The world’s first successful uterus transplant was carried out in Sweden on a woman in her mid-thirties born without uterus, after a 61-year old unrelated woman donated her uterus, according to The Lancet
Read MoreMarriage With A Cause: Bihar Minister Keeps Organ Donation Stall At Son’s Wedding
In a bid to encourage organ donation in Bihar, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi had an organ donation stall at his son’s wedding for guests willing to donate their organs
Read MoreGiving Priority To Medical Emergencies, Sushma Swaraj Continues To Give Visas To Pakistani Nationals
Days after issuing visa to Pakistani nationals to undergo organ transplant in India, Sushma Swaraj repeated her act by assuring the granting of visa to four more Pakistani nationals
Read MoreThere Is A Need To Develop Better Infrastructure In Government Hospitals For Organ Transplantation: Health Minister Anupriya Patel
Marking the 8th Indian Organ Donation Day, Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel said that there is a need to promote cadaver or deceased organ donation as currently only 23% of the organ transplant is being done with organs obtained from the cadavers
Read MoreThis Project Aims To Overcome Shortage Of Donor Organs
In a bid to give a big push for research in tissue engineering and overcome the problems of donor organ shortages, India’s Department of Biotechnology has invited “concept proposals” from Indian scientists for regeneration of heart, liver, pancreas, skin, tooth, eye and bone — complete with muscle, tendon and marrow
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