How to grow human mini-livers in the lab to help solve liver disease
In a first, the organ was genetically engineered using induced pluripotent stem cells, a type of stem cell that can be generated from adult skin …
Ray of hope for transplant patients
A bill introduced during the last session of Parliament seeks to change the definition of death from when the heart stops beating to when the …
Spare parts any takers?
The ethics of transplanting an organ from one species to another is debatable as the dangers involved are too many and unknown
Edge of unreason
From a little-known Gurgaon doctor in 2008 to the alleged involvement of a nephrologist from Delhi's Apollo hospital today, the kidney racket …
UK’s first successful womb transplant – key questions answered
We need to take care that in going to such great lengths to make gestational parenting possible, we are not creating a hierarchy in which the …
Malady to miracle: Leprosy bacteria grows liver in armadillos, gives hope for human organ regeneration
Study finds bacteria of the chronic infectious disease reprogrammed certain cells into ‘stem-like cells’
Pig heart transplant: A history of the animal’s contribution to medical sciences
In 1997, two surgeons were jailed when an Indian patient died after a pig organ transplant
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 7, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Tensions that continue
While launching this newsmagazine, our founder-editor Anil Agarwal had said that in the years ahead, India will have to seize every possible …