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  UK launches bold Synthetic Human Genome Project: Can human DNA be built from scratch?

  India | June 26, 2025 17:58 IST

  The 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 | July 09, 2024 14:09 IST

  Organ 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 | December 06, 2023 15:41 IST

  Organ 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 | March 14, 2023 19:35 IST

  The 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 | August 31, 2022 8:46 IST

  Delhi 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 | November 02, 2021 21:23 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 | September 01, 2021 12:22 IST

  It 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 | August 06, 2021 17:30 IST

  For 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 | February 21, 2020 15:17 IST

  An 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 | October 21, 2019 12:08 IST

  Henry’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 | October 11, 2019 16:16 IST

  A 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 | June 19, 2019 22:43 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 | June 19, 2019 22:40 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 | April 16, 2019 18:55 IST

  Two 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 | August 09, 2018 8:22 IST

  The 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 | September 07, 2017 12:10 IST

  The 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

  Politics | November 03, 2016 14:53 IST

  Govt 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 | June 09, 2016 9:49 IST

  Nashik: 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 9:43 IST

  Houston: 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

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  India gives hands to a physically-impaired

  India | May 18, 2015 14:04 IST

  Kochi: When Dr Ashraf ghani, president of Afghanistan, recently visited India, he wouldn't have known that the “great friend” (Read: India) will carry out the relationship so well. That India's friendship won't only be diplomatic