Only 2% get liver for transplant, says doctorTimes of IndiaJaspal is not the only who is looking for donor, according to experts the crunch in organ donations is severely affecting the number of transplants in India – here nearly 25,000 patients need l…
Donor Stem Cell Transplants In Multiple Myeloma May Be More Beneficial …The Myeloma BeaconThe results of a recent retrospective study show that multiple myeloma patients who receive a donor stem cell transplant upfront experience better progression-f…
Public welfare in focus this NavratriTimes of IndiaThe sudden death of former CM Vilasrao Deshmukh while he waited for a liver transplant saw Ganeshotsav organizers take up the theme of organ donation. On Sunday, a Navratri mandal from Tardeo will lead…
Peripheral Stem Cells, Bone Marrow Yield Similar SurvivalDoctors LoungeAmong patients with hematological cancer, there are no significant differences in survival for recipients of peripheral-blood stem-cells or bone marrow transplantation from unrelate…
Navratri: Creation and Re-creation in the Nine Nights of the Goddess (PHOTOS)Huffington PostIndian Hindu couple perform rituals with a floral display known as 'Bathukamma' or 'Life Giver' at Hussain Sagar Lake during the final day of th…
A womb of her own: risking uterus transplant for pregnancyThe ConversationOn a weekend in mid-September 2012, a team of gynaecologists and transplant specialists at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Sweden, performed two uterus transplants with living…
Govt, hospital launch organ donation driveThe Asian AgeAccording to the statistics, thousands of patients in India die for want of organ donors. Recent data states that 1.25 lakh Indians died in road accidents in 2011 — and only less than 20,000 dona…
Now, organ donation help a click awayTimes of IndiaCHANDIGARH: Had organ donation help been a click away, Upasna Sharma, 33, wouldn't have suffered for 20 years. Upasna was diagnosed with an end-stage liver disease when she was 13-year-old. With ti…
Neural stem cells successfully implanted into the brains of four boysLos Angeles TimesScientists have performed the first successful neural stem cell transplant into the brains of four boys with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease. The disorder is a rare but …
PGI to hold conference on liver diseasesTimes of India… donation. This website will be unique of its kind giving all the required information to the general public about various aspects of organ donation including the various organs which can be dona…