Heart Transplants Surge as Overdoses Increase  Pain News NetworkBy Pat Anson, PNN Editor. One of the more ghoulish and yet beneficial aspects of the overdose crisis is that it has led to a surge in organ transplants. In 2000 …

Letter: Register to be an organ donor this Feb. 14  The IndependentThe Health Resources and Services Administration (www.HRSA.gov) is the primary federal agency responsible for oversight of the organ and blood stem cell …

Study Says Over 400 Organ Transplant Studies Using Chinese Data Should Be Retracted Over Ethical Concerns  GizmodoA new study published in BMJ Open has called for over 400 scientific papers on the subject of organ transplantation to be retrac…

Organ donor bill clears Kentucky state Senate  KFVSThe Kentucky state Senate has approved a bill that would give people another option to register as an organ donor.

Ky Circuit Clerks urge organ donors to have a heart on Feb. 14  The Owensboro TimesWhile Feb. 14 is most commonly known as Valentine’s Day, it is also National Donor Day. This day is meant to serve as a reminder of the importance of …

STEM Remains Strong Contender for DonorsChoose Dollars  T.H.E. JournalSTEM projects are continuing to make the top 10 as a category on teacher funding site DonorsChoose. According to the organization, over the past four years, …

Student group organizes first-ever rare disease awareness week  GW HatchetRARE GW, a student organization dedicated to rare disease awareness, is hosting the inaugural rare disease awareness month from Feb. 6 to 20.

Research Partners Work to Simplify, Improve Assessment of Lungs for Transplant  Cystic Fibrosis News TodayCompanies to create and license multiplexed protein assays and point-of-care test strategies aimed at simplifying the assessment of lung…