Daily Mail |
Jillian Di Bernardo launches Facebook appeal to find life-saving donor
Daily Mail ‘There is a shortage of donors, compared to the number of people who need transplants, and I am specifically talking about the liver, because that is what I need. A liver transplant.’ With transplants usually coming from a deceased donor, to help with … |
Tulsa World |
‘Stillwater Strong’ is the standard at OSU Homecoming tragedy memorial service
Tulsa World When prompted, donors must reply to confirm the donation, or it won’t go through. For more information on the Oct. 24 tragedy, the memorial, concert and community fundraisers, … But while pictures of the four who died were on the event’s program … |
Manufacturer.com |
New device revives transplant hearts after death
Manufacturer.com The future of organ donation has been changed forever thanks to a new device, aptly named ‘Heart in a Box’, that allows a heart from a deceased person to resume beating. Transplant surgeons have started using the ‘Heart in a Box’ device, which allows … |
VUMC, UCSF investigators awarded $6 million NIH grant to develop implantable …News-Medical.netUsing semiconductor fabrication techniques originally developed for the microelectronics industry, the bio-artificial kidney weds filters made of silicon wi…
Accrington Observer |
VIDEO: Accrington dad enters record books after donating two organs to strangers
Accrington Observer … Tissue Authority, said: “To give an organ to a loved one is an incredible act of generosity. That Steven has given twice to people he doesn’t know is truly remarkable.” Find out more about living and deceased organ donation, at www.organdonation … |
EurekAlert (press release)Vanderbilt University Medical Center receives NIH grant to develop artificial …EurekAlert (press release)Using semiconductor fabrication techniques originally developed for the microelectronics industry, the bio-artificial k…
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A last gift to society can be a worthwhile one
Niagarathisweek.com It’s not very often that you read an obituary that states that the deceased has donated his or her body to science. … Some time in the spring, we will be invited to a non-denominational “Service of Gratitude” in memory of all the donors during the … |
Daily Bruin |
Men’s water polo honors legacy of 1995 championship team
Daily Bruin Jim Toring, now deceased, scored four goals in the 1995 national title game to bring UCLA its first water polo championship in 23 years. The Bruins’ victory …. EGG DONORS WANTED ❤ Give a family the chance at happiness. Receive $6,000 per cycle … |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
Patients desperate for organs resort to unusual efforts to find them
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The truck bears Leanne Ermert’s name and blood type — O — and a phone number for the Philadelphia hospital where she would receive a transplant from a living or deceased donor. New Jersey resident Brian Vitale took more drastic action in 2013 when … |
St. Catharines Standard |
Liver needed: ‘I want to be here for my kids’
St. Catharines Standard Since January, there have been 124 liver transplants from deceased donors, and 37 from living donors. According to the Canadian Liver Foundation, during the living donor’s surgery, the right lobe of their liver is removed and transplanted into the patient. |