Doctors in Spain are looking for a suitable match from a dead donor to carry out the world’s first leg transplant, the health ministry said Tuesday.
The
A computer algorithm developed at Carnegie Mellon University matched living kidney donors with medically compatible transplant candidates late last month
Bollywood actor Salman Khan has pledged to donate his bone marrow to spread awareness on stem cell donation.
Khan urged people to donate their bone marrow to save lives.
For the first time in the world Italian doctors have carried out robotically-assisted pancreatic transplant in an operation that could help diabetes sufferers
For the first time in India a city corporation is planning to set up two dialysis centres where dialysis would be provided free of cost to patients. The
A study appearing in an upcoming issue of the IClinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology/I (ICJASN/I) says that elderly patients
Dialysis patients with little social support from friends and family are more likely to ignore doctors’ orders, experience a poorer quality of life, and
A study has revealed that measuring three biomarkers in a single blood sample might improve physicians’ ability to identify patients at high risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD).
A research conducted at Loyola University Health System (LUHS) has revealed that vitamin D deficiency is associated with a significant increase in lung transplant rejection.
One of the major issues with transplantation are the risks posed by immunosupression.
A 24-year-old former Marine who received a wrist-level hand