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02Feb/16

Jordan’s organ donation culture still shallow, but one activist teaches by example – Jordan Times

Jordan’s organ donation culture still shallow, but one activist teaches by example
Jordan Times
In a country where the number of young people who lose their lives due to road accidents is “remarkably” high, organ donation is still “out of question” for the vast majority of the deceased’s families. According to the Jordan Society for Organ

02Feb/16

Mom Hears Son’s Heartbeat: California Woman Listens To Dead Son’s Heartbeat In Transplant Recipient’s Chest [Video] – The Inquisitr

Mom Hears Son’s Heartbeat: California Woman Listens To Dead Son’s Heartbeat In Transplant Recipient’s Chest [Video]
The Inquisitr
Fortunately for Jordan and her family, she was only on the donor transplant list for a month before Lukas’ heart became available. Both Clark and Gonzalez wanted to meet some day, but because organ donations are generally anonymous, they had to do …

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01Feb/16

Baylor Becomes Third American Hospital To Pursue Birth Via A Transplanted Uterus – D Healthcare Daily

Baylor Becomes Third American Hospital To Pursue Birth Via A Transplanted Uterus
D Healthcare Daily
Those studies are only using deceased donors to contain the risk to one patient. Baylor is different in that it will accept living donors in addition to deceased. Sweden’s success came with living donors, five of whom were the woman’s own mother