Global TimesHeartfelt gifts of lifeGlobal TimesAnother major obstacle for organ donation in China is the lack of a law on brain death, according to experts. Brain death is defined as the irreversible loss of the brain function necessary to sustain life…

Newsworks.orgProposed bill would end government role in determining brain deathNewsworks.orgDoctors would have more say in determining brain death, rather than having to adhere to state regulations requiring a series of outdated tests, under a bill adv…

Bill Seeks to End Government Role in Determining Brain DeathNJ SpotlightDoctors would have more say in determining brain death, rather than having to adhere to state regulations requiring a series of outdated tests, under a bill advancing in the state …

ABC OnlineNSW trails on organ donationThe AustralianOTA national medical director Jonathan Gillis emphasised that transplants were still rare, given the strict guidelines around organ donation. Organs can only be transplanted from people who die in hos…

The AgeOrgan donations increase but miss targetSBSOrgans can only be transplanted from people who die in hospital intensive care units from either brain death or heart failure, he said. Of 76,600 people who died in Australian hospitals last year, only …

Move to expand group of potential organ donorsGlasgow Evening TimesDonation normally takes place after a patient has suffered brain death, in hospital, and there is no possibility they will regain consciousness. However, the shortfall in availability o…

Proof of Heaven?Patheos (blog)Dr Alexander is a neurosurgeon, so he knows how the brain works. He explains that most doctors dismiss NDEs (Near Death Experiences) as the final flickerings of a dying brain. Death, he explains, is not when the heart stop…

Iranian researchers reconstruct defected mandible using brain death bones …PayvandResearchers at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences have reconstructed the mandible using bones from brain death patients and stem cells. Dr. Mehdi Gholami, project ma…