Screening of Living Kidney Donors for Genetic Diseases Using a Comprehensive Genetic Testing StrategyMedscapeNevertheless, there is an ever-increasing gap between the need for transplantation and the availability of donor kidneys, with >120 000 pati…
Irish TimesRecord number of living donor kidney transplants last yearIrish TimesFall in road traffic deaths in recent years reducing number of deceased donors.Jump in number of living kidney donors – IrishHealthIrish Healthall 2 news articles »
Deseret News |
Utah mother graciously donates breast milk intended for her deceased son
Deseret News But it wasn’t until five years ago that there was an official breast milk bank collecting donations for babies most in need of a mother’s milk. The nature-made substance is “life-saving in some cases,” said Judy Harris, a certified lactation consultant … |
Training on organ transplant- The New Indian ExpressThe New Indian ExpressBHUBANESWAR: A city-based organisation, Multi-Organ Transplantation and Human and Educational Research, is going to conduct a five-day training …and more »
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Couple Asks Community for Kidney Donation
NECN “I am a Christian; I believe in God,” Grace Sauerwald said. “My faith is very strong, and I know He’s not going to let me down.” The kidney patient said she thought she could get a donation from a deceased donor, but her doctors told her an elevated … |
Derry Journal |
Giving the gift of life ‘a fantastic thing to do’
Derry Journal Kidney donors aside, most organ donations involve deceased donors and Teresa said the latest figures for the Western Trust show that, on average, four people benefit from the organs of one local organ donor. Mrs. Molloy said it was important people … |
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Kidney Transplant Success Rates Rise in Children, Infants
Pharmacy Practice News “Living donation should be encouraged for all patients with kidney failure, especially small children.” Recent North American data show that infants do worse than older children after a deceased–donor kidney transplant (Pediatr Transplant 2013 … |
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Heart donor’s father says recipient ‘kind of like family now’
WAVE 3 One deceased donor can save up to eight lives through organ donation and can save and enhance more than 100 lives through the lifesaving and healing gift of tissue donation. Elaine’s organs saved the lives of five recipients. “After Elaine was deceased … |
National Herald |
Why is J&K Government blind to the need for eye banks?
National Herald “Are you angry with me?” asked Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti apologetically, caressing young teenager Insha Malik, 14, at Safdarjung Eye Centre at All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi, August last year. Insha had become the human face of … |
630ched.com |
BC Transplant and ICBC team up for new organ donation program
630ched.com … for a new organ donation program. BC Transplant Operations Director Ed Farre says they tested the program for about a year with four licensing offices. “Last year we did 423 transplants and that was a record number and that was from 97 deceased donors. |