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Japan will this month begin prioritizing for heart transplants patients who are at high risk of dying within one month without the procedure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/24/japan/science-health/heart-transplants-prioritization/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #heartdisease #transplants

Patients with urgent, high-risk conditions to get heart transplant priority

The policy shift aims to reduce deaths of patients waiting for transplants, particularly those at high risk of dying from complications.

The Japan Times

Emeritus Prof Christopher May 1d ago

The UK had a world beating organ transplant service (in the NHS) but now due to staffing problems & old(er) technologies it lags other European counties on the number of transplants successfully achieved & the subsequent survival rate.

Even though we 'harvest' organs at a rate in line with other counties we use a lower proportion for actual transplants.

Its just one more fatal consequence of the Tory engineered (but continuing) NHS crisis.

#NHS #transplants #politics
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyrj8rz6jno

UK transplant system, once world-leading, now lags behind

The UK has failed to keep pace with the rest of the world. Can it regain its status, and how?

BBC News

CBC Newfoundland & Labrador Mar 11

Surgeon, patient decry 5-year wait time for cornea transplants in N.L.
A Conception Bay South man says the estimated five-year wait time for cornea transplants in Newfoundland and Labrador — one of only two provinces without an organ bank for eye tissue — is far too long.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/wait-time-cornea-transplant-nl-9.7122474?cmp=rss

Kpop News Hub Mar 2

Chainsaws and brain transplants in Doctor Shin » Dramabeans #brain #Chainsaws #Doctor #Dramabeans #Shin #transplants
https://kpopnewshub.com/chainsaws-and-brain-transplants-in-doctor-shin-dramabeans/?fsp_sid=16524

Chainsaws and brain transplants in Doctor Shin » Dramabeans - KpopNewsHub – Latest K-Pop News, Idols & Korean Entertainment

Leaving all sense and reason at the door, TV Chosun makes anything possible in the melo-thriller world of Doctor Shin. And the makjang meter is only rising

Kpop News Hub

Want Hair Mar 2

WTF: What the FUE Podcast – When Hair Transplants Strike Back!

#FUEPodcast #HairTransplantUK #Transplants #WantHair

Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJjqlkM1QbU

WTF: What the FUE Podcast – When Hair Transplants Strike Back!

YouTube

Kpop News Hub Feb 22

Doctor Shin transplants a mother's brain into her comatose daughter #brain #comatose #Daughter #Doctor #Mothers #Shin #transplants
https://kpopnewshub.com/doctor-shin-transplants-a-mothers-brain-into-her-comatose-daughter/?fsp_sid=14380

Doctor Shin transplants a mother's brain into her comatose daughter - KpopNewsHub – Latest K-Pop News, Idols & Korean Entertainment

In its first teaser, TV Chosun’s upcoming drama Doctor Shin reveals the brewing tension between a genius surgeon and a woman whose brain falls to ruin

Kpop News Hub

The Japan Times Feb 18

Two women have successfully given birth using transplanted ovarian tissues that had been frozen before they underwent cancer treatment, a Japanese team has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/18/japan/science-health/frozen-ovarian-transplants/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #pregnancy #women039sissues #cancer #transplants

Two women in Japan give birth after frozen ovarian transplants

It is rare that post-transplant pregnancies and childbirths by those who entered menopause due to cancer treatment have been closely monitored.

The Japan Times

All Scientifical Feb 15

What statistics are observed in kidney transplantation? #statistics #kidneyhealth #transplants ... Continue to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eyoEN8tz3Y

Paul Sochacki Feb 7

That's pretty cool- we were able to transplant a "universal donor" kidney into a braindead patient and it seemed to work (they don't really go into the details). The scientists in the article converted a type A kidney to a type O kidney prior to transplant by treating it with enzymes to remove offending sugar groups.

#healthcare #transplants #medicine #research #bloodtype

https://www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-scientists-created-a-universal-kidney-to-match-any-blood-type

Breakthrough: Scientists Created a 'Universal' Kidney To Match Any Blood Type

After a decade of work, researchers are closer than ever to a key breakthrough in kidney transplants: being able to transfer kidneys from donors with different blood types than the recipients, which could significantly speed up waiting times and save lives.

ScienceAlert

Ars Technica News Jan 29

Custom machine kept man alive without lungs for 48 hours https://arstechni.ca/Uk55 #bioengineering #engineering #transplants #breathing #infection #machinery #Health #lungs

Custom machine kept man alive without lungs for 48 hours

Infections had turned his lungs to soup and had to be cleared before transplant.

Ars Technica