05Feb/13

3D stem cell 'printer' could eliminate need for organ donors – Mail & Guardian Online


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3D stem cell ‘printer’ could eliminate need for organ donors
Mail & Guardian Online
One idea behind the search for replacement organs is to grow the cells using a patient’s own DNA to avert transplant rejection. But the sector has been dogged by objections over the use of early-stage embryos, where the most adaptable, or pluripotent
3D printing breakthrough with human embryonic stem cellsEurekAlert (press release)

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05Feb/13

Jan sees surge in organ donations in Mumbai – India.Com Health

Jan sees surge in organ donations in Mumbai
India.Com Health
But with as many as 19 organ transplants in Mumbai in the first month of this year, their ordeal seems to be nearing an end. Many patients have benefited from the surge in organ donations witnessed in January. According to statistics, with more than
January sees 19 transplantsDaily News & Analysis

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04Feb/13

January sees 19 transplants

For the last seven years, 55-year-old Andheri-based media professional Akshay Mahajan had been on dialysis support, grappling with kidney failure. His ordeal, however, ended last month after he finally underwent a kidney transplant.