Organ Transplant
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Who gets your organs after you donate? Here's how organ matching works in India
Health | Aug 13, 2026, 04:01 PM ISTOn World Organ Donation Day 2026, understand what happens after an organ is donated in India. Experts explain how blood group, HLA compatibility, waiting lists and medical urgency determine who receives a donated organ.
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UK launches bold Synthetic Human Genome Project: Can human DNA be built from scratch?
India | Jun 26, 2025, 05:58 PM ISTThe UK has officially launched the Synthetic Human Genome Project, a groundbreaking initiative, aiming to construct human DNA from scratch.
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Delhi: 7 including a doctor arrested after police expose organ transplant racket
Delhi | Jul 09, 2024, 02:09 PM ISTOrgan transplant racket busted: As per Delhi Police, they have been running the organ racket since 2019. Acting on a tip-off, the Delhi Police Crime Branch had been working on the case for two months.
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Explained | What are the rules and regulations related to organ transplant?
Explainers | Dec 06, 2023, 03:41 PM ISTOrgan transplant is a medical procedure under which the damaged organs of a patient are replaced with donor organs and the patient's life can be saved. Organ transplant cases are continuously increasing in the country and thousands of patients have availed medical facilities.
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Gujarat: Cadaver of Muslim youth becomes saviour of three organ recipients at IKDRC institute
Gujarat | Mar 14, 2023, 07:35 PM ISTThe Cadaver of Muslim youth, who died in a road accident became saviour of three patients suffering from Kidney and Liver ailments at IKDRC.
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Delhi: 55-year-old brain dead woman's organs save several lives
India | Aug 31, 2022, 08:46 AM ISTDelhi news: The deceased, Krishna, had gone for a morning walk on August 27. A local, who knew her, saw her lying unconscious by the road and informed her husband.
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14-year-old brain dead Surat boy donates multiple organs, gives new lease of life to 6
India | Nov 02, 2021, 09:23 PM IST"We salute the family members of Late Dharmik Ajaybhai Kakadiya (14) for their brave decision to donate the vital organs along with the hands of their beloved son after doctors declared him brain dead," Donate Life said.
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Let organ donation law become path breaker for communal harmony: Kerala High Court
India | Sep 01, 2021, 12:22 PM ISTIt also said that if a body is buried, it will rot and if cremated, it will turn into ash. However, if the organs are donated, it would give life and happiness to many.
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Covid vaccine reduces organ transplant patients infection risk by 80%
Science | Aug 06, 2021, 05:30 PM ISTFor the study, published in the journal Transplant Infectious Disease, the team examined clinical data encompassing 2,151 solid organ transplant recipients, including kidney, liver, lung and heart. Of this total number, 912 patients were fully vaccinated and 1,239 were controls (1,151 were unvaccinated and 88 partially vaccinated). Nearly 70 per cent of the vaccinated patients received the mRNA-1273 vaccine (Moderna).
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Indian couple in UAE donates late daughter's kidney to boy
World | Feb 21, 2020, 03:17 PM ISTAn Indian couple based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has donated their late daughter's kidney to a seven-old-year boy who had been on dialysis for the last five years, a media report said on Friday.
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Where you die can affect your chance of being an organ donor
World | Oct 21, 2019, 12:08 PM ISTHenry’s case illustrates troubling uncertainty in a transplant system run by government contractors that are under fire for letting potentially usable organs go to waste.
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Brain-dead student gives new lease of life to nine people
India | Oct 11, 2019, 04:16 PM ISTA teenage college student gave a new lease of life to nine people as his vital organs were transplanted on them in a hospital on Friday.
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New Delhi: Man gets kidney from wife, liver from son in complicated dual organ transplant
India | Jun 19, 2019, 10:43 PM IST"Rehman was advised a combined liver and kidney transplant and told about the need for testing of two family members for liver and kidney donation," the Max hospital said in a statement.
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New Delhi: Man gets kidney from wife, liver from son in complicated dual organ transplant
India | Jun 19, 2019, 10:40 PM IST"Rehman was advised a combined liver and kidney transplant and told about the need for testing of two family members for liver and kidney donation," the Max hospital said in a statement.
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China refuses to present evidence at tribunal hearing forced organ harvest cases
World | Apr 16, 2019, 06:55 PM ISTTwo dozen witnesses, including researchers, medical professionals, journalists, and survivors from around the world, have reportedly given testimonies before the tribunal on allegations of state-sanctioned organ harvesting targeting persecuted groups in China.
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Medical marvel: Gujarat woman pregnant after receiving her mother's uterus in transplant
India | Aug 09, 2018, 08:22 AM ISTThe lady expressed her happiness and said that that soon her dream to become a mother will come true. "This is my mother's uterus. I am happy that my baby will take birth from the same uterus from which I was born," she added.
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14-month-old Somnath from Surat, the 'youngest organ donor in Western India', gives a new lease of life to two
Lifestyle | Sep 07, 2017, 12:10 PM ISTThe 14-month-old toddler suffered a brain haemorrhage when he fell down the stairs while playing with his elder sister.
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Govt allows use of private airlines for staffers travelling for organ transplant
National | Nov 03, 2016, 02:53 PM ISTGovt allows use of private airlines for staffers travelling for organ transplant
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Cops help in speedy movement of a kidney from Pune to Nashik, save woman’s life
India | Jun 09, 2016, 09:49 AM ISTNashik: Once again, second time within a month, the city police on Wednesday played a very important role during the transportation of the kidney for a Nashik woman who underwent a kidney transplant. According to
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US Man gets first-of-its-kind multiple organ transplant
World | May 30, 2016, 09:43 AM ISTHouston: In a first-of-its-kind procedure, doctors in the US have successfully transplanted a "composite" skull and scalp flap, along with kidney and pancreas - all from the same donor - in a 55-year-old patient. The