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Hope vs hype: What has been achieved in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine?
Tissue engineering and organ regeneration expert, Dr Ekaterine Berishvili, discusses the progress, opportunities and challenges of regeneration and repair in organ transplantation.
The growing burden...
Research finds living donors superior for paediatric kidney transplant
A new study from UC Davis Health suggests that paediatric kidney transplant patients will experience better long-term outcomes when the organ is received from...
NICE recommend new treatment to support kidney transplant
A new treatment recommended by NICE increases the chance of a successful kidney transplant and could revolutionise future surgeries.
In the new final draft guidance,...
Virtual biopsy could revolutionise heart transplant care
A new MRI technique could transform heart transplant surgeries, reducing complications and hospital admissions.
Heart transplant surgery aims to replace a damaged or failing heart...
Creating universal blood type organs for transplants
Researchers have proved it is possible to create universal blood type organs, decreasing mortality for patients on the waitlist.
The study, performed at the Latner...
Organ transplants fell by a third during first wave of COVID-19
The number of solid organ transplants performed globally dropped by 31% during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study has revealed.
Research...
New COVID-19 insights could improve outcomes for transplant patients
People who have received a solid organ transplant are more likely to suffer from severe COVID-19 infection, new research has found.
A team of researchers...
FRESH 3D-printing could revolutionise organ transplantation
A new 3D-bioprinting method has tackled a common problem with the 3D-printing of organs which could help revolutionise organ transplantation.
Research into 3D bioprinting has...
Governments must act on China’s forced organ harvesting
In November 2020, the China Tribunal presented evidence of forced organ harvesting in the country to the UK Parliament’s newly formed China Research Group...
Reducing liver transplant waiting-list mortality in Europe
A European study has demonstrated that prioritising patients for liver disease transplants using the Model for End-stage Liver Disease Sodium (MELD-Na) score could reduce...
Forced organ harvesting: “This is beyond understanding”
Professor Jacob Lavee, co-founder of Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting, tells Health Europa Quarterly about organ theft and forced transplantation in China
Professor Jacob Lavee...
Exposed: Western companies allegedly complicit in China’s organ scandal
A new report has alleged that international medical and pharmaceutical companies are complicit in China’s organ transplant scandal.
The report has, for the first time,...
China’s voluntary organ donation ‘failure’ exposes organ harvesting crimes
A new report has concluded that figures disclosed by the Chinese Government conform almost precisely to a mathematical formula.
The publication of the first ever...
China’s organ transplant crimes delivered to UN Human Rights Council
Today, China’s forced organ harvesting crimes were announced at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the first time in the Council’s history.
Organ...
Can researchers treat liver failure without the need for liver transplants?
Researchers have used single cell RNA sequencing to identify a type of cell that may be able to regenerate liver tissue, treating liver failure...
Discover how survivors of China’s organ transplant trade are to mobilise across all major...
Tens of thousands of people will take to the streets across the world, as pressure mounts for China to end the persecution of Falun...
Organ harvesting: International Tribunal condemns China’s hidden transplant crimes
Reporting final judgement following worldwide accusations of forced organ harvesting in China, finding and report has thrown a glaring light on a 20 year...
What do you know about the world of forced organ harvesting?
The second public hearings of the Independent Tribunal into forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China (China Tribunal) is taking place in...
Organ transplant promoted by engineered T cells
Researchers at the University of Basel, Switzerland have discovered a molecular approach preventing organ transplant rejection.
Organ transplant rejection is a major problem in transplantation...
HepatoPredict: stratifying liver cancer patients for transplantation
The HepatoPredict - a powerful predictive tool to accurately select hepatocellular carcinoma patients for successful liver transplantation.
Dr José Pereira Leal, the founder and executive...