Public Release: 11-Mar-2015 Study shows even injured kidneys can be used for …EurekAlert (press release)Kidneys from deceased donors that have acute injuries are frequently discarded instead of being used for transplant. However, a Yale-led study fin…
TIMEPrivate email broke no rules: Hillary ClintonTimes of IndiaNEW YORK: Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday she should have used a government email account as US secretary of state, though she said she violated no rules, in her first public remarks over a…
SlashGearMatchGrid pioneers a six-way kidney donation chainSlashGearThere are benefits to transplants from a living donor, but only organs like the partial lobe of a liver or a single kidney can be used from a living donor. A kidney transplant from a l…
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What Autopsies Can Teach
Wall Street Journal Some Alzheimer’s research centers welcome donations of deceased patients’ brains, which can help scientists learn how the disease progresses and inform diagnoses and treatments for others. Donors‘ families can get autopsy reports in return. “Autopsies … |
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American Living Organ Donor Fund Provides Model for Organ Donation Reform
Insurance News Net While organ procurement organizations focus on finding viable organs from deceased donors — a process that can cost upwards of $50,000 each — transplants from living donors can save more lives, for far less money. The American Living Organ Donor … |
Naples HeraldThe Science Behind a Crazy 6-Way Kidney ExchangeWiredPatients who need a new kidney are often subjugated to years-long waiting lists, biding their time until an organ becomes available, typically from a recently deceased donor. But living …
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PGI department to hold sessions on kidney day
Times of India CHANDIGARH: On the occasion of the World Kidney Day on March 12, PGI’s nephrology department will hold interactive sessions with experts and hold talks on diabetes and hypertension and renal transplantation deceased donor programme. The kidney … |
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SF surgeons complete surgeries in kidney transplant…
WKRC TV Cincinnati Domino-like kidney swaps are becoming increasingly common when a donor’s kidney is incompatible with a relative or friend who needs one. Instead of waiting for doctors to harvest a kidney from a body, recipients and donors can sign on to use a software … |
Last surgeries underway in 12-person kidney transplant chainChippewa HeraldKidney swaps are considered one of the best bets at increasing live-donor transplants. The software program, MatchGrid, was developed by 59-year-old David Jacobs, a kidney recip…
KRNV My News 4Kidney donation sets off chain of transplants at SF hospitalKRNV My News 4In this case, six donors are instead giving kidneys to strangers found through a software matching program developed by 59-year-old David Jacobs, a kidney recipient…