Delhi doctors restart blood circulation after death for organ donation, first in AsiaDoctors in Delhi have achieved a first in Asia by successfully restarting blood circulation post-mortem in a 55-year-old woman to facilitat...
08 Nov, 2025, 11.36 PM IST
Sam Rivers dies at 48; why the Limp Bizkit vocalist left the band and rejoined three years laterLimp Bizkit's co-founding bassist, Sam Rivers, has passed away at 48. The band announced his death, remembering him as a "once-in-a-lifetim...
19 Oct, 2025, 07.52 AM IST
Bianca Perea's Second Life Chance: First in the UK to Receive Liver Transplant for Advanced Bowel CancerBianca Perea, a 32-year-old from Greater Manchester, has made history as the first person in the UK to receive a liver transplant for advan...
06 Jan, 2025, 07.52 PM IST
In groundbreaking, world-first achievement, Type 1 diabetes cured in China using stem cell transplant, report saysChinese scientists have reportedly cured a type-1 diabetes patient using cell transplants. The 25-year-old woman, who had the condition for...
30 Sep, 2024, 01.28 PM IST
How this new tech can offer hope for patients waiting for transplantsFaced with a shortage of organ donations, a new technique called abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (A-NRP) has been developed. This...
21 Aug, 2024, 04.34 PM IST
Gauhati Medical College Hospital successfully completes its first cadaver kidney transplantGuwahati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) has successfully completed its first cadaver kidney transplant and is also planning liver transpla...
22 Jun, 2024, 08.33 PM IST
18-year-old, Dibya Disha Nanda thrives in Odisha after groundbreaking dual organ transplantBiswambhar Nanda, Dibya Disha's father, shared that while her mother was willing to donate a portion of her liver, doctors deemed it too sm...
19 Jul, 2023, 12.01 PM IST
Making pig livers humanlike in quest to ease organ shortageWhile regrowing kidneys isn't as far along, "I was completely stunned" at the progress so far, said Dr. Ron Shapiro, a kidney transplant ex...
27 Dec, 2022, 09.54 PM IST
Apollo Hospitals ties-up with Bombay Hospital to boost liver transplants in MumbaiThe collaboration with Bombay Hospital will increase access to Apollo’s advanced liver transplant program for patients across the Mumbai Me...
18 Oct, 2022, 06.45 PM IST
India to grant medical visas to two Pakistanis: Sushma SwarajHeeding to a request by Uzair Humayun, a Lahore-based man, Swaraj said medical visa will be given to his daughter for an open-heart surgery...
07 Oct, 2017, 11.52 AM IST
Belle Vue Clinic & Medanta-Medicity to set up advanced Liver Clinic in Eastern IndiaThe Medanta Liver Team, having performed nearly 2,500 liver transplants, runs one of the world’s largest liver transplant centres, with mor...
09 Nov, 2016, 05.30 PM IST
More younger patients are coming with liver disease: Dr Neerav Goyal, Apollo HospitalFatty liver disease progression and alcohol induced liver damage can be improved with lifestyle modifications and abstinence respectively.
28 Sep, 2016, 09.51 PM IST
Karnataka doctors sneak into Tamil Nadu on foot at night to save lifeThe mission was remarkable given that the 55-year-old donor's family from Tamil Nadu agreed to grant a new lease of life to a recipient fro...
16 Sep, 2016, 04.18 PM IST
- Rare Army-civil coordination for successful liver transplant
In one of the rare cases of coordination between the Army and civil hospitals for an organ transplant, the Command Hospital at Chandimandir...
15 Jul, 2015, 08.33 PM IST
AIMS performs Kerala's first small bowel transplantationThe transplantation surgery, lasting six hours, was performed on a 37-year-old woman, Seena Shojan of Irinjalakuda on January 5.
20 Jan, 2015, 04.54 PM IST
- Wockhardt Hospitals plans to foray into organ transplant
Wockhardt Hospitals is planning to make a major foray into the organ transplantation segment.
26 Jan, 2008, 01.11 AM IST
- Cadaver organ transplants fail to make a mark here
Despite existence of a comprehensive law on organ transplantation, India seems to have failed to make a mark in cadaveric organ donation an...
06 Nov, 2006, 12.13 AM IST