Etiket: transplants
why transplants do not return to their pre-Covid level
Many people are waiting for a transplant in France, but organ donations are not high enough. This is the observation of the Biomedicine Agency on the occasion of National Organ…
the lives of patients changed by transplants
Published on 22/06/2023 22:28 Video length: 3 mins. France 3 Article written by J. Ricco, J.-M. Lequertier M.-E. Guided, E. Revidon – France 3 France Televisions Thursday, June 22 is…
the lives of patients changed by transplants
Published on 22/06/2023 22:28 Video length: 3 mins. France 3 Article written by J. Ricco, J.-M. Lequertier M.-E. Guided, E. Revidon – France 3 France Televisions Thursday, June 22 is…
Artificial trachea transplants: two years in prison for a surgeon accused of abuse
Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, once hailed for his advances in trachea surgery, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Wednesday by the Stockholm Court of Appeal…
The hidden face of organ transplants
Imagine undergoing an organ transplant. Ingest every day a cocktail of anti-rejection drugs to, after a few years, die of cancer. This is the tragic fate of some transplant recipients.…
To increase organ transplants, France is implementing a new action plan until 2026
The Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, presented on Monday March 14 the new plan for organ and tissue donation, which provides for more resources and an increase in transplants from…
Nearly 5,300 transplants were performed in 2021, less than before the Covid-19 pandemic
This phenomenon is partly explained by the health crisis, which has repeatedly monopolized the operating theaters. Article written by Posted the 01/12/2022 12:16 Update the 01/12/2022, 13:08 Reading time :…
Science | Animals: the future of organ transplants?
On September 25, American scientists succeeded in making the kidney of a genetically modified pig work on a human. Could this breakthrough represent the future of organ transplants? Posted on…
Dubé defends the directive on the refusal of transplants to non-vaccinated people at the CHUM
The CHUM’s decision to limit access to lung transplants to unvaccinated people is based on medical and clinical reasons, Health Minister Christian Dubé said on Tuesday. “It is really a…