( Cell Transplantation Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair ) Transplanted islet cells are challenged by hypoxic conditions and host immune reactions. When smaller islets were grouped into clusters (ICCs) they were found to be less susceptib…
67-year old Mumbai patient implanted with the first MRI compatible CRT-D in Indiadomain-BDr Venkat D Nagarajan consultant cardiac electrophysiologist and Dr Jamshed Dalal, director of of Cardiac Sciences, implanted India's first a pacing plus shock…
Dr. Joseph E Murray, who performed the world's first successful transplant of a human organ and won a Nobel Prize for his pioneering work, has died at the age of 93. Dr. Murray died on Monday at Boston's Peter Bent Brigham Hospital – now called…
Orgenesis Inc. , a development-stage company with a novel therapeutic technology dedicated to converting a patient’s own liver cells into
Ripon TodayDance class tapping away for India tripRipon Today… Andrew Pease and Basil Taylor-Scorpe will set out for India on Boxing Day, where they plan to drive in a tuc tuc with no accommodation, very little luggage and no road markings or signs. …
Zee NewsFinally, a potential vaccine against kala azarZee NewsFinally, a potential vaccine against kala azar Kolkata: Scientists at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) here claim to have hit the bull`s eye with a potential vaccine directed …
Eating grapefruit with medicines 'can be deadly'Business StandardPress Trust of India / Toronto November 27, 2012, 15:25 … Commonly prescribed statins have a high to very-high risk of interacting with grapefruit and causing rhabdomyolysis, a …
Hospitals, NGO representatives pledge to donate their organsTimes of IndiaBANGALORE: With Karnataka lacking behind in organ donation compared to the neighbouring state Tamil Nadu several private hospitals, healthcare professionals, NGO's, media and…
First there was the "heart in a box," a revolutionary experimental technology that allows donor hearts to be delivered to transplant recipients warm and beating rather than frozen in an ice cooler. Now that same technology is being used to de…
Dawn Manchester, who came very close to death, received a kidney from her husband Richard, and in the process became a new woman with an important mission.