Digital database of organ donors on cards for smooth transplants
The register will serve as a single platform with Aadhaar authenticated data for all donors and patients waiting for organ transplant to ensure in-time and transparent organ donation in the country while doing away with the middlemen. India has 0.14 million potential donors who have voluntarily pledged their organs and the government aims to have 10 million prospective donors by the end of 2024 under the Angdaan Mahotsav, which started in July 2023. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - April 3, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
‘An exciting time’: US eye operation is just latest leap forward for transplants
Boundary-pushing 21-hour surgery follows series of extraordinary advances including pig heart transplantsUS surgeons have announced theworld ’s first whole-eye transplant after a boundary-pushing 21-hour surgery. While the 46-year-old patient, Aaron James, cannot yet – and may never – see through his new eye, the organ is showing signs of health and even this partial success takes transplantation into entirely new territory.It marks the latest in a series of extraordinary advances in the field. Last year,the first genetically modified pig heart transplant was performed, with a second patient treated.Modified pig kidn...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 10, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: Medical research US news World news Science News Corporation Organ donation Health Source Type: news
Humanised kidneys grown inside pigs for the first time
Hybrid organs raise prospect of fully human body parts being grown inside animals for transplantsScientists have grown humanised kidneys in pigs, raising the prospect of human organs being grown inside animals.The research involved creating human-pigchimeric embryos containing a combination of human and pig cells. When transferred into surrogate pig mothers, the developing embryos were shown to have kidneys that contained mostly human cells, marking the first time that scientists have grown a solid humanised organ inside another animal.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 7, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: Medical research Science Animal welfare Organ donation Animals Health Genetics World news Biology Society Source Type: news
When does life end? New organ donation strategy fuels debate
On a chilly holiday Monday in January 2020, a medical milestone passed largely unnoticed. In a New York City operating room, surgeons gently removed the heart from a 43-year-old man who had died and shuttled it steps away to a patient in desperate need of a new one.
More than 3500 people in the United States receive a new heart each year. But this case was different—the first of its kind in the country. “It took us 6 months to prepare,” says Nader Moazami, surgical head of heart transplantation at New York University (NYU) Langone Health, where the operation took place. The run-up included oversight from an eth...
Source: ScienceNOW - May 11, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Debunking Myths About Organ Donation
SUNDAY, April 9, 2023 -- Far more people need an organ transplant than there are organs available.
It doesn ’t have to be that way.
Dr. Johnny Hong, chief of transplantation at Penn State Health’s Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey,... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 9, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Consumer Health: The truth about organ donation
April is National Donate Life Month. This annual observation raises awareness about donation, encourages people to register as donors and honors those who have saved lives through the gift of donation. Over 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant. And it's estimated 20 patients die every day in the U.S. because of the lack of donor organs. Have you considered becoming a donor? If you've never considered organ donation or delayed becoming… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 3, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
U.S. Organ Transplant System, Troubled by Long Wait Times, Faces an Overhaul
The Biden administration announced a plan to modernize how patients are matched to available organs to shorten wait times and reduce the number of people who die while waiting. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sheryl Gay Stolberg Tags: Transplants Organ Donation Health and Human Services Department Health Resources and Services Administration Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network United Network for Organ Sharing United States Politics and Government Biden, Joseph R Source Type: news
Rwanda: Organ Donation Law Expected to Be Operational in May
[New Times] A new law that will allow Rwandans to donate their vital organs when they die, is expected to get operational in a matter of weeks, according to the Ministry of Health. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 7, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
AI could help NHS surgeons perform 300 more transplants every year, say UK surgeons
Researchers have secured £1m to refine method of scoring potential organs by comparing imagesArtificial intelligence could help NHS surgeons perform 300 more transplant operations every year, according to British researchers who have designed a new tool to boost the quality of donor organs.Currently, medical staff must rely on their own assessments of whether an organ may be suitable for transplanting into a patient. It means some organs are picked that ultimately do not prove successful, while others that might be useful can be disregarded.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 1, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Gregory Health editor Tags: Organ donation NHS Health UK news Artificial intelligence (AI) Medical research Source Type: news
Aaron Wilson: 'Organ donation is what my son would have wanted'
Aaron Wilson died in a hit-and-run in Coventry and his family says his organs have helped others. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Culture is hard to break’: Kenya’s medical schools face a shortage of cadavers
Medical training is in demand, but hesitancy on body donation means students have little to work with, while an illicit trade in transplant organs flourishesScalpel in hand, Carl Mwangi, a first-year medical student at the University of Nairobi, slices through the brain tissue. “To figure out where the vessels are, you have to dig in deeper,” he says, excited to be dissecting a human brain for the first time. But if he wants to do more dissections, the aspiring neurosurgeon will have to secure one of only 10 places on the anatomy programme here.Only postgraduate students and those specialising in anatomy are able to ge...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 24, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Caroline Kimeu Tags: Global health Organ donation Kenya Africa Global development Medical research Doctors Source Type: news
Left Digit Bias Seen in Acceptance of Organs for Donation
5.4 percent decrease seen in probability of any organ placement at age 70 versus 69 years (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - November 29, 2022 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Pulmonology, Surgery, Geriatrics, Journal, Source Type: news
Uganda: Parliament Sets Tough Penalties for Human Organ Trade
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- Parliament has passed the Uganda Human Organ Donation and Transplant Bill, 2022 setting tough penalties for dealing in human organs for commercial purposes. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 30, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Researchers change blood type of kidney in transplant breakthrough
University of Cambridge team ’s work could significantly increase supply of organs for people with rarer blood typesResearchers have successfully altered the blood type of three donor kidneys in a gamechanging discovery that could significantly improve the chances of patients waiting for a transplant finding a match.The development could increase the supply of kidneys available for transplant, particularly within minority ethnic groups who are less likely to find a match, scientists say.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 15, 2022 Category: Science Authors: PA Media Tags: Organ donation Medical research University of Cambridge Science Health Society Education Source Type: news
Restoration of pig organs after heart stopped raises hopes for transplants
Findings point to improvements in organ transplants and raise questions over nature of deathOnce the heart stops pumping blood, death quickly follows. Or does it?Scientists have developed a way to restore function in pig organs an hour after their hearts have stopped beating, raising fresh questions about the nature of death and pointing to ways to improve organ transplantation rates.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 3, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Linda Geddes Science correspondent Tags: Medical research Science Organ donation Health World news Biology Society Source Type: news
