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Stem cell scientists make big progress in building mini-kidneys
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 16 (ANI): A team of scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has created what could be a key building block for assembling a synthetic kidney.
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Study suggests lipid droplets protect kidney cells from being damaged
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 22 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers from the Francis Crick Institute discovered how microscopic structures called lipid droplets may help to prevent a high-fat diet causing damage to the kidneys.
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Changes in proteins play important role in ageing kidneys, study finds
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 5 (ANI): Studying protein changes in the kidneys as we age, as well as the transcription of genes into proteins, helps provide a full picture of the age-related processes that take place in these organs, says a recent study published in eLife.
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Only 25 pc of father's kidneys are functioning, says Tejaswi after meeting
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], December 19 (ANI): Leader of the Opposition in Bihar Tejaswi Yadav met his father and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav in Ranchi on Saturday.
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Heart, liver, lungs, kidneys of a brain dead accident victim transplanted
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa), [India] December 9 (ANI): The heart, liver, lungs, and kidneys of a brain dead road accident victim were transplanted on other recipients under the state government's deceased donor transplant programme known as the Nave Jivit.
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Blood clots, lung injuries found in patients who have died of COVID-19: St
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 21 (ANI): Ten post-mortem examinations performed on patients with confirmed COVID-19 found that all patients had lung injuries and early scarring of the lungs as a result of the virus, as well as injury to their kidneys.
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In communal harmony message on Eid, people of Alappuzha collect money for
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India], May 25 (ANI): In an act of kindness on Eid-ul-Fitr, people from all religions of Vattayal in Alappuzha district united to collect money for the surgery of 36-year-old Mohammed Rafi, whose both kidneys failed, thereby sending a message of communal harmony.
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Skilled team and technology makes transplants efficient at Manipal Hospita
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] March 20 (ANI/PRNewswire): It is no longer a death sentence for patients with both kidneys and liver or kidneys and pancreas failure. A dual transplant is possible, and the patient can resume a near-normal life.
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Kidneys weighing 7 kgs and 5.8 kgs removed from 4-yer-old man at Mumbai h
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 25 (ANI): A 41-year-old man, suffering from Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) recently underwent kidney transplant surgery at a hospital in Mumbai in which doctors removed both of his kidneys weighing 7 kilograms and 5.8 kilograms each.
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Odisha govt to felicitate family of road accident victim for donating kidn
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Feb 6 (ANI): The Odisha government on Wednesday announced to felicitated the family and bear the expenses for the medical treatment of the daughter of deceased Priyanka Rani Patra, whose kidneys were donated and transplanted on two different patients on Tuesday.
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Mediterranean diet can preserve transplanted kidneys, suggests study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): As revealed by a new study, the Mediterranean diet is the way to go for kidney transplant recipients as it has shown promise in reducing the risk of organ loss.
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Study shows how burning energy is associated with brown fat
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 1 (ANI): A recent research has found that burning more energy helps in having more brown fat. Brown fat is found close to the nervous system, up to the spine, around the throat and near the kidneys.
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