Monthly Archives: February 2009

Cornea transplants offer new hope – Canada.com


Cornea transplants offer new hope
Canada.com, Canada
Over time, the inner lining -- or endothelium -- of the cornea slowly loses the cells that pump impurities and fluids out of the eye. Jane Popow, 62, left, had her vision restored with a corneal transplant after being diagnosed with Fuchs' dystrophy. ...

Bill is filed to spur organ donations – 중앙데일리


중앙데일리

Bill is filed to spur organ donations
중앙데일리, South Korea
In line with the government’s efforts to ease control over the brain death declaration and organ donations, Grand National Party Representative Lee Ae-joo, also a member of the National Assembly’s Health, Welfare and Family Affairs Committee, ...

Kidney laws & loopholes – Calcutta Telegraph


Calcutta Telegraph

Kidney laws & loopholes
Calcutta Telegraph, India
... be declared brain dead even if his/her cardiovascular system is functioning. If the family agrees, the doctor and the hospital superintendent can inform the panel about a prospective cadaver donation. Two experts will certify that he/she is brain dead.

Sister donates organ to brother – Las Vegas Review – Journal


Sister donates organ to brother
Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV
Transplant coordinator Karen Watnem said there is no question the program will pass muster when it is reviewed again by federal officials in June. “We have a much larger resource now to provide a service that’s needed,” she said. ...

Amputee is in line for double transplant – Augusta Chronicle


Amputee is in line for double transplant
Augusta Chronicle, GA
And that is why a hand transplant is an improvement, said surgeon Vijay Gorantla, the administrative director for the Pittsburgh Composite Tissue Allotransplantation program. "Hand transplants are different because they provide sensation," he said. ...

Inter-state kidney racket kingpin held – Times of India


Inter-state kidney racket kingpin held
Times of India, India
KOLKATA: Two weeks after the detective department got whiff of an inter-state kidney racket, the local kingpin, Manik Chowdhury alias Partha, was picked up from a Sandeshkhali hideout on Thursday night. Partha was caught with one of his associates ...
Kingpin of inter-State kidney racket held Hindu
Kingpin of kidney racket, aide held Kolkata Newsline
Kingpin in kidney racket arrested near Indo-Bangla border SamayLive
The Statesman - Thaindian.com
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CBS working on organ transplant pilot – United Press International


CBS working on organ transplant pilot
United Press International
The Chicago Tribune said Steve Boman shopped around his experiences as a transplant coordinator at the University of Chicago Medical Center, and CBS is casting and shooting a pilot inspired by them for a new, Pittsburgh-set, scripted drama called ...

Fifth US Hand Transplant Patient Heads Home to NY – Centre Daily Times


Fifth US Hand Transplant Patient Heads Home to NY
Centre Daily Times, PA
A hand transplant, unlike a solid organ transplant, involves multiple tissues (skin, muscle, tendon, bone, cartilage, fat, nerves and blood vessels) and is called composite tissue allotransplantation. A partnership of physicians and researchers at ...
Hand transplant patient due home in Massena Newswatch 50
Fifth US hand transplant patient heads home Bizjournals.com
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1 more held in kidney racket case – Times of India


1 more held in kidney racket case
Times of India, India
KOLKATA: The detective department has made one more arrest in the kidney selling racket. Mridula Bhattacharya was arrested from 15 Garfa 3rd Lane on Monday night. She is related to Chandana Mukherjee, one of the accused in the case. ...

First successful liver transplant in state – Times of India


First successful liver transplant in state
Times of India, India
Also, since cadaver donation in other centres is less, many patients die waiting for the organ that matches their blood type. "Gujarat may be a dry state but alcohol abuse is rampant so is Hepatitis B and C, which spread in the same way as HIV, ...