The Discoverer interview: Robert Lanza: this physician is developing tools to reverse paralysis, regenerate the heart, even undo autoimmune disease--all from a corporate park in Massachusetts. What is holding him back?
Whether defying the dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine so he could publish a book on world health or challenging the titans of cosmology, Robert Lanza has never followed the script. It's no wonder, then, that this renegade doctor would lead the charge into medicine's most...

SCC 250 times more likely in transplant patients.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA. -- More than half of patients who undergo organ transplantation will develop a skin cancer, often within the first 5 years after surgery, according to Dr. Henry Randle. Most of the cancers associated with transplant surgery are squamous cell carcinomas (SCC), which tend to appear...

Chris Barnard--a further tribute.
To the Editor: May I add a personal anecdote to Professor Terblanche's letter of August 2007 about the late Christiaan Barnard and his treatment by a biographer. (1) Whenever I am drawn into mentioning that I was a house surgeon under Chris for a few months in...

City woman gets fresh lease of life.
PUNE: Nirmal Sharma (61) of Pune is probably the first patient in the country to have undergone a liver-cum-kidney transplant from live donors. The surgery was performed on her at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi in September. Addressing a news conference here on Thursday,...

Who wielded the expert knife for Amit?
Byline: Abantika Ghosh NEW DELHI: A highly skilled transplant surgeon requires two to three hours to do a kidney transplant. Any other surgeon would need at least seven-eight hours for the job, with chances of complications being very high. A properly equipped operation theatre that...

Dad's liver saves junk food lover.
Byline: Malathy Iyer MUMBAI: Tardeo teenager Pranay Poojari loves fast bikes, but has been asked to go slow. He has also been told to shun the roadside kebabs he used to gorge on thrice a week. The 18-year-old is recovering from a liver transplant he had to...

'Awake' puts audiences to sleep; 'The Mist' just leaves them cold.
Supposedly, according to the publicity surrounding the new movie "Awake," one in 700 people wake up during surgery in the United States every year. The real risk here is that this might also be the number of people who stay awake during the film. "Awake" is an...

Contemplating a bone graft.
I am 52 years old, and have run for 22 years and played all kinds of other sports. I no longer run on pavement. My right knee was diagnosed with osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) and I had meniscus surgery on the same knee a year and a half ago. At...

Pak another thriving illegal organ market.
NEW DELHI: It appears that the trade in illegal organ transplants is a thriving one in the subcontinent. In a disturbing trend, several hospitals in Delhi have complained about Indian patients going to Pakistan for kidney transplants and returning with severe complications. "The trend started two years...

AIDS Activist Larry Kramer Recovering Following Liver Transplant Surgery; Transplant Brings Focus to Issue of Co-Infection in Patients with HIV.
PITTSBURGH -- Larry Kramer, acclaimed writer and renowned AIDS activist, underwent liver transplant surgery on Dec. 21 at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). Kramer, who has human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), needed the life-saving transplant because of end-stage liver failure caused by hepatitis B. He is...