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Prolonging liver viability for donation
Donated livers are already in short supply and some have to be rejected because they have been too long out of the body; this method could change that.
This ain't Face/Off, it's the latest in face transplant surgery
A California man, who shot himself through the chin, unveils his new face after undergoing the most advanced face transplant surgery ever.
First kidney transplant between HIV-positive people
A HIV-positive woman donated one of her kidneys to another patient with HIV in a world’s first for kidney transplants, performed by American surgeons in late March 2019.
Fishy stink driving residents mad
RESIDENTS in Bandar Botanik in Klang, Selangor are fed up with the bad smell caused by dead fish floating in a man-made lake there, reported Makkal Osai.
Young children can also experience kidney failure
Kidney failure results from the inability of the kidney to filter out toxins from the body, which can be due to genetic factors in children.
Raising awareness through fun run
FATHER of two Mazlan Ali has a better appreciation of everything after undergoing a kidney transplant which he says gave him a second chance in life.
Ministry fine-tunes procedures
SEREMBAN: More than 20,000 people in Malaysia are waiting for donor organs, particularly kidneys
Many pledges but few organs gifted
ALTHOUGH many pledge to be organ donors after their demise, their loved ones often refuse to give consent.
Too old for new heart? Germany faces dearth of organ donors
BERLIN (Reuters) - Siegfried Richtsteig has been waiting in hospital for more than 130 days for a heart that would allow him to do the things he enjoyed most, like playing with his grandchildren, before a stroke damaged the organ beyond repair.
Band comprising organ transplant recipients plays in honour of Australian donor
Five people who benefited from Chongqing teacher Phillip Hancock’s liver, kidneys and corneas after his death are now making music.
