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Diver pieces back together smashed marine ecosystem
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Diver pieces back together smashed marine ecosystem

China Daily  

Wang Fengguo and a fellow diver transplant corals at the ranch in May last year. With the help of the local government, Wang got in touch with the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which has a team long dedicated to coral research. Since then, in addition to maintaining their ongoing efforts in collecting …

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Long-term dynamics of transplanted stem cells revealed
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Long-term dynamics of transplanted stem cells revealed

The Hindu  

Scientists have mapped the long-term dynamics of transplanted stem cells, shedding light on the challenges and opportunities associated with this medical procedure. The study, published in Nature, reveals that transplants from older donors have significantly fewer surviving stem cells and lose the ability to produce essential blood cell-producing proteins. Despite being performed for over 50 years, many fundamental questions about …

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Woman Who Received Pig Kidney Transplant Has It Removed
54 years, 11 months ago

Woman Who Received Pig Kidney Transplant Has It Removed

Wired  

Surgeons in New York have removed a pig kidney less than two months after transplanting it into Lisa Pisano, a 54-year-old woman with kidney failure who also needed a mechanical heart pump. The team behind the transplant says there were problems with the heart pump, not the pig kidney, and that the patient is in stable condition. Pisano first received …

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Woman is back on dialysis after doctors remove transplanted pig kidney
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Woman is back on dialysis after doctors remove transplanted pig kidney

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A woman who received a pig kidney transplant is back on dialysis because surgeons had to remove the gradually failing organ after just 47 days. The first patient to receive a pig kidney transplant, Richard “Rick” Slayman at Massachusetts General Hospital, died in early May, nearly two months after his transplant. Pisano’s heart and kidneys were failing when, …

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Alien organs give hope of longer life
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Alien organs give hope of longer life

China Daily  

Medical experts perform a surgery to transplant blood vessels from a genetically edited pig to the abdominal wall of a recipient monkey at Xijing Hospital at the Air Force Military Medical University in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. ZENG XIANHUI/FOR CHINA DAILY The world's fifth living-body alien organ transplant, the first liver transplant from a pig to a living human, was successfully …

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US surgeons transplanted pig kidney into patient for the first time, hospital says
9 months ago

US surgeons transplanted pig kidney into patient for the first time, hospital says

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Doctors in Boston have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient, the latest experiment in the quest to use animal organs in humans. Massachusetts General Hospital said Thursday that it’s the first time a genetically modified pig kidney has been transplanted into a living person. He noted that unlike the pig heart recipients who were very …

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Pig heart transplant: Second recipient dies 40 days after surgery | Deets here
1 year, 1 month ago

Pig heart transplant: Second recipient dies 40 days after surgery | Deets here

India TV News  

Doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine announced that the recipient of the second-ever genetically modified pig's heart transplant has died. The deceased Lawrence Faucette suffering from terminal heart disease became the second patient in the world to receive a transplant of a genetically modified pig heart on September 20. “Faucette's last wish was for us to make …

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What does it mean to have a uterus transplant? | Explained
1 year, 2 months ago

What does it mean to have a uterus transplant? | Explained

The Hindu  

On August 23, doctors at the Churchill Hospital Oxford, in the U.K., conducted the country’s first uterus transplant. In the first step of pregnancy, doctors transfer embryos prepared by in vitro fertilisation and cryopreserved to the recipient’s uterus. The recipient is recommended regular follow-ups with doctors for at least a decade after the uterus’s removal to – among other things …

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Surgeons, Who Transplanted Pig Kidney in Brain-Dead Man, Say Organ Functioned Properly for 2 Months
1 year, 3 months ago

Surgeons, Who Transplanted Pig Kidney in Brain-Dead Man, Say Organ Functioned Properly for 2 Months

News 18  

US surgeons who transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a brain-dead patient announced Thursday they had ended their experiment after a record-breaking 61 days. “We have learned a great deal throughout these past two months of close observation and analysis, and there is great reason to be hopeful for the future,” said Robert Montgomery, director of the New York …

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Genetically modified pig kidney still functioning 32 days after transplant into brain dead man
1 year, 4 months ago

Genetically modified pig kidney still functioning 32 days after transplant into brain dead man

The Independent  

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Pig kidney transplant: Research teams detail new advancements, marking key steps on path to clinical trials
1 year, 4 months ago

Pig kidney transplant: Research teams detail new advancements, marking key steps on path to clinical trials

CNN  

CNN — New advancements in transplanting pig kidneys to humans, detailed by two separate research teams on Wednesday, mark key steps forward in the evolving field of xenotransplantation, the use of non-human tissues or organs to treat medical conditions in humans. “Being able to show that these pig kidneys not only made urine but were also able to clear creatinine …

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Wadia hospital to start paediatric heart transplant programme
1 year, 4 months ago

Wadia hospital to start paediatric heart transplant programme

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A dearth of specialists, affordable healthcare and infrastructure in the country continues to pose immense challenges to children with congenital heart disease. While Fortis Hospital in the city has a dedicated paediatric heart transplant team, Wadia Hospital’s heart transplant programme will be a boon to patients who cannot obtain essential health services. Doctors said an affordable paediatric transplant programme …

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'My Brother Would Have Cherished Our Decision': How Organs of a Brain-Dead Man Saved Lives of 4, Their Kin
1 year, 9 months ago

'My Brother Would Have Cherished Our Decision': How Organs of a Brain-Dead Man Saved Lives of 4, Their Kin

News 18  

During the outbreak of Covid-19, 39-year-old Manikandan Ayyappan would set up ‘langars’ in ‘jhuggis’ in eastern Delhi. While family refusal remains one of the top reasons for lower organ donation rates in India, Ayyappan’s family wanted to go ahead. “My brother would have cherished our decision of giving life to other people even after his death.” How were Ayyappan’s organs …

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In a First for MP, Brain Dead Woman's Hands Donated; Recipient Teen Girl from Mumbai
1 year, 11 months ago

In a First for MP, Brain Dead Woman's Hands Donated; Recipient Teen Girl from Mumbai

News 18  

The hands of a brain dead 52-year-old woman in Indore in Madhya Pradesh were donated for transplantation into a Mumbai-based teen girl, which a health official on Monday said was the first case of its kind in the state and was a “revolution in the field of organ donation”. Indore resident Vinita Khajanchi was admitted to a private hospital here …

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Woman receives liver and heart transplant during one operation in Dutch first
1 year, 11 months ago

Woman receives liver and heart transplant during one operation in Dutch first

NL Times  

In Groningen, a 35-year-old woman was given a new heart and liver from the same donor during a single operation, the University Medical Center said this week. A double transplant is better than when a patient gets a new heart first and then a new liver, explained a spokesperson from the UMCG. Then, if the patient requires a liver sometime …

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Govt assures 100% survival of trees transplanted for Formula-E
2 years, 1 month ago

Govt assures 100% survival of trees transplanted for Formula-E

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The government on Tuesday, in a release, said that it has taken necessary precautions to carefully transplant around 200 trees that were removed from the NTR Marg for the upcoming Formula-E race track. Most of the trees were translocated by Tuesday and their survival rate is 100 per cent, the release said. The track finalised by the Federation International …

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Delhi: Brain dead patient donates lungs, heart, kidney, and liver to 5 people
2 years, 4 months ago

Delhi: Brain dead patient donates lungs, heart, kidney, and liver to 5 people

Live Mint  

AIIMS Delhi has carried out a successful second lung transplant of a woman on Saturday. A 50-year-old woman got new lungs today, making it the second lung transplant procedure to be carried out at the premier institute in less than three months. Dr Deepak Gupta, Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at AIIMS said that for the first time lungs …

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Over 3,000 trees to be removed for Delhi Metro's Phase 4
2 years, 8 months ago

Over 3,000 trees to be removed for Delhi Metro's Phase 4

India TV News  

Highlights More than 3,000 trees will be transplanted or felled for Delhi Metro's Phase 4 line This line will run from Janakpuri West to RK Ashram It will cover a distance of 29.26 km and have 22 stations More than 3,000 trees will be transplanted or felled for the Delhi Metro's Phase 4 line from Janakpuri West to RK Ashram, …

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Explained | Will the pig-to-human heart operation lead to a new approach to organ transplantation?
2 years, 11 months ago

Explained | Will the pig-to-human heart operation lead to a new approach to organ transplantation?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On January 7, David Bennett, a 57-year-old from Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. became the first person to receive a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig. Since transplantation of a pig heart into a human, called xenotransplantation, is an experimental procedure, doctors had to seek an emergency authorisation from the U.S. FDA. In late September last year, surgeons …

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A pig heart transplant in Assam in 1997
2 years, 11 months ago

A pig heart transplant in Assam in 1997

The Hindu  

On January 7, doctors at the University of Maryland Medical School in the U.S. made news when they transplanted a genetically modified pig heart into a 57-year-old man. Few remember now that Dhaniram Baruah, a cardio-thoracic surgeon based in Sonapur near Guwahati, transplanted the organs of a pig into a human body in 1997. Time will tell whether the human …

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UP: First blood mismatch kidney transplant in Lucknow's RMLIMS
3 years, 2 months ago

UP: First blood mismatch kidney transplant in Lucknow's RMLIMS

India TV News  

The Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow has successfully performed its first ABO incompatible kidney transplant, becoming the second medical education institute in the state capital, after SGPGIMS, to perform such a procedure. Prof Abhilash Chandra of the nephrology department said that the kidney transplant of a 26-year-old youth from Lakhimpur Kheri, who had B positive blood …

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Pig kidney transplant in human patient successfully tested by US surgeons
3 years, 2 months ago

Pig kidney transplant in human patient successfully tested by US surgeons

CNN  

For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient’s immune system, a potentially major advance that could eventually help alleviate a dire shortage of human organs for transplant. Test results of the transplanted kidney’s function “looked pretty normal,” said transplant surgeon Dr. Robert Montgomery, who led the study. The …

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Central Vista Area to Get 1,753 New Trees as Transplant, Revamp to Raise Green Cover
3 years, 6 months ago

Central Vista Area to Get 1,753 New Trees as Transplant, Revamp to Raise Green Cover

News 18  

As many as 1,753 new trees will be transplanted and 2,000 tree saplings planted in the Central Vista area under the government's ambitious redevelopment plan, which will increase the overall green cover there, official sources said Sunday. They also said that as per the proposed plan, 3,230 trees will be moved out of the Central Vista area and transplanted to …

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Central Vista area to get 1,753 new trees as transplant, revamp to raise green cover
3 years, 6 months ago

Central Vista area to get 1,753 new trees as transplant, revamp to raise green cover

India TV News  

As many as 1,753 new trees will be transplanted and 2,000 tree saplings planted in the Central Vista area under the government's ambitious redevelopment plan, which will increase the overall green cover there, official sources said Sunday. They also said that as per the proposed plan, 3,230 trees will be moved out of the Central Vista area and transplanted to …

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