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Mother’s comfort as daughter’s organs save lives
ITV News A mother from Penrith who allowed her daughter’s organs to be donated for transplant – after she died of a brain tumour – says it’s been a great comfort to know that other lives have been saved. Lesley Kremer is calling for organ donation to be made … |
Tailoring CLL Treatment to a TTTMedscapeThose patients who develop symptoms and are physically fit, or both, are treated with fludarabine/cyclophosphamide/rituximab (FCR) as the standard of care for first-line therapy. It is important that physically f…
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Kerala’s new icon by AJ Philip
Oman Tribune A philanthropic industrialist, Kochouseph Chittilapally, who espouses organ donation, announced an award of $9,500 for Sandhya in recognition of her bravery. … Today if Kerala has become the ‘hartal’ capital of India, every single party is … |
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Study Results Inform Discussions On US Policy for Lung Transplantation in …
Science Daily (press release) Dec. 12, 2013 — A new analysis has found no evidence that children aged 6 to 11 years seeking a deceased donor lung transplant are disadvantaged in the current US lung allocation system. The findings, which are published in the American Journal of … |
The HinduIn death, they give new lease of life to 11 patientsThe HinduFamily members of two youngsters, Daddi Vinod Kumar (20) and Kishore Kumar (25), who received grievous injuries in two separate road accidents, decided to donate their organs and giv…
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Religious leaders promote organ donation
ChristianToday Leaders from the UK’s major faiths have launched a new strategy to encourage members of religious communities to donate their organs. In partnership with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), religious leaders have developed the Faith Engagement and … |
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Antibodies Block Malaria Invasion
Bioscience Technology The newly invented technique utilizes a high-throughput fluorescence scanning approach– if antibodies or Scientists from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have discovered a key process during the invasion of the blood cell by the … NTU scientists discover potential vaccine for malariaThe Almagest NTU researchers find way to block invasion of Malaria parasite in blood cellsNews-Medical.net |
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Sister act celebrates 100th blood donation
Piqua Daily Call DAYTON — There’s a “Sister Act” that takes place at Community Blood Center (CBC) when sisters Melinda Flora from Covington and Nancy Yount from West Milton make one of their regular visits to Dayton to donate platelets. It’s always an act of giving … |
Scotland on SundayNHS Glasgow hits back at organ donor claimScotland on SundayNHS Glasgow hits back at organ donor claim. NHS Glasgow have dismissed the claims found in a new study. Picture: TSPL. Published on the 16 December 2013 16:18. Published 16/1…
Minimized use of calcineurin inhibitors after liver transplantation reduced …HealioLiver transplant recipients with hepatocellular carcinoma experienced significantly reduced disease recurrence when their exposure to calcineurin inhibitors was limite…