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The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu will now offer free cosmetic surgery, including breast implants, cleft lip surgeries and hand transplants to the poor. Authorities made the announcement Wednesday. “We have been doing surgeries to reconstruct entire breasts or a part for cancer victims,” head of plastic surgery Dr V Ramadevi said, as cited […]
A team of scientists has grown embryos inside a sheep that contain human stem cells, moving the sci-fi idea of developing human organs inside animals one step closer to reality, which has sparked ethical concerns. The scientific breakthrough could potentially save the lives of thousands of people who are in a dire need of vital […]
Fecal transplants care caught in a legal limbo, even as they grow in popularity. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a31ce5829585a33ddc8572d/master/pass/POOPDOCTOR.jpg Feed: All Latest
FIFTY years ago today a Cape Town surgeon became a global icon when he performed the first life-saving human-to-human heart transplant. Daily Express :: Health Feed
REUTERS/DAILYEXPRESS South African doctor Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant 50 years ago Christiaan Barnard’s daring surgical feat was compared to the first Moon landing and hailed as one of the biggest success stories of modern medicine. But 50 years on, heart transplants remain a rare operation; only 150 to 200 are carried out […]
The agency that runs Ontario’s organ transplant system will launch a three-year pilot program that could eventually overturn its policy requiring alcoholics to be sober for six months before they can be eligible for a new liver. CBC | Health News
With chest hair and hospital scrubs sneaking out from beneath his white lab coat, Dr. Shaf Keshavjee seems armed for the future of lung transplantation. The director of the Toronto Lung Transplant Program and surgeon-in-chief of the University Health Network sees promise in advances that can keep lungs working outside the body longer than ever. […]
Organ transplants are frequently life-saving, but they remain a gamble when your body can reject the new organ well after the initial surgery. Yale researchers have discovered a clever solution to this: prevent your body from noticing the organ until it settles in. They’ve developed a drug delivery system that uses nanoparticles to slowly supply […]
Lab-engineered bone (the outer layer) with functional bone marrow (the inner layer). Image: Varghese Lab at UC San Diego Thanks to advances in medicine, bone marrow transplants are no longer the last resorts they one were. Every year, thousands of marrow transplants are performed, a common treatment for ailments from bone marrow disease to leukemia. […]
Photo: Getty While the tension between state and federal laws has created a difficult situation for cannabis users, there’s another factor that is complicating the changing attitude towards weed: hospitals. Though it isn’t legally mandated, many hospitals won’t allow people who use weed to be placed on organ transplant waiting lists. The First Living Donor […]
