime Branch Busts Kideny Transplant Racket in Delhi
Kidney Transplant Racket Busted in Delhi: The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has exposed a big organ transplant gang. About 7 people of the gang have been arrested.
Jul 09, 2024, 12:12 PM ISTWorld Organ Donation Day 2023: Why Does India Have Less Donors? Expert Explains The Demand-Supply Gap In Organ Donations
World Organ Donation Day is observed every year on August 13 to encourage people to become an organ donor and to clear up misconceptions about organ donation.
Aug 13, 2023, 00:49 AM ISTDNA: When the world's first successful kidney transplant took place in 1954
This segment of DNA brings you information related to today's history.
Dec 23, 2022, 23:02 PM ISTOrgan donation: Four things to keep in mind when considering a transplant
Due to lack of awareness, there are myths and fears in people's minds about organ donation.
Aug 13, 2017, 13:20 PM ISTBreakthrough! Scientists pave way for pig-to-human organ transplant through gene editing
In the study, published in the journal Science, the researchers removed the virus genes from the pig genome using CRISPR-Cas 9 – a gene editing tool – in live animals.
Aug 11, 2017, 17:58 PM ISTVital organs of brain dead woman donated to four persons
Organ transplantation have come from 23 brain dead people in the city in last 21 months.
Jul 27, 2017, 12:41 PM ISTJJ Hospital's first cadaver organ donation: Woman gives new lease of life to two
The 38-year-old Sangeeta Mahajan, who had met with an accident on July 17, had suffered a serious head injury after being hit by a two-wheeler in Jalgaon.
Jul 24, 2017, 10:27 AM ISTMiniature human heart made from rat's organ may help test new drugs
The mini human heart was created by introducing human cells into the matrix of a whole rat heart.
Jul 13, 2017, 17:07 PM ISTAustralian man gets his toe surgically removed to replace severed thumb!
Mitchell was initially reluctant towards the transplant, but later decided to go for it.
Jul 13, 2017, 17:02 PM ISTFirst robotic kidney transplant performed in Maharashtra
Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre here performed the first robotic kidney transplant surgery on a man suffering from renal failure, a hospital spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Jul 04, 2017, 21:49 PM ISTDoctors perform complex paediatric liver transplants in Delhi
Azariah Malala and Lilaz Bakhtiyar from Fiji and Iraq are suffering from congenital liver defects, forms of Biliary atresia.
Jun 15, 2017, 23:39 PM ISTParents seeks help to raise Rs 25 lakh for infant with rare liver disorder
The infant was diagnosed with Glycogen Storage disease, which prevented his growth.
May 26, 2017, 23:48 PM ISTHindu, Muslim wives donate their kidney to each others' husbands; save their lives
A five-hour successful surgery later, both patients are doing well, the doctors said.
May 22, 2017, 20:36 PM ISTDoctors successfully carried out India's first womb transplant in Pune
A team of doctors successfully performed a womb transplant on a 21-year-old woman on Thursday at a hospital in Pune.
May 18, 2017, 23:45 PM ISTIndia's first womb transplant at Pune hospital today
The woman, who is a Solapur resident and is unable to conceive it due to absence of uterus, is being operated at Pune’s Galaxy Care Laparoscopy Institute (GCLI) by a team of 12 doctors.
May 18, 2017, 13:23 PM IST15-year-old Iraqi girl receives new lease of life; undergoes stem cell transplant from German donor
Banin Mohammad Humza, a 15-year-old girl from Iraq, underwent a stem cell transplant in a private hospital in India.
Apr 12, 2017, 23:07 PM IST50-hour-long surgery successfully gives US man a new face!
Facial transplantation is the process of removing part or all of a donor's face and attaching it onto a patient who has previously suffered facial injury or deformity.
Feb 20, 2017, 16:53 PM ISTIn a first, Kochi doctors perform dual live-donor transplant on 20-month-old girl
In a significant medical breakthrough and a first in the world, doctors at Kochi hospital performed a dual live-donor transplant on a 20-month-old girl, who weighs just seven kgs on Saturday.
Feb 18, 2017, 22:17 PM ISTBrain dead driver gives new lease of life to seven people
While the liver and kidneys were transplanted to patients at KMCH, the heart was sent to a private hospital in Chennai.
Jun 28, 2016, 17:49 PM IST'Green corridors' in MP city help quick transport of harvested organs
A resident of Mahidpur in Ujjain district, Vishwas Joshi, 40, was declared brain-dead in Choithram Hospital here on Monday evening.
Feb 10, 2016, 00:32 AM IST