Breakthrough Made By Tweaking Stem Cells; May End Organ Shortage For Transplants
London: Scientists claim to have grown kidneys in a laboratory by manipulating stem cells, a major breakthrough which could help tackle the shortage of organs for transplant.

A team at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland has actually used stem cells, which are the building blocks of the body, to form the s

The government on Thursday amended the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, simplifying rules and extending the ambit of organ donors among family members to grandparents.

Aiming at promoting and streamlining the process of organ donation, the government on Thursday amended the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, in order to simplify rules and extend the ambit of donors to grandparents and grandchildren.

If the Union Health Ministry has its way, driver

State Recorded Lowest Infant Mortality Rate In 2009, MP The Highest
New Delhi: Goa is the best place in India for a child to be born while Madhya Pradesh is the worst.

India has seen a fall in its infant mortality rate (IMR). And in sheer numbers, Goa in 2009 recorded the least number of infant deaths per 1000 live births

So far, the three BMC medical colleges and the state-run JJ Hospital were the only ones in the city that could register brain deaths and retrieve organs.

IN A bid to streamline organ donation, the government is proposing to allow swap donation, tissue donation and expand the definition of near relatives, including grandparents and grandchildren, in the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Bill, 2009.

Recommended by the Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare earlier this year, the Union Health Ministry is all set to go to the Cabi

London: In a breakthrough which could pave the way for customised transplant organs for patients, scientists claim to have successfully grown miniature human livers in the laboratory.

An international team, led by Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in North Carolina in the US, created working livers the size of a walnut by sowing seeds of human cells onto scaffolds derived from

The cabinet on Wednesday gave its consent to the amendments proposed by the centre on organ transplant.

As per this amendment, the grandparents, grandchildren and extended family members can play the role of donors for
any person.

As per the norms in the past, only the closest relatives of the person, that is, either the husband, wife, brother, sister, son or daughter would be considered ac

Clinical Trial Of Device, Made Of Animal & Synthetic Tissue, Set To Begin Next Yr

Paris: It is a long-held dream: an artificial heart to replace one that is damaged or diseased. Now, a French company says that it has the technology to make the implantation of it a standard surgical procedure.

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