How one body can save 6-7 livesDaily News & AnalysisRecently, I worked on a five-part series on organ donation and highlighted how patients in need are stuck in the waiting list for years due to the lack of organ donors. Karwa's refusal to let '…
WTVRToday's Discovery: Bone marrow transplantationWTVRDiscover how VCU Massey Cancer Center's Bone Marrow Transplantation Program allows patients to receive any available transplant source and option without being referred elsewhere. As the lar…
Heritage NewspapersREGION: Help 4 Raechel fundraiser to aid stem cell transplant for Raechel CarrHeritage NewspapersDuring another hospital stay, Carr researched therapies and treatment options from her hospital bed, and she came across a blog written …
World first uterus transplant a lasting legacyABC LocalA Gold Coast obstetrician, who was part of a medical team to perform the world's first successful mother to daughter uterus transplant operation in Sweden earlier this month, says the success i…
Uterus Transplant – Dr. Ash HanafyABC Online (blog)The world's first uterus transplant operations from mother to a daugther have been performed in Sweden. Gold Coast obstetrician Dr. Ash Hanafy was the only Australian doctor on the medical team who…
Why are there so few organ donations?India.Com HealthOrgan donation The fact that a highly influential individual like former Maharashtra CM Vilasorao Deshmukh passed away while waiting for a liver and kidney donor, points out how difficult it is to fi…
Organ donation scene uninspiring in StateAssam TribuneGUWAHATI, Sept 23 – Even as a few individuals come forward to pledge their organs for donation, the trend in Assam does not appear encouraging. Like some other parts of India, donors willing to pl…
Investing in peoplePhilippine StarThe rustic setting belies the emphasis on high-tech research and development, which has allowed India to become a member of the nuclear club and one of the few countries that can launch satellites into space. Since the…
Swedish doctors claim pioneering uterus transplantWalla Walla Union-BulletinSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Two Swedish women are hoping to get pregnant after undergoing what doctors are calling the world's first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants. Specialis…
Swedish doctors claim uterus transplantgulfnews.comTurkish doctors last year said they performed the first successful uterus transplant, giving a womb from a deceased donor to a young woman. Olausson said that woman is doing fine, but he wasn't sur…