Medical XpressMapping the 100 trillion cells that make up your bodyMedical XpressAs we have done over the past 11 years, we will obtain transplant-grade human tissues from deceased organ donors through Organ Procurement Organizations, after a family me…
Hansa Medical Reports Positive Final Top Line Results from Two …PR Newswire (press release)LUND, Sweden, Sept. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Hansa Medical AB (NASDAQ Stockholm: HMED), the leading biopharma company focusing on inhibition of …Hansa M…
The Jewish VoiceIsraeli Kidney Donations Triples Due to Orthodox Jewish DonorsThe Jewish VoiceReligious Israelis have long had an ambivalent relationship to the concept of organ donation. Historically, many (although not all) rabbinic authorities rejec…
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityEckley Project Assists Spanish-Speaking Kidney DonorsIllinois Wesleyan UniversityThe Living Kidney Donation Network seeks to build public awareness for the more than 100,000 people on the kidney transplant waiting list and t…
UW Medicine Newsroom (press release) (blog)Transplant-linked cancer deaths pose questions about safetyUW Medicine Newsroom (press release) (blog)Policies of the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network dictate that all deceased donors are sub…
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Life beyond death
The Navhind Times The need for donor organs is known to all, but a very few know that organ donation has two forms: cadaver donation – where the donor is brain dead; and that of living donors. Goa got its first cadaver donor, when B Sadashiv Rao, of Vasco was declared … |
Business Wire (press release)OneLegacy CEO Addresses Healthcare, Business and Government Leaders in China Regarding the Importance of …Business Wire (press release)Since the change, voluntary deceased donors have increased from less than 1,000 to 5,1…
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Donated organs rarely spread disease, thanks to these protocols …
Popular Science Four people in Europe developed cancer after receiving organ transplants from the same donor. Here’s how the screening process that normally prevents that … Donated organs no longer steadily spread disease, thanks to those protocolsNewsline |
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Hamilton mother and son win gold at Transplant Games
Community News Service In addition to the games, families of deceased donors are honored by event organizers and donor recipients. “We honor them in so many different ways because it’s their loved ones that made it possible for so many people to live,” Snyder said. “You just … |
TheTower.orgReligious Organization Driving Increase of Living Kidney Donations in IsraelTheTower.orgReligious Israelis have long had an ambivalent relationship to the concept of organ donation. Historically, many (although not all) rabbinic authorities…