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06Jun/16

Gridlock: The Inability to Do Research in Deceased Donors to Improve Transplant Organ Quality and Quantity – Huffington Post


Huffington Post

Gridlock: The Inability to Do Research in Deceased Donors to Improve Transplant Organ Quality and Quantity
Huffington Post
Recently, there was an example of how incredibly effective a very simple research intervention in deceased donors — cooling by 2-3°C — can be to improve the function of kidneys after transplantation. Kidneys from “cool” donors were 60 percent more
Revamp planned to boost rates of organ donationStuff.co.nz
Govt looks to increase organ donation rateNZCity
How cadaver organ donation could turn government hospitals into donor bases that cater to the affluentEconomic Times
The Dominion Post –The Hindu –Daily Pioneer
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27May/16

Bodies Given to NYU Ended Up in Mass Graves, Despite Donors’ Wishes – New York Times


New York Times

Bodies Given to NYU Ended Up in Mass Graves, Despite Donors‘ Wishes
New York Times
Vincent Muscarnera, outside his apartment in Queens. After his sister, Marie, donated her body to the New York University School of Medicine, she was buried in a common grave on Hart Island. Credit Victor J. Blue for The New York Times. One died in her …

25May/16

Editorial: NFL integrity deflated – Boston Herald


USA TODAY

Editorial: NFL integrity deflated
Boston Herald
(A number of deceased players willed their brains for research on the condition.) When Stern’s group was selected, the … NIH policy prohibits donors from influencing research, so the NFL leadership was basically told to take a hike. They did — and
NFL Health Officials Attempted to Influence NIH Brain StudyFortune
NFL Tried to Influence Concussion Research, Congressional Study FindsNew York Times
Congressional report says NFL waged improper campaign to influence government studyESPN

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24May/16

Basheer gets a new life through liver transplant at Thiruvananthapuram GMC – The New Indian Express

Basheer gets a new life through liver transplant at Thiruvananthapuram GMC
The New Indian Express
To avoid this, there is every need to encourage using liver from persons declared brain dead (deceased donor transplantation),” medical college officials said. V S Sivakumar MLA, former Health Minister, visited the hospital and congratulated the doctors.

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