Sahara SamaySudan boy gets liver, kidney transplantTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: A 12-year-old Sudanese boy got a new lease of life following a combined liver and kidney transplant which was conducted successfully at a city hospital. The organs were donated…
Video: Transplant recipient has emotional reunion with donor's family
The recipient of a heart transplant 20 years ago met with the family of the donor for the first time. Michele Gile reports on their the emotional meeting.
Camacho case spurs Puerto Rico to examine brain-death guidelines – Fox News
Camacho case spurs Puerto Rico to examine brain-death guidelinesFox NewsCamacho case spurs Puerto Rico to examine brain-death guidelines. Published November 29, 2012. EFE. Puerto Rico's health ombudsman announced the creation of a commission to exa…
Dark Chocolate Improves Heart Failure Markers … Mmmm! – Family Practice News Digital Network
Dark Chocolate Improves Heart Failure Markers … Mmmm!Family Practice News Digital NetworkLOS ANGELES – Chronic heart failure patients who ate a special superhigh-flavonol dark chocolate bar daily experienced favorable changes consistent with decrea…
New pump approved for heart failure patients awaiting transplants – Examiner.com
Examiner.comNew pump approved for heart failure patients awaiting transplantsExaminer.comThe HeartWare Ventricular Assist System, a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) has been approved by the FDA, to support heart function and blood flow in patients…
100th child liver transplant at Medanta
New Delhi, Nov. 30 — It was a big achievement for Dr AS Soin, chief liver transplant specialist at Medanta-The Medicity in Gurgaon, when he along with his team performed the 100th child liver transplant this week. Dr Neelam Mohan and Dr V Vohra, who a…
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A rare double transplant surgery at a private city hospital gave a new lease of life to a 12-year-old boy from Sudan.
Sudanese sisters donate kidney, liver to save 12-year-old brother – Hindustan Times
Sudanese sisters donate kidney, liver to save 12-year-old brotherHindustan TimesGadkarim underwent a 16-hour combined liver and kidney transplant surgery. The Sudanese boy was discharged on Thursday, 17 days after the combined transplant surgery. "…
Canada's first liver cell transplant takes place in Calgary
( Alberta Health Services ) Physicians at Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary, Alberta, successfully completed a series of liver cell transplants earlier this month on a three-month-old girl. It is the first time the procedure has been performed…
Traffic cops of the immune system
A certain type of immune cell — the regulatory T cell, or Treg for short — is in charge of putting on the brakes on the immune response. In a way, this cell type might be considered the immune system's traffic cops.