‘Opt-out’ organ donations won’t solve waiting lists deaths, says NHS …
Telegraph.co.uk
Theresa May’s plans for an “opt-out” organ transplant system will not solve Britain’s long waiting lists for donations, the NHS chief responsible for transplants has said. Claire Williment said there was “no magic formula” to cutting down the tally of …
Hundreds die in the North East on transplant waiting list – this is how …ChronicleLive
Shocking number of people who die waiting for organ transplants on MerseysideLiverpool Echo
Organ donations at a record high as ‘opt out’ consultation nears endiNews

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Time of Death of Crime Victims Clocked by Gene Expression
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
“GTEx data allow us to ask questions about genetic variation and its effects on gene expression both in one tissue and across many tissues,” explained Roderic Guigó, Ph.D., the other corresponding author of the current study and the coordinator of the …
Gene expression patterns may help determine time of deathScience Daily
Genes could record forensic clues to time of death | Science NewsScience News
Changes in gene activity may one day reveal the time of death for crime victimsScience Magazine
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Catholics urged to oppose organ ‘plundering’ proposals
Catholic Herald Online
A family member can also agree to the donation of organs if the person had not made their wishes known in advance. There are particularly long waiting times for those in black and minority ethnic communities and consent rates for organ donation are …
February 14 is National Donor DayScottsbluff Star Herald

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The heart that goes on: a Valentine’s Day story
The Spinoff
In 2015, there were 53 deceased organ donations. Few people die in a way that allows their organs to be donated. Deceased donors must be rendered brain dead in a manner that spares the organs. The donor must be ventilated and transported to hospital …

Gene expression patterns may help determine time of death
Science Daily
Since the samples we are using all come from deceased donors, we need to find out if there were changes in gene expression related to the death or the time of death, so we could better model our predictions of variation between tissues or in disease …
Gene Expression Patterns Can Determine Time of DeathTechnology Networks
Time of Death of Crime Victims Clocked by Gene ExpressionGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Tissue-specific changes in gene expression can help predict time of …News-Medical.net
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Gene expression patterns may help determine time of death …
EurekAlert (press release)
International team of scientists led by Roderic Guigó at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona shows that changes in gene expression in different tissues can be used to predict the time of death of individuals. Their results, which are …
Genes could record forensic clues to time of deathScience News
The effects of death and post-mortem cold ischemia on human tissue transcriptomes | Nature CommunicationsNature

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Washington staff connect to find kidney donor for teacher’s husband …
Kenosha News
Last year, Pleasant Prairie resident Corey Canfield needed a kidney transplant.

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Widening the web of possible donors
Kenosha News
“Social media is a huge help, and it’s one of the tools we teach people to use to help find a living donor,” noted National Kidney Foundation spokesperson Julie Kimbrough. According to foundation sources, kidney donations from living donors are …

Near stranger donates kidney to toddler in renal failure
Pueblo Chieftain
Much of the family’s life was planned around these treatments. In August, Michael was added to the National Kidney Registry, joining about 115,000 people waiting for a transplant. A donor kidney would allow him to stop his dialysis treatments and avoid …