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15Jan/14

Ohio death row inmate tried to stay execution via organ donor petition – The Guardian

January 15, 2014Organ Donoradmin

Ohio death row inmate tried to stay execution via organ donor petition
The Guardian
A condemned Ohio killer facing a never-tried lethal injection method unsuccessfully tried to delay his execution by requesting to become an organ donor, according to documents released Wednesday. Dennis McGuire’s attorney twice asked Governor John …
Ohio killer tried to delay execution with organ donation offerNBCNews.com (blog)
Condemned Ohio killer tried unsuccessfully to delay execution with organ donationToledo Blade

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15Jan/14

The Perfect Match: Husband plans to donate kidney to wife – Your Houston News

January 15, 2014Transplant Surgeryadmin

The Perfect Match: Husband plans to donate kidney to wife
Your Houston News
It was when Humble High School Head Football Coach Charles’ wife was in need of a kidney that he was a match; a kidney transplant surgery is scheduled for later in 2014. “My wife has been in my life since we were high school sweethearts in 1992,” …

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15Jan/14

New theory: Alexander the Great poisoned by flowering herb? – NBCNews.com

January 15, 2014Liveradmin

New theory: Alexander the Great poisoned by flowering herb?NBCNews.comDid he succumb to the cumulative effect of battle injuries received while conquering everything between Greece and India? … That version describes Alexander taking a drink of wine …

15Jan/14

Marine mother speaks of importance of blood donation – Marines.mil (press release)

January 15, 2014Organ Donoradmin

Marine mother speaks of importance of blood donationMarines.mil (press release)Ms. Stacy Fidler speaks at the second annual National Blood Donor Month celebration held Jan. 9 at the Defense Health Headquarters. (Photo by Photo courtesy of the Armed Ser…

15Jan/14

Danish woman gang-raped for 3 hours in heart of Delhi, two held – Times of India

January 15, 2014Heartadmin

Times of IndiaDanish woman gang-raped for 3 hours in heart of Delhi, two heldTimes of IndiaThe survivor, on the last day of her India trip, was walking back to her Paharganj hotel around 4pm when she lost her way and entered the Railway Officers Club o…

15Jan/14

Treatment for Severe Flu at UAB Hospital – Alabama's13.com

January 15, 2014Transplantationadmin

Treatment for Severe Flu at UAB HospitalAlabama’s13.comThe machine was first developed for use in heart bypass surgery, but it has now also been used as a bridge to heart or lung transplantation as well as the treatment of severe lung diseases. In extr…

15Jan/14

How TT champion overcame heart condition – Times of India

January 15, 2014Heartadmin

Times of India

How TT champion overcame heart condition
Times of India
But that hole in his heart was not enough to keep Sanil down last Sunday, when this 24-year-old from Mumbai won the 75th senior national table-tennis championship in Patna. “I was on cloud nine. I was blank for the next 10-15 minutes,” said Shetty. “I …

15Jan/14

Cytonet Submits European Approval Application For Liver Cell Therapy To Treat … – PR Newswire (press release)

January 15, 2014Transplantationadmin

Cytonet Submits European Approval Application For Liver Cell Therapy To Treat …PR Newswire (press release)The only cure currently available is liver transplantation, which can be an extremely difficult procedure for the very young. Additionally, ther…

15Jan/14

Milestone reached with implantation of 1000th pump to ease congestive heart … – Houston Chronicle (blog)

January 15, 2014Organ Failureadmin

Milestone reached with implantation of 1000th pump to ease congestive heart …
Houston Chronicle (blog)
More than 6 million people in the United States suffer from heart failure―the inability of the heart to pump enough blood to other organs in the body. Almost 600,000 die annually from end-stage heart failure. When medications and pacemakers no longer …

15Jan/14

After Fraud, Korean Cloner Seeks Redemption – Science AAAS

January 15, 2014Other Transplantationadmin

After Fraud, Korean Cloner Seeks Redemption
Science AAAS
Hwang’s team also clones prize livestock and uses the technique to generate transgenic cows that produce human drugs in their milk and transgenic pigs for xenotransplantation of organs into humans. Such work accounts for most of the 45 or so papers …

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