Rush to donate blood as Red Cross makes bid for O negative donations ABC LocalMore than 6500 people respond to a plea from the Red Cross after it announced last week it was urgently in need of O negative blood.
The legacy of a pioneering transplant immunologist Fred Hutch News ServiceAmong his many contributions to bone marrow transplantation, Hansen helped define the rules for matching donors and patients and was a founding father of …
New York Has World-Class Hospitals. Why Is It So Bad for People in Need of Transplants? The New York TimesNew York has the lowest rate of organ donor registration in the country. Thousands languish on wait lists, and hundreds needlessly die …
After Having Two Children, I Was Done with My Uterus. So I Donated It. Cosmopolitan.comInspired by her transgender son and faith that evolving science may help transgender women have their own children one day, 49-year-old mother Silvia Park…
Blind Alberta woman to receive eye tissue donation from sister Global News LethbridgeAfter surviving a horrible illness that burned her body from the inside out and left her blind, an Alberta woman may soon have her sight restored thanks to …
New York organ collection agency, nation’s second-largest, threatened with closure Washington Post
The government is threatening to close one of the country’s largest “organ procurement organizations” for poor performance, a rare move against a nonprofit that …
Facebook will chip in for users’ birthday fundraisers CNNContinuing its efforts for social good — and helping to get back into good graces with its users — the social network said on Tuesday it will donate $5 to every …
Novel transplant protocol potentially curative approach for sickle cell disease HealioA small cohort of patients with sickle cell disease underwent successful hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from non-HLA matched donors, a group …
Once the leader, Gujarat now fifth in organ donation The Times of IndiaAHMEDABAD: It has been an excruciatingly long five-year wait for Ninu Sarjani (33), who fights a life and death battle on a daily basis. This double-MBA …
Organ donation: Saving lives after you’re gone Inquirer.net
You don’t need superpowers to become a hero. As a child, Rogelio Valdezco III had always wondered if it were possible to remove the heart and gain …