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The 40-year-old man who got the worlds third successful penis transplant wants to colour-correct his penis through extensive medical tattooing. (Photo: Pixabay)

Green corridor made for organ transplant

On Thursday evening, a team of Neurologists at the private hospital under the supervision of observers from the state...

12 Nov 2017 7:25 AM IST

The boys operation took place at Indraprastha hospital in delhi. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)

Boy from Bangladesh with acute liver failure, gets new life in Delhi...

His condition deteriorated to such an extent that he developed coagulopathy and went into coma.

8 Nov 2017 8:37 AM IST

Child had condition called reflux nephropathy in which urine tends to go back to kidneys (Photo: Pixabay)

Mother donates two organs to save son's life

Devoted mum risks own life to undergo double organ donation for four-year-old son.

20 Jan 2018 3:36 PM IST

The man decided to seek medical attention only when the pain in his penis became unbearable. (Photo: Pixabay)

Wounded soldier gets world's first penis transplant in US operation

A team of 11 surgeons operated on veteran, and transplanted entire penis, scrotum without testicles and partial...

24 April 2018 8:18 AM IST

Without the need for long-term anti-rejection drugs, islet cell transplants could become the treatment option of choice, and possibly a cure, for many people burdened by type 1 diabetes. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Is there a need for anti-rejection drugs after transplant?

Scientists remove need for anti-rejection drugs in transplant recipients.

3 Aug 2019 11:58 AM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

New tech to help bone marrow transplant patients

A new study evaluated an investigational imaging test called 18F-fluorothymidine (18F-FLT).

2 March 2018 12:03 PM IST

The current norm for receiving a womb transplant is that the organ would come from a live family member willing to donate it. (Representational Photo: Pixabay)

World's first baby born via womb transplant from dead donor

The case involved connecting veins from the donor uterus with the recipient's veins as well as linking arteries and...

5 Dec 2018 2:47 PM IST

Humans can already receive pig heart valves and pancreases, but scientists have long sought to make their entire organs, which grow to around human size, available for harvest. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists genetically edit viral infections from piglets

Researchers place edited embryonic cells into chemical cocktail that encourages growth without destructive effects of...

12 Aug 2017 10:41 AM IST