Organ transplants regain their pre-Covid level in France
In 2024, organ transplants exceeded the pre-Pandemic levels with 6,034 transplants, an increase of 7.1 %, but the refusals of ...
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Kidney donation while alive: “It was an act of love that I did for my sister”
Nathaly Haseya, author of the book “The Kidney of the Heart” (Editions Récits) donated one of her kidneys to her ...
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Declared dead, he wakes up during organ harvesting
In the United States, a patient declared dead woke up during surgery to remove his organs. THE ESSENTIAL In the ...
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Post-mortem organ donation in France: let’s sort out the truth from the fiction!
In France, the law indicates that all citizens are organ and tissue donors, except in the case of a person ...
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Organ donation: detecting zombie cells could increase the number of available hearts
Researchers are working on a test that can detect the presence of zombie cells in the hearts of older donors ...
Read moreTransplants: all organ donors
At the stroke of midnight this Sunday 1er January, while wishes were being exchanged throughout France, numerous decrees came into ...
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In France, a uterus transplant was successfully performed for the second time
At the Foch hospital in Suresnes, a 30-year-old with Rokitansky syndrome (MRKH), responsible for infertility, received her sister's uterus. THE ...
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All Swiss are now suspected organ donors
Switzerland follows the French model and changes its rules on organ donation. THE ESSENTIAL Explicit consent is still in force ...
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Organ donations: the drop in fatal strokes leads to a drop in transplants in 2018
The Biomedicine Agency confirmed a drop in the number of transplants in 2018 after 8 years of sharp increase.A 5% ...
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India: after the death of an actor who donated his eyes, thousands of fans want to imitate him
Eye donation is one of the organ donations that can be made after death and which, thanks to a corneal ...
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National Day of Organ Donation and Transplantation: the true from the false
On the occasion of the national national day of reflection on organ donation and transplantation, Why doctor disentangles the true ...
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Hepatitis C patients expand heart donor pool
In some US hospitals, the use of hearts from patients with hepatitis C for transplants has reduced the waiting time ...
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Organ donations: 24,000 patients are still waiting for a transplant
According to the association France Transplant, the number of transplants would be dramatically decreasing in France, and this has consequences: ...
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Pig hearts transplanted to humans within three years?
According to Sir Terence English, a heart transplant pioneer in the United Kingdom, transplanting pig hearts to humans will be ...
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United States: the opioid crisis is increasing the number of transplants
The number of organs removed from a donor who has succumbed to an overdose is constantly increasing across the Atlantic, ...
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Foch Hospital performs the first uterus transplant in France
On Sunday March 31, a 34-year-old woman born without a uterus was able to benefit from a transplant of this ...
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The first organ transplant from a successful HIV-positive donor
This is a first: the kidney of an HIV-positive woman has been successfully transplanted to another HIV-positive person. A scientific ...
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Parents appeal on Facebook to find ‘a new heart’ for their baby
The parents of little Antoine, very marked by the death of their first child when he was only 23 days ...
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Transplant: kidneys can be transplanted from donors with acute renal failure
Kidneys from deceased donors suffering from acute kidney injury (ARI) can be transplanted without danger, contrary to what has been ...
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Franche-Comté: the ordeal of a young woman transplanted with a cancerous kidney
Suffering from kidney failure, a young woman attacked the Besançon CHRU and the National Office for Compensation for Medical Accidents ...
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Organ donation: 6,105 transplants were performed in France in 2017, 19% more than in 2013
6,105 organ transplants were performed in France in 2017, i.e. 3.5% more than in 2016 and 19% more than in ...
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How are bodies donated to science used to train medical students?
Often confused with organ donation, the legacy of the body to science is very different. Focus on an unusual approach ...
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Organ donation: nearly 5,900 transplants performed in 2016
Last year, the target of 5,700 transplants was again exceeded. About 10% could have been performed from a living donor.France ...
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Organ donation: five transplant patients tell about their new life
They are between 21 and 83 years old, all have been transplanted. On the occasion of organ donation day, this ...
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Organ donation: Spain holds the world record
With 40 donors per million inhabitants, Spain is the world champion in organ donation. A success linked to a unique ...
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Kidney donation: teacher saves student with rare disease
Responding to a call on social media, an American teacher offered her kidney to a little girl who later turned ...
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Keri Young: the baby is doomed but not his organs
While her baby is condemned, an American woman decided to carry her pregnancy to term for altruistic reasons. She wants ...
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Organ donation: how to express your refusal
The Biomedicine Agency has created an online platform to facilitate the procedures for citizens who do not wish to be ...
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Organ donation: the refusal register opens online
The law is changing and strengthening suspected organ donation. Access to the national register of refusals is also simplified by ...
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Organ donation: presumed consent from January 1
Consent to organ donation will now be presumed. In case of refusal, the families will have to provide a written ...
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