Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On transplants

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. Which was the first human organ to be transplanted successfully?

Kidney

In 1954, Joeseph E. Murray and his colleagues at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston performed the first truly successful kidney transplant from one twin to another. https://web.stanford.edu/dept/HPST/transplant/html/history.html

Heart

In 1954, Joeseph E. Murray and his colleagues at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston performed the first truly successful kidney transplant from one twin to another. https://web.stanford.edu/dept/HPST/transplant/html/history.html

Liver

In 1954, Joeseph E. Murray and his colleagues at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston performed the first truly successful kidney transplant from one twin to another. https://web.stanford.edu/dept/HPST/transplant/html/history.html

Arm

In 1954, Joeseph E. Murray and his colleagues at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston performed the first truly successful kidney transplant from one twin to another. https://web.stanford.edu/dept/HPST/transplant/html/history.html

. When was India’s first kidney transplant performed?

1954

A team of doctors of the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, performed the country’s first successful kidney transplant on February 2, 1971. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/it-is-50-years-since-vellore-cmc-performed-the-countrys-first-kidney-transplant/article33727716.ece

1965

A team of doctors of the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, performed the country’s first successful kidney transplant on February 2, 1971. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/it-is-50-years-since-vellore-cmc-performed-the-countrys-first-kidney-transplant/article33727716.ece

1971

A team of doctors of the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, performed the country’s first successful kidney transplant on February 2, 1971. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/it-is-50-years-since-vellore-cmc-performed-the-countrys-first-kidney-transplant/article33727716.ece

1999

A team of doctors of the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, performed the country’s first successful kidney transplant on February 2, 1971. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/it-is-50-years-since-vellore-cmc-performed-the-countrys-first-kidney-transplant/article33727716.ece