Cornell ChronicleGive a Liver, Save a LifeCornell ChronicleNew York has a large population of patients with liver disease as well as a dramatic shortage of deceased donor organs. This creates demand for utilization of living donors and innovative techn…
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‘Heart in a Box’ Device Resuscitates Hearts Removed from Dead Bodies
Outer Places Transplant surgeons generally recognize two types of death: brain death and circulatory death, the latter of which occurs when the heart stops beating and pumping blood throughout the body. Usually, surgeons only transplant hearts from brain dead … ‘Heart in a box’ can keep a heart beating till transplantDigit This Device Keeps Hearts Beating On Their Way To TransplantNewsy |
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A racial gap in kidney transplants closes but work remains
Business Insider The trend among blacks was “driven wholly by increased rates of transplants from deceased donors,” the study authors said. About 80 percent of operations in blacks in 2011 were cadaver organs, which tend to fare worse than those from living donors. |
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This Device Keeps Hearts Beating On Their Way To Transplant
Newsy Heart transplants usually come from brain-dead donors. That’s because doctors have long said a heart taken from a deceased patient can be too damaged or deteriorated by the time they can get to it. Enter the so-called “heart in a box” from TransMedics, … |
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Transplant Surgeons Revive Hearts After Death
MIT Technology Review In at least 15 cases, surgeons in the United Kingdom and Australia say they have used the system to successfully transplant hearts removed from patients after they’ve died. Typically, heart transplants only come from brain-dead donors whose hearts are … ‘Heart in a Box’ Device Resuscitates Hearts Removed from Dead BodiesOuter Places This Device Keeps Hearts Beating On Their Way To TransplantNewsy |
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Diseased donor organs could still be used to save lives, say Hong Kong doctors
South China Morning Post (subscription) But doctors decided it was suitable if the liver went to another hepatitis B patient as the dead man had used medicine to bring the virus under control. What’s more, the organ was already 78 years old as the donor had received it in another transplant … |
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More Black Patients Are Getting Kidney Transplants Thanks To Partial Matches
Huffington Post The trend among blacks was “driven wholly by increased rates of transplants from deceased donors,” the study authors said. About 80 percent of operations in blacks in 2011 were cadaver organs, which tend to fare worse than those from living donors. |
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Hong Kong organ donor rules queried after transplant aborted on liver patient
South China Morning Post (subscription) Friends and family of liver patient Stephen Lee hope a donor can be found. Photo: Felix Wong The heart and lungs from the same dead donor had already been transplanted into other patients when a 1.5cm tumour was found in the donor’s kidney at Prince of … |
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More than an act of kindness: Burlington man donates a kidney to one of his …
Burlington Times News My wife and I talked through process and decided that if God put me in the position to make a donation for somebody else, God would put someone in my daughter’s life to cover that need. You step out in faith.” In July, Bythe traveled back to Orlando … |
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Mumbai: 471 angels get Melwin Fernandes to Rest In Peace
Mid-Day With surmounting loans that needed to be paid, Melwin committed suicide on August 14. Rakesh Shetty, Melwin’s friend and colleague in Miami, started an online petition, appealing for contributions to help the family see their deceased son. Mid-day … |