Podcasts by Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Research Focus Transplantation Medicine (LMU) - HD
Transplantation medicine is considered a pacesetter for medical innovations. Aside from the development of highly complex surgical methods, interdisciplinary cooperation and close collaboration with basic medical research have always been necessary in order to master the challenges of transplantation medicine. Understanding the immune system as well as controlling tissue rejection through targeted medication were the prerequisites of our current ability to "routinely" perform transplants in the case of terminal organ failure. But beyond medical feasibility, transplantation medicine also has to wrestle with societal, ethical and legal problems. Questions related to distributive justice (utility principle versus urgency) or organ donation (e.g. presumed consent, organ donation after cerebral death, remunerated organ donation) require further transdisciplinary discussion in order to gain societal acceptance and legitimacy.
Within the CAS Research Focus, these questions will be discussed with a broad interdisciplinary audience as well as socially, ethically and legally contextualized. The aim of the research focus is to establish an interdisciplinary network at LMU.
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Brain Death as a Prerequisite for Organ Donation from 2013-06-24T20:15
Determining brain death by neurological criteria plays a pivotal role in medical and organ donation practices. On the basis of certain scientific criteria, a procedure was developed that can assure...
ListenOrgan Transplantation and the Gap between Supply and Demand from 2013-02-26T19:15
While the advances in science and medicine have made organ transplantation a widely used and effective treatment option for various conditions, there is a significant gap between the high demand fo...
ListenDie gesetzlichen Grenzen der Lebendorganspende in Deutschland und Österreich from 2012-10-30T19:15
Das deutsche ebenso wie das − sich derzeit noch im Entwurf befindliche − österreichische Transplantationsgesetz setzen der Lebendorganspende verschieden enge Grenzen; Grenzen, die dem (potentiellen...
ListenThe Global State of Organ Transplantation from 2012-07-12T00:00
Organ transplantation has evolved to more than 100 countries with transplantation services throughout the world. Each country is challenged by providing a sufficient number of organ donors for pati...
ListenAls Geschenk das Leben from 2012-06-26T19:15
Die Schreckensgeschichten über verkaufte Körper und illegalen Organhandel sind so etwas wie das schwarze Spiegelbild der expandierenden Transplantationsmedizin der letzten dreißig Jahre: Offensicht...
ListenXenogene Herz- und Inseltransplantationen from 2012-02-06T18:15
Der erste Vortrag der Vortragsreihe des Schwerpunktes "Wissenschaftlicher und gesellschaftlicher Transfer in der Transplantationsmedizin" wird einen Einblick in die Grundlagenforschung der Transpla...
ListenLebendspende in der Organtransplantation - Diskussion from 2011-12-02T19:00
Der Mangel an Spendern führt in Deutschland jeden Tag dazu, dass Patienten vergeblich auf das rettende Spenderorgan warten. Die selbstlose Lebendspende einer Niere oder eines Teils der Leber durch ...
ListenLebendspende in der Organtransplantation - Teil 1 from 2011-12-02T17:00
Der Mangel an Spendern führt in Deutschland jeden Tag dazu, dass Patienten vergeblich auf das rettende Spenderorgan warten. Die selbstlose Lebendspende einer Niere oder eines Teils der Leber durch ...
ListenLebendspende in der Organtransplantation - Teil 2 from 2011-12-02T15:00
Der Mangel an Spendern führt in Deutschland jeden Tag dazu, dass Patienten vergeblich auf das rettende Spenderorgan warten. Die selbstlose Lebendspende einer Niere oder eines Teils der Leber durch ...
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