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TRANSPLANT NEWS

A 12-year-old’s vision problem revealed a surprising cause: Frequent eye rubbing

July 24, 2026 5:28 pm

If vision is severely affected in the later stages, a corneal transplant will be needed, experts suggest

On deathbed, two-year-old foreign national saves 2 lives, provides gift of sight to others

October 30, 2024 12:02 pm

This is the first foreign national case of organ donation at PGI, making Prosper the youngest pancreatic donor in the country.

Four get new lease of life with organs of man who died in accident

March 15, 2023 5:28 am

Among the organ recipients are a former Ranji player, an Ahmedabad Municipal Corpora-tion employee, a physically challenged man from Vadodara and a nurse, IKDRC informed at a press conference Tuesday.

Are transfusion-free transplants sans donated blood promising?

March 13, 2023 6:03 pm

In transfusion-free transplants, the patient's own blood is restricted from loss and is transfused into the patient’s own body

Tamil Nadu man receives hands of brain-dead donor from Ahmedabad; says he's 'filled with gratitude'

August 02, 2022 12:37 pm

"The donor's mother broke down looking at the tattoos on her daughter's hands...one is of a leaf and another is of a butterfly. I have vowed to keep them like that for the rest of my life," the patient said

Sunday Long Reads: PV Sindhu, Tokyo Olympics 2020, Pa Ranjith interview, empathy in pandemic, and more

August 08, 2021 9:56 am

Here's a list of interesting reads that you shouldn't miss this Sunday!

Her baby needs an urgent transplant to survive; only your donations can help

June 14, 2021 4:47 pm

For the longest time - 11 long years, we prayed for a baby day and night. After trying everything possible, When I did ultimately get pregnant, my husband and I experienced inexplainable happiness and joy.

In US 1st, baby is born from dead donor's transplanted womb

July 10, 2019 12:22 am

The Cleveland hospital said Tuesday that the girl was born in June. The clinic has done five uterus transplants so far and three have been successful, with two women waiting to attempt pregnancy with new wombs.

3D printed soft structures can help in tissue regeneration, organ transplants

January 16, 2018 9:35 pm

Researchers have been able to use 3D printing technology to develop scaffolds, that can help in tissue regeneration procedures.

Maharashtra girl gets arms of Kerala man killed in accident

March 07, 2020 9:20 am

In September 2016, Shreya had met with a bus accident while she was returning to the Manipal Institute of Technology, Karnataka, from her home in Pune. The accident forced her to undergo amputation.

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