A genetic test could predict future troubles for kidney donors – why not use it? The Conversation US
A gene variant prevalent in African Americans may play a role in post-donation kidney failure for living donors. A test for it exists, but there are no guidelines for …
Increasing Transplant Organ Supply Through Uncontrolled Donation After Cardiac Death Health AffairsEach year, thousands of people die in the United States while waiting for a kidney or liver transplant and tens of thousands remain on the wai…
Black Patients Getting More Kidney Transplants Thanks To Deceased Donors, Partial Matches, And A New Matching System Medical DailyNew research has found that black kidney transplant patients are getting more donated organs thanks to better r…
Transplant Surgeons Revive Hearts After Death MIT Technology ReviewA technology to keep organs alive outside the body is saving lives. And provoking ethical debates.
Keith Crawford Raises Awareness of Organ Donation in Black Community Post News GroupWhat Keith Crawford remembers most of his late daughter Brittany is her caring, fearless spirit and zeal for life. Her presence would light up a room, he said.
What It’s Like To Work in the Body Donation Industry TIMEI had to ask next-of-kin uncomfortable questions about the deceased.
Who can donate organs in India, when and how Economic TimesWhat are the different types of organ donation? 1. Live Related Donation: Living donation takes place when a living person donates an organ (or part of an …
Mild Hypothermia in Deceased Organ Donors Improves Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients UCSF News ServicesMild hypothermia in deceased organ donors significantly reduces delayed graft function in kidney transplant recipients when compare…
‘I know I saved someone’s life’: How living donors are changing organ transplants Ottawa CitizenIn the wake of Eugene Melnyk’s high-profile transplant plea, Elizabeth Payne tracks at the rise of the ‘live donor’ and the ethical quandaries th…
Certain donors with high T cell counts make a better match for stem-cell transplant patients, study suggests Science DailyOlder patients who received stem cells from younger, unrelated donors with higher numbers of so-called killer T cells (…