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Surgeon charged for organ donor error
The Copenhagen Post The chief neurosurgeon at the Copenhagen hospital Rigshospital, Vagn Eskesen, submitted a report in May condemning Melchior’s treatment and the decision to recommend organ donation before it was clear that she would die. The patients’ complaints … |
Ways to identify and isolate pre-tumour liver cancer progenitor cells discoveredNewstrack IndiaWashington, Oct 14 (ANI): Researchers including an Indian-origin scientist have for the first time isolated and characterized the progenitor cells that event…
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Interview: Harvey Berger and Timothy Clackson, Ariad
PMLiVE It will be some time before the company dips a toe into the emerging markets of China, India etc, with the near-time focus on establishing the company in areas it already has a hold in. “We have plenty to do ahead of that,” says Berger. “We’ve taken … |
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Oregon Medical Malpractice Attorneys Earn Major Medical Malpractice Award …
DigitalJournal.com Due to the immediate need for a donated liver, the child’s mother donated a portion of her liver and underwent emergency transplant surgery to save her son’s life. After three months in the hospital, the boy and his family finally returned home, but … |
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Become an organ donor in the Netherlands
IamExpat.nl … received a letter from the Minister of Health asking them to add their names to the Donor Register. The letter was sent as part of Donor Week, this year from 14 to 20 October, where the whole of the Netherlands focuses on the vital need for organ … Foreigners urged to state ‘yes or no’ on organ donor registerDutchNews.nl |
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Why is India refusing to sign the UN resolution against child marriage?
India.Com Health Why India would refuse to sign the resolution is mind-boggling considering we have the highest number of child brides in the world – 24 million representing almost 40% of the 60 million of the world’s child marriages. Lakshmi Sundaram, the global … |
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India’s Rapidly Growing E-Waste Damaging Children’s Health
Justmeans (blog) Recyclers may suffer liver, kidney and neurological disorders by working in poorly ventilated enclosed areas without masks and exposure to dangerous and slow-poisoning chemicals. However, one of the biggest wild cards in better practices in waste … |
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BioInvent extends license agreement with Bayer to develop antibodies
News-Medical.net BioInvent International AB (OMXS: BINV) today announces that it has signed an extension to its 2008 license agreement with Bayer Pharma AG for the development of antibodies from BioInvent’s n-CoDeR® libraries. Under the terms of the extension, Bayer … BioInvent and Bayer extend and broaden collaboration for the discovery and …EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) |
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Foreigners urged to state ‘yes or no’ on organ donor register
DutchNews.nl Some 74,000 people who moved to the Netherlands around three years ago have been sent a letter by the health ministry asking them to register their names in the donor register. The mailing was sent as part of Donor Week, which runs until October 20. Become an organ donor in the NetherlandsIamExpat.nl |
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UK: Infant’s kidneys save woman’s life
Financial Express Tiny kidneys from a five-week-old baby have been successfully transplanted into a 22-year-old woman of Asian-origin who was dying of renal failure, making the infant the youngest organ donor in the UK. The organs from the baby, who suffered heart … |