http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/transplant 2008-11-24T08:56:47Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63333-stem-cells-used-in-organ-surgery-20-november-2008 2008-11-24T08:56:47Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zX7LPgWgvsQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zX7LPgWgvsQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63333-stem-cells-used-in-organ-surgery-20-november-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79396" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>European doctors have successfully given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells.</p> <p>The ground-breaking procedure could revolutionise how doctors carry out organ transplants in the future. Al Jazeera's Fergal Parkinson finds out more.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63333-stem-cells-used-in-organ-surgery-20-november-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54775-101-east-singapore-kidneys-for-sale-24-sep-08-part-1 2008-10-31T09:31:31Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EWHPZLahIS4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EWHPZLahIS4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54775-101-east-singapore-kidneys-for-sale-24-sep-08-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66442" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>101 East looks at the cost of legalising kidney sales in Singapore and discusses the government's plans to consider a radical plan to legalise kidney sales, in a bid to provide a safe medical environment for the donor and kidney patient.</p> <p>Singapore kidney patients spend hours every week on costly dialysis treatment while waiting for a transplant <br />Singapore has the fifth highest number of kidney failures in the world.</p> <p>Kidney patients face costly dialysis treatments and waits of up to 10 years for a suitable donor. Some desperate patients resort to the black market and pay tens of thousands of dollars for illegal kidney transplants overseas.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54775-101-east-singapore-kidneys-for-sale-24-sep-08-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54774-101-east-singapore-kidneys-for-sale-24-sep-08-part-2 2008-10-31T09:31:31Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KN4Y3sICowE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KN4Y3sICowE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54774-101-east-singapore-kidneys-for-sale-24-sep-08-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66441" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>101 East looks at the cost of legalising kidney sales in Singapore and discusses the government's plans to consider a radical plan to legalise kidney sales, in a bid to provide a safe medical environment for the donor and kidney patient.</p> <p>Singapore kidney patients spend hours every week on costly dialysis treatment while waiting for a transplant <br />Singapore has the fifth highest number of kidney failures in the world.</p> <p>Kidney patients face costly dialysis treatments and waits of up to 10 years for a suitable donor. Some desperate patients resort to the black market and pay tens of thousands of dollars for illegal kidney transplants overseas.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54774-101-east-singapore-kidneys-for-sale-24-sep-08-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29086-inside-story-organ-trafficking-controversy-12-feb-08-pt-1 2008-11-04T18:18:43Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N02jnzCT3Rg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N02jnzCT3Rg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/29086-inside-story-organ-trafficking-controversy-12-feb-08-pt-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/31279" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Indian doctor Amit Kumar has been arrested in connection with a transplant racket.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/29086-inside-story-organ-trafficking-controversy-12-feb-08-pt-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29087-inside-story-organ-trafficking-controversy-12-feb-08-pt-2 2008-11-04T18:13:33Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bc6Yuc0i-Gs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bc6Yuc0i-Gs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/29087-inside-story-organ-trafficking-controversy-12-feb-08-pt-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/31280" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Indian doctor Amit Kumar has been arrested in connection with a transplant racket.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/29087-inside-story-organ-trafficking-controversy-12-feb-08-pt-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/28483-suspected-kidney-scam-mastermind-held-in-nepal-08-feb-08 2008-10-19T15:30:35Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_lpBvJKxH7Y&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_lpBvJKxH7Y&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/28483-suspected-kidney-scam-mastermind-held-in-nepal-08-feb-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30636" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>It's being described as one of the largest organ transplant rackets ever uncovered and brings to an end an international manhunt.</p> <p>An Indian doctor accused of duping and sometimes forcing hundreds of Indians to give up their kidneys, has been arrested in Nepal. </p> <p>Doctor Amit Kumar is alleged to have sold more than 500 organs over 9 years to wealthy clients.</p> <p>The case has highlighted the dark underside of India's growing popularity as a destination for medical tourists.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/28483-suspected-kidney-scam-mastermind-held-in-nepal-08-feb-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/28468-indian-kidney-transplant-doctor-arrested-8-feb-08 2008-10-19T15:30:32Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ur7WRvh_un4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ur7WRvh_un4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/28468-indian-kidney-transplant-doctor-arrested-8-feb-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30621" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>An Indian doctor accused of tricking and sometimes forcing hundreds of India's poorest people to give up their kidneys, has been arrested in Nepal. </p> <p>The case has highlighted the dark underside of India's growing popularity as a destination for medical tourists.</p> <p>But this scandal has shocked the country, sparking debates about medical ethics and organ transplant laws.</p> <p>Bernard Smith reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/28468-indian-kidney-transplant-doctor-arrested-8-feb-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/27571-indian-illegal-organ-trafficking-01-feb-08 2008-10-18T15:30:15Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dboNgsOTt_s&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dboNgsOTt_s&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/27571-indian-illegal-organ-trafficking-01-feb-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/29628" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Police in India say the alleged leader of an organ trafficking network may now have fled the country. Dr Ahmed Kumar is on the run after a raid on a private hospital in Delhi where he is thought to have performed hundreds of illegal organ transplants. Many of his alleged victims were poor immigrant labourers whose organs were sold to wealthy patients. Al Jazeera's Matt McClure reports from the Indian capital.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/27571-indian-illegal-organ-trafficking-01-feb-08">Watch the video</a>