Indian Transplant Newsletter Vol. III Issue NO.: 9 (June 2001)
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Cadaver Transplantation in India – 1995-2001



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  This issue carries the National figures of Cadaver Transplantation done from our country. In the last two years there have been just over 110 cadaver organ transplants. The comparison of the figures is given below:       ...

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“Youth for Organ Donation Awareness”



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GROUP STARTED IN USA                 Youth for Organ Donation Awareness (YODA), is yet another example of social initiative by the youth of today. YODA is said to be ...

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New Initiatives to reduce Organ Shortage



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A new blitzkrieg was launched in USA, in April 2001, by the Secretary of Health and Human Service (HHS), Tommy Thompson. It was aimed at trying to reduce the increasing disparity between the member of Americans awaiting a transplant and the number ...

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Cadaveric Organ and Eye donation remains flats in 2000 IN USA



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According to new data released by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA), cadaveric organ and eye donors remained almost flat in 2000 compared to 1999.however, the number  of living donors in ...

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The New Organ Bazaars



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Turkey and Eastern Europe are all set to take over from India and China as the new “organ bazaars” for trade in kidneys. In an all too familiar tale it has been established that unscrupulous surgeons pay brokers or “kidney ...

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Will Stem cell research in the US be backed by federal funds



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The bush administration is looking for answers in the case for allowing federal funds to be used for stem cell research. Federal researchers have said that embryonic stem research should be including among the possible avenues for treating disease. ...

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More Allegations About Organ Trade in China



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Dr. Wang Quoqui, who left China a year ago and is now living in the US, told a House of representative  subcommittee on Human rights, that his work required him to remove the skin and corneas from the corpses of over one hundred executed ...

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Made in India



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The US Patent No.6227202 read “The inventor indeed was able to successfully repair / regenerate the organs in human beings”. Dr. Balkrishna Matapurkar Stem cell research for regeneration of organs is happening right here in India, ...

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Working together – INOS Meet in Chennai



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It was the spirit of sharing that brought about the formation of the “Initiative for organ sharing group” in Chennai and it is the same spirit that keeps the group moving forward. In the 18 months of its existence, about 35 cadaveric ...

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Celebrating life – the 7th All India Transplant Games



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The 7 th All India Transplant  Games held at Lucknow  on February  17 th & 18 th reaffirmed the success of organ transplantation once again and become a special occasion where transplant recipients and donors from all over ...

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Brain Death & Organ Donation – Legal & Ethical issues



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CASE STUDY 3: HANG OR HARVEST SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION: Was the hanging a suicide or was it really a homicide? Is it all right to retrieve organs from a young woman who has died under unnatural circumstances within 7 years of her marriage? ...

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Heart Transplants



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Good news in the offing for hypertensive heart transplant recipient? Heart transplant recipient with hypertension may have something to look forward to in the future with respect to prevention of a continuous rise in blood pressure and ...

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Liver Transplants



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RIGHT VERSUS LEFT: Right grafts versus left liver transplants- the winner; the “rights” have it. A multicenter team of European researchers have found that survival rates for split-liver transplantation are better for ...

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Kidney Transplants



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MIXED CHIMERISM-A NEW APPROACH TO ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR IMMUNOSUPPRESSION:               The Experimental Biology 2001 meeting also had an interesting report from ...

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Islet cell Transplantation



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GOOD LONG-TERM RESULTS WITH EDMONTON PROTOCOL             James Shapiro MD had good news to share at the Experimental Biology 2001 meeting in Orlando, Florida in April, about his ...

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R & D in Transplantation



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  STEM CELL RESEARCH HOLDS OUT PROMISE FOR THE DEAF   It is possible that in the future profound deafness could be reversed in people. Holding out this promise is the research in mice that has shown that stem cell can ...

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Issues related to Kidney Transplantation



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Beneficial role of ketoconazole in kidney recipients   The Americans journal of Kidney Disease (2001:37:510-517) has reported the results of a study on the long term administration of the antifungal agent ketoconazole to kidney ...

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Heart Transplantation



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BENEFITS OF LYMPHOID IRRADIATION IN HEART TRANSPLANTATION RELATED ANTHEROSCLEROSIS Lymphoid irradiation could make a comeback once again after being supplanted by immunosuppressive drugs during the last few years. Dr. Marc P. Pelletier and ...

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Islet Cell Transplantation



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ISLET CELL AUTOTRANSPLANTATION Researches at the University of Leicester in England, conducted a study to throw some light on the effect of islet auto transplantation (IAT) in patients with end-stage chronic pancreatitis, who underwent ...

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Cadaver Transplant Activity All India Figures (1995 – June 2001)



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Place Period of Activity Kidney Heart Liver Lungs Pancreas Ahmedabad Institute of Kidney Diseases & Research centre * Combined Kidney-Pancreas 2001 ...

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