Tufts Now |
A Liver to Share
Tufts Now A person who is able to have a live-donor transplant has about 25 percent less chance of dying while waiting for a transplant. That’s because, with a deceased–donor transplant, the patient typically has to get sick enough to reach the top of the … |
The Borneo Post |
Hospital to conduct living donor liver transplants
The Borneo Post Krishnan said the success rate of the living donor liver transplant was slightly better than that of the deceased donor because the procedure was done in a controlled operation. “The donors are usually healthy people, typically younger and thus the … |
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Mother Uncovers The Lasting Impact Of Donating Her Son’s Body
NDTV In recovering tissue from deceased donors, hospitals consult a national registry of researchers’ current needs. On that day in 2010, Thomas died at home in his father’s arms. The organ agency retrieved his body, and recovered his eyes and liver. Blood … |
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CareDx Launches Olerup QTYPE® at ASHI
GlobeNewswire (press release) During a lunchtime symposium on the pre-to-post transplant continuum, John Lunz, PhD, from the Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network discussed the center’s experience with enhanced resolution in rapid HLA typing of deceased donors. Daniel … |
Times of IndiaPinarayi Vijayan: Mohanlal ambassador for organ donation – Times …Times of IndiaMohanlal has never shied away from being a part of movements and organisations with a social cause. The latest is organ donation, and the actor will be the&…
onmanorama |
Mohanlal to be ambassador of Kerala organ transplant program
onmanorama Thiruvananthapuram: Malayalam superstar Mohanlal will become the goodwill ambassador of ‘Mritasanjeevani,’ Kerala government’s sought after deceased donor organ transplant program. Launched in 2012, ‘Mritasanjeevani’ is coordinated by the Kerala … |
Scroll.in |
Should family members, or the most severely ill, be given preference in cases of organ donation?
Scroll.in The case of Mumbai-based dialysis patient Nitin Vhaskar, who was granted permission to bypass the deceased donor transplant programme’s waiting list for a kidney, is not the first of its kind in India. Similar conundrums have arisen earlier, in Mumbai … |
Third Sector |
Legacy appeals featuring ‘living donors‘ more likely to be successful, research finds
Third Sector The paper We the Living: The Effects of Living and Deceased Donor Stories on Charitable Bequest Giving Intentions by Claire Routley, a research fellow at Plymouth University and Russell James, a professor at Texas Tech University in the US, found that … |
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Mohanlal to lend face to organ donation
The Hindu Mrithasanjeevani, the government’s deceased donor organ donation programme, will now have a glamorous face. Actor Mohanlal has come forward to lend his face to promote Mrithasanjeevani, which has been giving a fresh lease of life to many with … |
Daily Mail |
Mother whose baby died 6 days old describes how she found comfort in donating his organs
Daily Mail In recovering tissue from deceased donors, hospitals consult a national registry of researchers’ current needs. On that day in 2010, Thomas died at home in his father’s arms. The organ agency retrieved his body, and recovered his eyes and liver. Blood … |