Indian Transplant Newsletter. Vol.25 Issue No.1, January 2026 - March 2026
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India's Uneven but Encouraging Progress in Deceased Organ Donation

Sunil Shroff
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2026 Jan-Mar; 25(1): p.1 and11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2026.001
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India has emerged as a global leader in living donor kidney and liver transplantation. Thousands of patients every year receive a second chance at life through the generosity of living donors and the high level of expertise of Indian transplant ...

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World’s First Organ Donation After Self-Administered VAD Reported in Australia

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2026 Jan-Mar; 25(1): p.2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2026.002
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An Australian woman has reportedly become the first person in the world to donate organs after self-administering oral voluntary assisted dying (VAD) medication in early 2026. Karen Duncan, 55, who was living with motor neurone disease (MND), ...

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Chinese Scientists have Achieved the Reversal of Type-2 Diabetes Using Stem Cell Therapy

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2026 Jan-Mar; 25(1): p.2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2026.003
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A remarkable case from China has given new hope in the fight against type 2 diabetes. The Researchers reported that a patient no longer needed insulin or diabetes medications after receiving laboratory-created pancreatic cells that produce insulin. ...

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America’s Oldest Organ Donor: World War II Veteran at 100

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2026 Jan-Mar; 25(1): p.2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2026.004
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A 100‑year‑old World War II veteran has become the oldest‑known organ donor in the US history, demonstrating that exceptional organ health can make donation possible even at a very advanced age. Dale Steele, a Nebraska‑born ...

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Xenograft-to-Allograft Transition in Kidney Transplantation: First Clinical Documentation

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2026 Jan-Mar; 25(1): p.2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2026.005
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A US patient has become the first person known to “cross the bridge” from a genetically modified pig kidney to a human kidney transplant. Tim Andrews, who lived with diabetes and end‑stage kidney disease, received a pig kidney in ...

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Baby Alin’s Legacy: Infant Donation Inspires the Nation

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2026 Jan-Mar; 25(1): p.3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2026.006
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A 10‑month‑old baby girl, Alin Sherin Abraham from Pathanamthitta, became Kerala's youngest known organ donor after being declared brain dead following a road accident. The infant had suffered severe head injuries in the crash and was ...

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Sharp Increase in Number of Organ Transplants in India; Over 4.8 Lakh Pledges Registered to Donate Organs

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2026 Jan-Mar; 25(1): p.3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2026.007
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India's experience with organ transplants over the last ten years has shown significant growth. The number of transplants conducted annually has increased from less than 5,000 in 2013 to approximately 20,000 in 2025. Families consenting to deceased ...

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A Mother’s Legacy: A Family’s Ordeal After Eye Donation

Poonam Sharma, Sujatha Suriyamoorthi
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2026 Jan-Mar; 25(1): p.3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2026.008
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In 2024, Rabeya Bibi, an illiterate woman from a serene village of West Bengal, decided to donate her eyes after witnessing the posters of cataract surgery in a hospital. In February 2026, when she died, her son, a school teacher and a social ...

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Golf for a Greater Cause: MOHAN Foundation’s Charity Tournament Tees Off in Hyderabad

Lalitha Raghuram
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2026 Jan-Mar; 25(1): p.4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2026.009
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In a city that rarely slows down, the greens of the Hyderabad Golf Association Club became a sanctuary of purpose on February 15, 2026. Over a hundred golf enthusiasts came together not just for sport, but for a cause that transcends the fairway - ...

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SAMARTHAN 2026: A Soulful Evening of Giving and Hope

Pallavi Kumar
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2026 Jan-Mar; 25(1): p.5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2026.010
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On March 14, 2026, MOHAN Foundation hosted SAMARTHAN 2026 – A Soulful Sufi Night at Craft Village, Chhatarpur, New Delhi. More than a cultural gathering, the evening brought together music, community, and purpose to raise support for ...

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Saving a Stranger, Fighting the System: A Doctor’s Journey

Thankam Subramonian
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2026 Jan-Mar; 25(1): p.6-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2026.011
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What inspired you to consider altruistic organ donation? Was there a defining moment behind this decision? There was no particular “Eureka” or defining moment. The thought had been at the back of my mind for a very long time. Around ...

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From Awareness to Action: Uttarakhand’s Emerging Organ Donation Ecosystem

Pallavi Kumar, Sanchit Arora
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2026 Jan-Mar; 25(1): p.8-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2026.012
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A one-day workshop titled “Strengthening Organ Donation and Transplantation Processes in Uttarakhand” organised by SOTTO Uttarakhand in collaboration with MOHAN Foundation at Government Doon Medical College, Dehradun, bringing together ...

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Not Euthanasia: A Family that Chose Dignity: The Real Story of Harish Rana

Srinagesh Simha, Raj Kumar Mani, Roopkumar Gursahani
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2026 Jan-Mar; 25(1): p.10-11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2026.013
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In August 2013, Harish Rana was a 19-year-old engineering student at Panjab University, Chandigarh. He fell from the fourth floor of his hostel, sustaining a diffuse axonal brain injury that left him with 100% quadriplegia and Permanent Vegetative ...

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Ms. Sneha Raju, a Two-Time Kidney Transplant Recipient, Creates History in Antarctica

Sneha Raju
Indian Transplant Newsletter. 2026 Jan-Mar; 25(1): p.12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64384/ITN.2026.014
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Created global history by becoming the world's first two-time kidney transplant recipient to successfully complete a full Antarctic expedition.    Her expedition included interior landings, overnight camping on the Antarctic ...

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