Leicester Mercury |
Sister’s desperate plea for help to save her brother Edmund Fox’s life
Leicester Mercury Doctors have said his only hope is to have a blood stem cell transplant. Part-time student Grace, 26, said: “My family and I have all been tested but doctors have discovered Edmund is a rare tissue type and none of us are a match. “He is in hospital in … |
Coventry Telegraph |
Coventry dad ready for emotional first meeting with bone marrow patient he saved
Coventry Telegraph About 1,800 people in the UK need a bone marrow or stem cell transplant each year and Gil, who has run the London Marathon for Anthony Nolan, urges everyone to join the register. Ann O’Leary, from the Anthony Nolan charity, said: “Gil’s bone marrow … |
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West’s mini dance event blows last year’s total out of the water
Iowa City Press Citizen Livee started treatment at the children’s hospital and has undergone a bone marrow transplant, stem cell transplant, radiation, three heart surgeries, an eye surgery, and relapsed four times. Not including surgeries and checkups, Livee has spend 367 … |
Wall Street Journal |
Response to: “Cash for Kidneys: The Case for a Market for Organs”
ScienceBlog.com (blog) And, in light of the authors’ statement that “today, the rich often don’t wait as long as others for organs since some of them go to countries such as India, where they can arrange for transplants in the underground medical sector,” I see evidence of … Pressuring Poor People to Sell Their Organs: Economists Push “Cash for Kidneys”LifeNews.com Organ Transplant Act takes effect at lastFree Press Journal Organ transplant revealing adverse effects at lastAuthint Mail |
Tech Times |
Womb transplants successfully carried out in Sweden
Tech Times Dr. Smith explained that a uterus transplant required a bigger chunk of the surrounding blood vessels to be taken, which will ensure sufficient blood flow to the organ. This in turn raises the risk of complications for the donor. He also said, “The … |
Wall Street Journal |
Pressuring Poor People to Sell Their Organs: Economists Push “Cash for Kidneys”
LifeNews.com Today, the rich often don’t wait as long as others for organs since some of them go to countries such as India, where they can arrange for transplants in the underground medical sector, and others (such as the late Steve Jobs ) manage to jump the queue … Organ Transplant Act takes effect at lastFree Press Journal |
The Guardian NigeriaFresh hope on stem cells use to regenerate human organsThe Guardian NigeriaThis new method, explained in a paper published this month in the journal PLOS ONE, may accelerate research and clinical applications for stem cell corneal t…
Wall Street JournalOrgan Transplant Act takes effect at lastFree Press JournalNew Delhi : More than two years after the President assented to the Transplantation of Human Organs Act that allows swapping of the organs, the law went into effect in four s…
Wall Street Journal |
Cash for Kidneys: The Case for a Market for OrgansThe Case for a Market for …
Wall Street Journal Today, the rich often don’t wait as long as others for organs since some of them go to countries such as India, where they can arrange for transplants in the underground medical sector, and others (such as the late Steve Jobs) manage to jump the queue … |
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Sweden meets success in womb transplants
Indian Express Life-saving transplants of organs such as hearts, livers and kidneys have been done for decades and doctors are increasingly transplanting hands, faces and other body parts. Womb transplants — the first ones intended to be temporary, just to allow … |