By Caroline Song

In an interview conducted by the UB POST of Mongolia, the State Honored Doctor and Professor of Chronic Kidney Disease Clinic D.Nyamsuren, who is currently the head of the Kidney Transplant Center team at the National Central Hospital in Mongolia, addresses the concern of kidney transplant fees. Currently, a kidney transplant at the National Central Hospital costs 12 million Mongolian Tughrik (MNT), which is roughly $7,000 US dollars. …

By Kayla Santos

A four year old boy in desperate need of a heart transplant was finally given one thanks to the incredible generosity of a grieving family. Although the details have not yet been confirmed due to restrictions of a privacy policy, it is believed that the Guerra family is to thank for a number of donated organs of a brother and sister who perished in a house fire a …

By Juan Duran

In the Lancet, a systemic review and meta-analysis on current state of chronic kidney disease in Sub-Saharan Africa was published as a call to action for national health policies for the early detection and treatment of end-stage kidney disease. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is currently ranked 18th amongst the leading global causes of death up from 27th in 1990. This rise has been accompanied by an 82% increase …

By Kayla Santos

Research shows that patients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation had a high risk of developing cancers including esophageal, colon, oral, skin, and brain and nervous system cancers. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, or HSCT, is the transplantation of multi potent hematopoietic stem cells, from sources such as bone marrow, peripheral blood or umbilical blood, into a patient. The transplant is risky and is therefore performed primarily on …

NEW YORK, February 10, 2014: Ana Lita attended the recent panel discussion entitled, “Is Aging Reversible? Can We Reset the Clock?” organized by the German Center for Research and Innovation, located at the German House, 871 United Nations Plaza. The event was also co-sponsored by Leopoldina, the German National Academy of Sciences. As life expectancy increases, age-related diseases and cognitive disorders are becoming more prevalent. Are age-related decreases in cognitive and behavioral …

By Juan Duran

In 2002, the Netherlands was the first country in Europe to legalize euthanasia for adults as well as seriously sick patients 12 years of age and older. This week, Belgium, which already allows euthanasia for adults, passed a measure through its upper house lifting all age restriction on legal and medical induced death, making it the first country to do so. The law says that children under …

By Kaitlyn Schaeffer

Everyone knows that organ donation saves lives, but this process entails consequences, risks, and other variables that are still unknown. In light of this, many researchers have undertaken studies to better understand such mysterious factors. Recently, the World Health Organization gathered and synthesized data indicating the long-term success rates of kidney donations, from both live donors and cadavers, from various countries around the world. The …

By Juan Duran

In the article, Manufacturing Organs: Harvard Bioscience spin-off is stepping up its production of synthetic tracheas to supply clinical trials. The author talks about a Boston-area company, the Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology (HART’s) that is planning to begin scaling up the manufacturing of synthetic organs here in the United States for patients in a clinical trial. In addition, Hart already has a similar project underway in Russia …

By Kaitlyn Schaeffer

The Quebec national assembly could pass Bill 52, also known as the ‘Dying With Dignity’ Act, as early as this week. The Act was informed by both European and American legislation concerning medical aid in dying. Like the European model, Bill 52 takes “unbearable suffering” to be the key factor for requesting aid in dying, and would legalize both physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. The difference …

By Julie Killian

Carl Vowels is one of about 1,800 residents in Wisconsin waiting to receive a kidney for transplant since 2008, when his kidney disease turned into kidney failure. At the age of 45 Carl must endure peritoneal dialysis every night, due to the fact that he has no functioning kidneys.
The demands of keeping him alive have compromised his ability to take care of his family. His wife, Michelle Vowels, has …