General
	Woman has first face transplant

	WHO proposes global agenda on Transplantation

	Dilemma over live-donor transplantation
	Bulletin of the World Health Organization \| January 2007, 85 (1)
	UK Organ donor system overhaul call
	Government advisers have recommended a radical overhaul of the UK organ donor network. 13/01/2008
	First bioartificial heart may signal end of organ shortage
	The revolutionary research could overcome the shortage of replacement hearts and other organs, and do away with the need for antirejection drugs, according to an American team. January-2008
	Cavadas will make the first arm transplant, placed over the elbow.
	El doctor Pedro Cavadas anunció ayer que ya tiene candidato para realizar un tercer trasplante de brazos, el primero del mundo que se hará por encima del codo.January. 2008.
Highlight
	Current concerns in transplantation
	Bulletin of the World Health Organization. December 2007, 85 (12)
	International perspectives on the ethics and regulation of human cell and tissue transplantation
	Bulletin of the World Health Organization. December 2007;85 (12):941–948.
	The state of the international organ trade: a provisional picture based on integration of available
	Bulletin of the World Health Organization. December 2007;85:955–962.
	Pakistan: Human Organs and Tissue Transplantation Ordinance 2007 passed
	International Medical Travel Journal (17/09/2007)
	Kidney racket scandal shocks country
	The uncovering of an illegal kidney transplant racket in a booming IT city has gripped India. January,2008
	Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism
	May 2008
	Newsletter Transplant 2008. Council of Europe
	July 2008

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