Minneapolis Star Tribune |
Former North Stars player joins the push to find kidney donors
Minneapolis Star Tribune That’s because it’s harder than ever to find kidney donors, whether living or deceased. About 108,000 people are listed on the national kidney transplant waiting list, yet only about 18,000 people received a kidney transplant last year and 4,745 died … |
New York TimesAs Drug Deaths Soar, a Silver Lining for Transplant PatientsNew York TimesSo far this year, 69 people in New England who died from an overdose have donated their organs, according to the New England Organ Bank. They account for 27 percent…
ScienceAlertDoctors in Texas successfully transplanted a uterus from a living donor for the first timeScienceAlertA Texas hospital has pulled off four uterus transplants using living donors. This is the first time procedures using living donors has bee…
Voice of America4 uterus transplants from live donors done in Texas; 3 failThe Herald-NewsThere have been at least 16 previous uterus transplants worldwide, including one in Cleveland from a deceased donor that had to be removed because of complication…
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Mom puts a face on infant tissue research
Columbia Daily Tribune “I don’t think people understand how valuable these donations are,” said Gray, who had not grasped this either until her yearslong quest brought her face-to-face with startled scientists. They never had met a relative of the donors so crucial to their … |
Deccan HeraldNumber of donors increases as skin bank of Victoria Hospital goes onlineDeccan HeraldDr Ramesh explained that this family wished to donate the liver and other organs but since they were not in a condition to be harvested, doctors suggested…
Voice of AmericaUS Doctors Perform 4 Uterus Transplants from Live DonorsVoice of AmericaOne American woman in Cleveland did receive a transplant from a deceased donor, but it had to be removed because of complications. The most have been done in Sweden…
ABC News4 Uterus Transplants From Live Donors Done in Texas; 3 FailABC NewsThere have been at least 16 previous uterus transplants worldwide, including one in Cleveland from a deceased donor that had to be removed because of complications. Two doctors …
WPXI Pittsburgh |
Trial in Georgia boy’s hot car death enters day three
WPXI Pittsburgh There have been at least 16 previous uterus transplants worldwide, including one in Cleveland from a deceased donor that had to be removed because of complications. Two doctors from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, which has done the most of … |
Daily Mail |
First ever uterus transplants with LIVING donors performed in the US
Daily Mail A surgical team has performed America’s first uterus transplants with living donors in a breakthrough that could revolutionize pregnancy. Four women received donated wombs at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, between September 14 and … 4 Uterus Transplants From Live Donors Done in Texas; 3 FailABC News Four uterus transplants from living donors were performed in Texas …Business Insider US Doctors Perform 4 Uterus Transplants from Live DonorsVoice of America TIME –The Verge all 313 news articles » |