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TRANSPLANTS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 25, 2017
30% of Japanese may reject transplants of iPS cells derived from others: study
Some 30 percent of Japanese may experience rejection after receiving transplants of cells developed from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells derived from someone other than the patient, a Japanese research team has found.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 11, 2017
Pig organs made safer as potential human transplants
Scientists at a Massachusetts company seeking to make pig organs safe enough to be transplanted into humans have used gene-editing technology to clone piglets that lack a potentially dangerous retrovirus, according to a study released Thursday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 2, 2017
Nagoya hospital to consider offering womb transplants
A Nagoya hospital will set up a project team to consider womb transplants for women born without a uterus or whose uterus has been surgically removed due to cancer or other conditions, the hospital said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 3, 2017
In a first, Okayama hospital combines healthy parts of donor's lungs to make one for transplant
The recipient is in stable condition and should be discharged from the hospital in about three months.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 14, 2017
Okayama University team to conduct lung transplant operation in Vietnam
Okayama University Hospital said Tuesday it will conduct a lung transplant operation on a 6-year-boy in Vietnam on or around Feb. 21.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 26, 2017
Todai-led team creates mouse pancreas in rat in treatment breakthrough
A team led by University of Tokyo researchers has successfully created a healthy pancreas from mouse stem cells inside the body of a rat, in a first between different species, a study published in the British science journal Nature showed.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 19, 2016
New treatment keeps liver transplant patients healthy without immunosuppressants: Japanese researchers
Seven out of 10 people who were administered specially treated lymphocytes shortly after undergoing living-donor liver transplants at Hokkaido University Hospital have remained in good health without having to rely on immunosuppressive drugs, researchers said Thursday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 8, 2016
Seventh liver transplant death linked to Kobe hospital revealed
A man in his 50s died after receiving a liver transplanted from a living donor at a Kobe hospital last March, raising to seven the number of fatalities among the 10 patients who have undergone the operation at the facility, sources said Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 10, 2015
Disabled Kentucky boy, 6, receives 'bionic' hand for Christmas
A 6-year-old Kentucky boy born with a malformed right hand because of a rare disorder has received what he called his best Christmas gift ever — a "bionic" prosthetic made from 3-D printing technology.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 8, 2015
Kobe probes hospital over liver transplant deaths
The Kobe Municipal Government inspected a newly opened hospital on Monday where five out of nine patients who received livers from living donors died within a month of undergoing the procedure.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 5, 2015
Texas doctors perform historic skull and scalp transplant surgery on man with cancer
A man whose cancer left him with severe damage to the top of the head has received what his doctors in Houston describe as the first skull and scalp transplant, the MD Anderson Cancer Center said on Thursday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 8, 2015
Transplant group drafting guidelines for recipients who want to conceive
In a world first, guidelines are being drafted in Japan on how to treat female organ-transplant recipients who want to give birth while taking immunosuppressive drugs.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 23, 2015
Liver transplant deaths at Kobe hospital avoidable, says report
Three of four people who died within a month of their liver transplants could have been saved, according to the summary of a forthcoming report on suspected malpractice.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2015
New Kobe hospital to halt liver transplants after deaths of four patients
A Kobe hospital where four of seven liver transplant recipients have died since it opened in November is temporarily halting operations.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2015
Organs of brain-dead girl in Osaka harvested for transplant
Several organs were harvested Wednesday from a young girl who had been declared brain dead at Osaka University Hospital in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, in the third organ transplant case in Japan involving a child under the age of 6.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2014
Child under 6 donates organs for transplant; second case ever in Japan
Several organs are harvested from a young girl after she was declared brain dead.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 21, 2014
Cell transplant allows paralyzed man to walk again
A Bulgarian man who was paralyzed from the chest down in a knife attack can now walk with the aid of a frame after receiving pioneering transplant treatment using cells from his nose.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 18, 2014
Japanese researchers compile guidelines for uterus transplants
A research group involving Keio and Kyoto university members on Sunday released guidelines to realize uterus transplants in Japan for women who do not have the organ due to a congenital disease or cancer operation.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 27, 2014
Mice with ALS live longer with iPS treatment, study says
Researchers say they can prolong the lives of mice with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by about 10 days, a finding that could lead to treating the neurodegenerative disorder in humans.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 23, 2014
Superbug threat requires urgent world action: scientists
Superbugs resistant to drugs pose a serious worldwide threat and demand a response on the same scale as efforts to combat climate change, specialists on infectious diseases said on Thursday.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Golden Week crowds greeted with high temperatures as holiday period kicks off
The departure lobby for domestic flights is crowded with travelers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of this year's Golden Week holidays.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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