Tag: Transplant medicine
Lung transplant: 35 years of operations at the Großhadern Clinic – Munich
The first lung was transplanted at the Großhadern Clinic 35 years ago. An operation like this gave Geraldine Laprell the chance for a new life. Today she has two children…
Pig kidney transplanted into humans – knowledge
In the USA, a pig kidney has been successfully inserted into a living human for the first time in the world. The man, who suffers from life-threatening kidney disease, had…
Patient representative promotes new organ donation register – Bavaria
The Bavarian patient and care representative, Thomas Zöller (Free Voters), promotes the German organ donation register. The online portal, which will be activated on Monday (March 18), will enable everyone…
Munich Clinic on the Right of the Isar: The agonizingly long wait for a new kidney – Munich
She beams. Eva, 63, hugs her husband closely. Gregor, 50, puts his arm around his wife. He does this again and again. “My darling,” he says and strokes her back.…
RBB documentary “Charité intensive: Against time” on the subject of organ donation: Masterful – Media
It’s true that these hours are unbearable, it’s 120 minutes of horror and fear, tears and anxiety, my God, why can’t these people just survive? RBB shows an intensive insight…
Masterful RBB documentary “Charité intensive: Against time” – media
It’s true that these hours are unbearable, it’s 120 minutes of horror and fear, tears and anxiety, my God, why can’t these people just survive? RBB shows an intensive insight…
Munich: Cardiac surgeon Bruno Reichart turns 80 – Munich
At the first transplant he was immensely excited. “I had so much respect,” he really trembled, says Bruno Reichart. The operation was a success. The patient in whom he implanted…
Munich: How a laboratory in Großhadern gives new life – Munich
Of Nicole Graner Heart, kidney, lung, liver – the waiting lists are long. On it are the names of people who urgently need these organs in order to be able…
Animal study: Cell and organ functions restored after death – Knowledge
A study in pigs raises questions about the line between life and death: US researchers used a special perfusion system – called OrganEx – to restore some cell and organ…
Ear prosthesis from the 3D printer – panorama
The history of the prosthesis is long and varied: Knight Götz von Berlichingen had to make do with an iron hand. The South African Oscar Pistorius outran many a sprinter…