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Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital Marks 9,000 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Milestone

SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Catholic Hematology Hospital, a subsidiary of Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, said Thursday that it became the world’s first singular institution to carry out 9,000 successful hematopoietic stem cell transplants. Patients suffering from leukemia and hematologic malignancy go through radiation therapy to kill the cancer cells, and receive hematopoietic [...]

Gov’t Revises Law to Allow Lung Donations from Living People

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Patients suffering from pulmonary diseases will be able to receive lung transplant operations using organs donated by living people, the government said Friday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said a revision to the relevant law was passed on Dec. 27, with the motion set to take effect following [...]