Organ transplant

As the lead surgeon in a major hospital, and by virtue of seniority and the key decision maker for organ transplant cases, involving Jerry, 55-year-old male, a family man and mid-level manager, Lisa 12-year-old female with lifelong health issues, Ozzy, 38-year-old male who happened to be a homeless drug abuser, and finally Dr.Doe, 35-year-old male an oncologist and also Lisa’s dad. Who are all waiting and hoping for suitable heart to become available and a quick sound decision to be made…

year, hundreds of people in the United Kingdom die while waiting for organ transplants. There simply are not enough organs available. In an effort to curtail these deaths, scientists in the United States have begun research into human-pig chimeric embryos. These embryos are carried inside sows with the expectation that eventually they will be carried to term and born with human organs that can be transplanted to patients on organ donor waiting lists. It is an ingenious solution, but some people…

An organ donation is defined as a transplant that can be a surgical or nonsurgical procedure that takes an organ from a donor and replaces the damaged or failing organ with a new one, but it is much more than that (Ethics of Organ Transplantation 5). An organ donation allows someone another chance at life (The Gift of a Lifetime 1). For someone to be able to receive an organ transplant, he has to be put on the organ donation list. Patients are first evaluated by a physician from a hospital that…

Linda Griffith etal (2002) states that tissue engineering exploits living cells to restore tissues and organs through transplantation. Organ transplantation can improve the quality of life of patients with organ failure (Herman Waldmann,1999). According to Arthur Caplan (1983) the transplantation of organs with the aid of immunosuppressive drugs has been successful over the years for bone marrow, hearts, livers, lungs, pancreases and spleens for example. To improve the donor pool, proposals can…

Researchers manipulate stem cells to treat common diseases by carrying out stem cell transplants. These transplants, also known as bone marrow transplants, infuse healthy stem cells into the patient’s body to replace damaged or disease ridden ones. The stem cells can come from the patient, a relative of the patient (related transplant), or an unrelated donor who’s stem cells are compatible with the patient (unrelated transplant). The stem cells that are…

people waiting for an organ transplant, with only 30,000 organ donors available in the United States (“Data”). Consequently, organ procurement organizations, which collect and distribute donated organs, are under intense pressure to increase the frequency and availability of these donations. Unfortunately, many patients waiting for a transplant will die before ever receiving one. This has inspired discussions that question whether the nation should explore alternative avenues of organ donation…

First heart transplant was performed in 1967 by Dr. Christiaan Barnard. After that roughly 5,000 heart transplants were performed worldwide each year about 2,000 are performed in the United States (7). Some organs can donate when patient is not braindead, such as kidneys and livers, while on the other hand organs like heart, eyes, pancreases and skin cannot donate when patient is alive. A heart transplant is transplant procedure by surgery where the malfunctioning heart or heart related disease…

Organ supplies are stagnant and scarce. This poses a critical issue. Fortunately with today’s technology, (aside from human transplantation) two major potential solutions have derived: xenotransplantation (the process of replacing human organs with animal organs) and organ engineering or tissue engineering (creating tissues and organs from human cells). Aside from the promising benefits and breakthroughs, these two methods are far from perfect, and although there has been successful cases, there…

Special consideration for oncology and organ transplant patients. Oncology is a discipline in medicine that involves cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. An oncology patient is an individual suffering from any form of cancer and is undergoing treatment (Lanzkowsky, 2011). Organ transplant is a procedure in medicine that involves removing a body organ from the donor and being placed in the body of the recipient so as to replace a missing or damaged organ (Farber & Abrahams, 2009).…

you are in dire need of. Your life depends on one organ, but you are on a waiting list with thousands of people ahead of you. Every year in the United States, thousands of people die waiting to receive an organ. It is illegal to buy and sell organs in the United States, and people are so desperate for organs they turn to the black market for organs. A new process for organ transplantation is needed in the U.S. so we can increase the amount of organs we have available for people in need and…