URI Today (press release) |
URI professor receives grant to research cause of kidney transplant failures
URI Today (press release) Her research targets sub-optimal and extended criteria organ donors, which come from the deceased donor pool that makes up the majority of transplants. So far this year, Rhode Island Hospital — the only facility in the state that performs organ … |
SmithsonianTattoos Ink May Stain Your Lymph NodesSmithsonianResearchers examined lymph nodes and skin samples from deceased donors, four with tattoos and two that never got inked, writes Ryan F. Mandelbaum at Gizmodo. They found stained lymph nodes in …
Gizmodo |
Particles in Tattoos Can Travel to Lymph Nodes, Study Finds
Gizmodo The researchers took skin and lymph node samples from four tattooed deceased human body donors and two non-tattooed donors. They found ink in both the skin and lymph nodes of two of the four patients—one with blue ink and another with green ink. |
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Aferetica and CytoSorbents Partner to Enhance the Success of Solid …Markets InsiderMIRANDOLA, Italy and MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., Sept. 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Aferetica srl, an innovative start-up specializing in blood purification, and …and …
Get Surrey |
Here’s what you need to know if you’re thinking about becoming an organ donor
Get Surrey Specialist healthcare professionals carefully close and cover surgical incisions after donation and the arrangements for a viewing of a loved one’s body after donation are the same as after a death where donation doesn’t take place. You can still have … |
BBC News |
Organ donation: Does an opt-out system increase transplants …
BBC News The NHS has released figures revealing that 457 people died in England last year while waiting for an organ transplant. Doctors’ union the British Medical … |
250 pledge to donate eyesThe Tribune… volunteers to come forward for the noble task of eye donation, so that backlog of corneal blind patients was considerably cleared. Doctors said an individual could pledge his or her eyes at any time in his life a…
The Independent |
‘Phenomenal’ non-beating heart transplant operation will slash waiting lists by nearly half, doctors say
The Independent The number of donors for the traditional brain-death procedure has also plateaued due to improvements in treatment for traumatic brain injuries, meaning fewer patients are becoming brain dead in the first place. This has been coupled with a growing … |
Indian Weekender |
Generous donors open hearts to repatriate Mr Prajapati
Indian Weekender The community has rallied to fund the repatriation of Mr Prajapati’s body back to India. As of 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 9 the Givealittle page set up for the deceased 33-year old Raj Kumar Prajapati showed $17,716 donated by 343 generous donors. |