A police team on January 5 arrested seven persons for running a kidney transplantation racket, allegedly involving government officials and major hospitals in the city. Among those arrested is Ranjan, a revenue inspector, CD Shrikanth, a contract labourer in Food and Civil Supplies Office located at Magadi and five others including an agent, police said. ...
05:00 PM, Jan 05, 2013
Dr Joseph E Murray, who performed the world's first successful kidney transplant and won a Nobel Prize for his pioneering work, has died at age 93. Murray suffered a stroke at his suburban Boston home on Thanksgiving and died at Brigham and Women's Hospital on Monday, hospital spokesman Tom Langford said. ...
11:55 AM, Nov 27, 2012
New Delhi: On Raksha Bandhan day, it is traditionally the brothers who shower presents on their sisters but 34-year-old Asha chose to give a priceless gift to her sibling who was battling for his life, one of her kidneys. 42-year-old Sriniwas Thakur, a resident of Faridabad, was suffering from high blood pressure for a long time and was admitted to Asian Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. Doctors diagnosed...
03:50 AM, Aug 03, 2012
An American woman, who has been waiting for a kidney transplant for years, will now get a new kidney as a surprise from her daughter. Sarah Nesbit lost her kidney function because of a complicated pregnancy. ...
01:35 PM, Nov 28, 2011
New Delhi: A US based Indian-origin researcher has created the world's first artificial implantable kidney. If this passes human trials, it could eliminate the need for kidney dialysis and even a transplant. The world's first artificial kidney that can mimic almost all vital kindey functions has been created. Indian origin researcher who is making the headlines - Shuvo Roy and his team at the University of California in the US...
09:00 AM, Dec 05, 2010
kidney transplant in India still remains at an all-time low. ...
09:58 AM, Mar 11, 2010
It's safe to say an employee-boss bond goes well beyond the workplace. ...
03:35 PM, Nov 12, 2009
Amar Singh was recuperating in Singapore for almost two months. ...
12:12 AM, Sep 21, 2009
Thirty-five-year old Lorna Lrungu had four kidneys. ...
04:09 PM, Jan 21, 2009
Over 150 kidney donors and recipients gathered in Mumbai to play. ...
02:51 PM, Dec 27, 2008
London: India pacer Ishant Sharma on Sunday defended skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's decision to not give the ball to the in-form bowler at a crucial juncture of the fourth day's play at the Lord's Test against England, saying that he had himself asked the latter for a break. Dhoni left quite a few surprised by not using Ishant - who had destroyed England's top-order with a hostile spell just before ...
01:01 AM, Feb 15, 2008
Kidney transplant is an expensive procedure and cannot be done without the help of experts. ...
12:48 PM, Feb 08, 2008
Bridgetown: Speedster Ishant Sharma on Thursday scalped his 100th Test wicket on the third day of the second Test against the West Indies here. Ishant scalped the wicket of West Indies captain Darren Sammy in the post-lunch session, his fourth wicket in the home side's first innings, to reach the milestone at the Kensington Oval. Ishant, who achieved the milestone in his 33rd Test, became the third youngest Indian to...
01:26 AM, Feb 08, 2008
Afters 18 hours of three simultaneous surgeries, Ganesh was given his mother's kidney and his uncle's liver. ...
11:58 PM, May 09, 2007
Fifteen-year-old Ganesh Nehru becomes world's first person to undergo successful simultaneous liver and kidney transplants. ...
11:32 PM, May 08, 2007
