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Liver Transplant, Financial Aid: How Kerala Boy Was Saved In 24 Hours
A young boy from Kerala faced a life-threatening situation due to acute jaundice followed by acute liver failure. But, his mother who donated a part of her liver, and his entire village's help with finances helped him survive just within 24 hours.
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Why Are Scientists Planning To Grow Livers In Space?
Growing tissues in labs on Earth can be a challenging task as gravity pulls cells into contact with the bottom of a plate or dish.
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Opinion | The 'Ever-Giving' Woman: The Skewed Realm Of Organ Donation In India
Most women are ready to offer their organs to their sick husbands to save their lives, but the reverse rarely happens. Such is the deep-rooted patriarchal bias in society.
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Air Force Plane Airlifts Liver From Pune, Saves Army Veteran In Delhi
The Indian Air Force deployed its Dornier aircraft at short notice to airlift a team of doctors from the Army Hospital in Delhi to retrieve a liver from Pune to save the life of an army veteran.
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Brazilian Influencer Maria Sofia Valim, 19, Dies After Emergency Liver Transplant
Her untimely death was confirmed in a statement by her father, Vitor Valim, who is the mayor of the municipality of Caucia in Ceara.
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After 25 Years, India's 1st Child Liver Transplant Recipient Becomes Doctor
Sanjay Kandasamy, a 20-month-old child from Tamil Nadu, became India's first successful paediatric liver transplant recipient in 1998. Now, 25 years after his transplant, life has come full circle for him as he is now a successful doctor himself.
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Supreme Court Comes To Rescue Of US Boy, Allows Indian Cousin To Donate Liver
Taking note of the "peculiar circumstance", the Supreme Court has come to the rescue of a three-year-old US citizen in critical need of liver transplant by permitting his distant Indian cousin to donate the organ.
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Supreme Court Saves US Boy's Life, Permits Indian Cousin To Donate Liver
The Supreme Court has come to the rescue of a three-year-old boy, a US citizen in critical need of liver transplant, by permitting his distant Indian cousin to donate the organ, saying it is not an appropriate case to consider the legal requirement.
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'Parvati' Donates Part Of Liver To Save Husband 'Shiv' At Delhi Hospital
The 12-hour-long surgery was challenging as their blood groups didn't match, doctors said.
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UK Man Donates Kidney After Daughter's Successful Transplant
He stated that he had no idea who had received his kidney but that their health was improving.
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Diet For A Healthy Liver: 5 Superfoods That Can Help Repair Your Liver
In this article, we list foods you should add to your diet that will help repair and improve the health of your liver.
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Spanish Baby Gets New Intestine, Liver, Stomach In Miracle Surgery
An one-year-old Spanish girl has become the world's first recipient of a successful intestine transplant from a donor who died of heart failure, Madrid's La Paz hospital said on Tuesday.
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Sister's Liver Saves Delhi Man's Life In "Complex" Transplant Surgery
Gifting a new lease of life to her brother on Raksha Bandhan, a 43-year-old woman donated a part of her liver for a complex transplant surgery, a statement from a private hospital said on Thursday.
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Sister's Liver, Mother's Kidney Helps Save Uttarakhand Man's Life
The 22-year-old man suffered from a rare genetic condition since the age of seven.
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Researchers Develop Machine That Can Preserve Human Liver Outside Body for Several Days
A multidisciplinary Liver4Life research team from Zurich has developed a special machine that can stretch the lifecycle of human livers. They say the perfusion machine mimics the human body as accurately as possible, in order to provide ideal conditions for the liver.
_640x480.jpg?downsize=245:163 "Organ Donation Week: Actors Swara Bhasker, Gul Panag Flag Off The Nationwide #MoreToGive Walkathon To Urge People To Donate Organs")
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Liver Transplant, Financial Aid: How Kerala Boy Was Saved In 24 Hours
A young boy from Kerala faced a life-threatening situation due to acute jaundice followed by acute liver failure. But, his mother who donated a part of her liver, and his entire village's help with finances helped him survive just within 24 hours.
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Why Are Scientists Planning To Grow Livers In Space?
Growing tissues in labs on Earth can be a challenging task as gravity pulls cells into contact with the bottom of a plate or dish.
-
Opinion | The 'Ever-Giving' Woman: The Skewed Realm Of Organ Donation In India
Most women are ready to offer their organs to their sick husbands to save their lives, but the reverse rarely happens. Such is the deep-rooted patriarchal bias in society.
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Air Force Plane Airlifts Liver From Pune, Saves Army Veteran In Delhi
The Indian Air Force deployed its Dornier aircraft at short notice to airlift a team of doctors from the Army Hospital in Delhi to retrieve a liver from Pune to save the life of an army veteran.
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Brazilian Influencer Maria Sofia Valim, 19, Dies After Emergency Liver Transplant
Her untimely death was confirmed in a statement by her father, Vitor Valim, who is the mayor of the municipality of Caucia in Ceara.
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After 25 Years, India's 1st Child Liver Transplant Recipient Becomes Doctor
Sanjay Kandasamy, a 20-month-old child from Tamil Nadu, became India's first successful paediatric liver transplant recipient in 1998. Now, 25 years after his transplant, life has come full circle for him as he is now a successful doctor himself.
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Supreme Court Comes To Rescue Of US Boy, Allows Indian Cousin To Donate Liver
Taking note of the "peculiar circumstance", the Supreme Court has come to the rescue of a three-year-old US citizen in critical need of liver transplant by permitting his distant Indian cousin to donate the organ.
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Supreme Court Saves US Boy's Life, Permits Indian Cousin To Donate Liver
The Supreme Court has come to the rescue of a three-year-old boy, a US citizen in critical need of liver transplant, by permitting his distant Indian cousin to donate the organ, saying it is not an appropriate case to consider the legal requirement.
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'Parvati' Donates Part Of Liver To Save Husband 'Shiv' At Delhi Hospital
The 12-hour-long surgery was challenging as their blood groups didn't match, doctors said.
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UK Man Donates Kidney After Daughter's Successful Transplant
He stated that he had no idea who had received his kidney but that their health was improving.
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Diet For A Healthy Liver: 5 Superfoods That Can Help Repair Your Liver
In this article, we list foods you should add to your diet that will help repair and improve the health of your liver.
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Spanish Baby Gets New Intestine, Liver, Stomach In Miracle Surgery
An one-year-old Spanish girl has become the world's first recipient of a successful intestine transplant from a donor who died of heart failure, Madrid's La Paz hospital said on Tuesday.
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Sister's Liver Saves Delhi Man's Life In "Complex" Transplant Surgery
Gifting a new lease of life to her brother on Raksha Bandhan, a 43-year-old woman donated a part of her liver for a complex transplant surgery, a statement from a private hospital said on Thursday.
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Sister's Liver, Mother's Kidney Helps Save Uttarakhand Man's Life
The 22-year-old man suffered from a rare genetic condition since the age of seven.
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Researchers Develop Machine That Can Preserve Human Liver Outside Body for Several Days
A multidisciplinary Liver4Life research team from Zurich has developed a special machine that can stretch the lifecycle of human livers. They say the perfusion machine mimics the human body as accurately as possible, in order to provide ideal conditions for the liver.
