Search
You have searched for "Organ donor"
Showing 1-10 of 11
Is dialysis or a transplant better for chronic kidney disease?
There are a few treatment options available for chronic kidney failure, but all have their advantages and disadvantages.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Silent Mentors’ donate their bodies to medical science
The Silent Mentor programme, introduced by Professor Dr Chin Kin Fah, on March 23, 2012, encourages donors to donate their bodies after death. Donors have selflessly donated their bodies for the advancement of medical research, education and training, motivated by love for mankind.
Soldier gets new penis after losing genitals in bomb blast
US surgeons have performed the most complex penis-scrotum reconstructive procedure ever on a soldier whose genitals were destroyed in a bomb blast. Though the transplant was a success, doctors say there were some ethical issues too.
Tell me about... the different types of kidney transplants
When your kidney starts to fail, the only permanent solution is a kidney transplant, which can be from either a living or deceased donor.
When art and science meet in Bloom
This exhibition displays blooms from Roy Calne’s garden, and bronze sculptures of figures in motion
Man with chronic kidney disease needs kidney transplant
Frequent dialysis treatments taking a toll on this man.
