Times Daily |
Woman donates kidney; brother gets match
Times Daily GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — When Nancy Couch received the news last year that her brother had end-stage renal failure, she knew he would die without a kidney transplant. She knew right away she wanted to donate one of hers. The decision, she says, was … |
Need for organ donors never greaterwww.ottawacommunitynews.com/The deceased organ donation rate in Canada, according to experts, is half that of those countries with the best rates including Australia, the United States, and Spain. Spain and the U.S. h…
The Post-Standard – syracuse.com |
Thanksgiving comes early for kidney donor and recipient who didn’t know each …
The Post-Standard – syracuse.com Kidney failure patients who can get a kidney from a live donor tend to do much better than patients who receive kidneys from deceased donors, said Dr. Vaughn Whittaker, another surgeon who participated in the chain and sewed the donated kidneys into … |
Counsel & Heal |
Gene Variants In Organ Donors Associated With Shorter Survival Of …
Counsel & Heal Transplanted kidneys may stop functioning long-term if they come from donors with variants in a particular gene, according to a new study. The study found that risk variants in the apolipoprotein L1 gene (APOL1) in African American deceased kidney … |
Kidney donor recognized for lifesaving gift; Three recipients matched through …www.ottawacommunitynews.com/She received her first kidney from a deceased donor in 1987 at age 17. That kidney lasted about 25 years – far longer than the expected 10 to 1…
Need for kidney transplant spurs billboardBuffalo NewsThat number far surpasses kidneys available for transplantation from living or deceased donors. Last year, 16,896 kidney transplants took place in the United States and 4,453 people died while waiti…
Kidney patient seeks donor through billboardBuffalo NewsThat number far surpasses kidneys available for transplantation from living or deceased donors. Last year, 16,896 kidney transplants took place in the United States and 4,453 people died while wai…
Gene Variants in Organ Donors Linked to Shorter Survival of Transplanted KidneysNewswise (press release)Previous research from a single center in North Carolina found that risk variants in the apolipoprotein L1 gene (APOL1) in African American deceased…
Scarborough Today |
Tragic dad’s organs have saved seven lives
Scarborough Today Last year, between April 2013 and March 2014, saw the largest ever number of deceased organ donors as the families of 1,320 people in the UK agreed to donate their loved ones’ organs, leading to thousands of patients’ lives being saved or transformed. Moving the needle on organ donationScope (blog) |
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Living Donor Transplants No Longer ‘Last Resort’
Medscape BOSTON — Transplant patients who receive livers from living donors have outcomes “as good as, if not better” than patients who receive livers from deceased donors, report investigators. It might be time to rethink the notion that living-donor liver … |