Organ donation saves two womenTimes of IndiaSURAT: Two middle-aged women got a fresh lease of life, thanks to kidney and liver donation arranged by India Renal Foundation (IRF) and transplanted in their bodies from a brain dead man by the Institute of …
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Twins’ cord to life for younger sibling
Khaleej Times The one-year-old child is due to undergo stem cell transplant derived from his siblings’ cord blood in India today morning. The unnamed Dubai-based family is currently in India for the transplant. “The cord blood was stored by the parents at the Dubai … |
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India extends ban on departure of Italian envoy
NewsWest9.com A North Carolina woman says her child’s father is the Air Force mechanic whose rabies-infected organs were transplanted into multiple recipients, including a Maryland man who died. An official at an organ donation service in Florida says it was the … |
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White blood cells play key role in controlling red blood cell levels
Zee News This understanding may ultimately help us to devise new therapies for conditions that lead to abnormal RBC counts, such as hemolytic anemia, polycythemia vera, and acute blood loss, plus aid recovery from chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation.” … |
Family, community gather to support TijanYour Daily Globe.com… sister, Teresa Vitovksy, said Mike has been undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments to decrease his cancer levels. She said that when Mike is well enough for the procedure, he an…
Cyprus Bailout: Savings Tax Could Be CutKL.FM 96.7US officials are trying to identify people in at least five states who had close contact with an organ donor who died of rabies – or the four recipients. … Five villagers in India have confessed to th…
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Finally, no objection to global kidney swap
Daily News & Analysis DNA’s report ‘Unending wait for kidney, and life’ (March 14) said the country’s laws were posing a hurdle to India’s first international organ swap surgery. … Sabira can give Aarif her kidney, but in donating it to Esther, she can save two lives. In … |
White Blood Cells Found to Play Key Role in Controlling Red Blood Cell LevelsScience Daily (press release)This understanding may ultimately help us to devise new therapies for conditions that lead to abnormal RBC counts, such as hemolytic anemia, polyc…
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Maharashtra: 300 hospitals want to start retrieving organs of brain dead
Hindustan Times “Becoming a retrieval centre is not a lucrative idea. After relatives consent for donation, the hospital cannot charge them and have to bear the cost of maintaining the brain dead patient and retrieving organs, “said the official adding that retrieval … |
Trichy govt hospital yet to start an eye bankTimes of IndiaA disease like corneal opacity requires corneal transplantation (keratoplasty), but the premier government hospital in Trichy – Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) – still lacks…