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US baby with rare illness treated with tailor-made gene edit
AFP, Published on 16/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - A US infant with a rare condition has become history's first patient to be treated with a personalised gene-editing technique that raises hopes for other people with obscure illnesses, doctors said Thursday.
Bumrungrad Transforms Lives with World-Class Organ Transplants
Published on 06/02/2025
» Organ transplantation is a medical marvel that saves lives and offers renewed hope to patients suffering from chronic diseases like kidney disease, liver cirrhosis, and heart failure. Moreover, corneal transplants restore sight, enabling individuals to return to normal life and experience a higher quality of life.
Rajavithi achieves 1st for state hospital
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/01/2024
» Rajavithi Hospital has become the first state-run hospital to successfully perform a simultaneous liver-kidney transplant on a patient, the Department of Medical Services (DMS) says.
Donating kidney does not affect life expectancy
Life, Published on 28/03/2023
» DEAR DOCTORS: I was surprised to find out that a co-worker gave his nephew a kidney several years ago. He never mentions it and I don't want to invade his privacy, but I would like to know more about the process. What does it take for someone to donate a kidney? Is it safe for them to do it?
Folk-rock pioneer David Crosby dies at 81: US media
AFP, Published on 20/01/2023
» NEW YORK: David Crosby, the trailblazing singer-songwriter whose time with The Byrds and later Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young expanded rock's range, has died, US media reported. He was 81.
David Crosby: the outspoken trailblazer of US folk-rock
AFP, Published on 20/01/2023
» NEW YORK - David Crosby, an influential musical pioneer of the 1960s and 1970s who created a distinctly American brand of folk-rock with the Byrds and later with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, has died. He was 81.
Bumrungrad enhances its eye center by opening the Cornea Transplant Center
Published on 31/10/2022
» According to the World Health Organization, 2.2 billion people experience untreated vision-related health conditions such as myopia, hyperopia, or astigmatism and cataracts. The study of the first rapid assessment of avoidable blindness (RABB) revealed that 92% of blindness in the Thai population is preventable and 76.8% is treatable. Moreover, the top three causes of blindness are: 1) cataracts 2) glaucoma and 3) corneal disease. Frequently, such vision problems are seen in those aged 50 and over. However, these vision problems are now seen in younger and younger people as time goes on.
Transplant success for Siriraj
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/03/2022
» Thailand has conducted its first successful multi-visceral transplant, according to Mahidol University's Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital.
For transplants, Covid complicates the race against time
AFP, Published on 31/08/2021
» MAJADAHONDA (SPAIN) - Its blue lights flashing, the ambulance races along the Madrid ring road towards the airport, the words "organ donation" clearly marked on its side, cars pulling over to let it pass.
Japan newborn gets liver stem cells in world first
AFP, Published on 21/05/2020
» TOKYO - Doctors in Japan have successfully transplanted liver cells derived from embryonic stem cells into a newborn baby, in a world first that could provide new treatment options for infants.