22Jan/09

Organ donation bid surpasses target – The Press Association

January 22, 2009Uncategorizedadmin

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Organ donation bid surpasses target The Press Association – Jan 21, 2009 A call to double the number of people on the organ donor register to 16 million has been achieved a year early, figures showed. More than one in four (26%) … Organ donor targets reached but shortage remains InTheNews.co.uk Organ donor register target met ahead of schedule Nursing Times Organ donors needed to 'save lives' Radio 1 Mirror.co.uk – Evening Post all 327 news articles

21Jan/09

Hand Transplantation Marks Historical 10-Year Milestone – PR Newswire (press release)

January 21, 2009Uncategorizedadmin

Hand Transplantation Marks Historical 10-Year Milestone PR Newswire (press release), NY – Jan 21, 2009 The procedure, also called composite tissue allotransplantation, criticized by some in the hand surgery community and lauded by others in the world of organ …

21Jan/09

Kidney Transplants Seem Safe for HIV-Positive Patients – MedPage Today

January 21, 2009Uncategorizedadmin

Kidney Transplants Seem Safe for HIV-Positive Patients MedPage Today, NJ – Jan 21, 2009 Moreover, keeping cold ischemic time to less than 16 hours, using live donors, and avoiding organs from hypertensive donors appeared likely to improve graft … Kidney Transplant Survival Can Be Long-term For People With HIV Science Daily (press release) all 45 news articles

01Jan/09

Parents donate their 11-year-old son's organs – Detroit Free Press

January 1, 2009Uncategorizedadmin

Parents donate their 11-year-old son's organs Detroit Free Press, United States – Jan 1, 2009 Golden and her family decided to share their story to make others aware of the possibilities of organ donation. Her son's organs and tissue will help up to …

31Dec/08

New machine improves donor kidneys – The Press Association

December 31, 2008Uncategorizedadmin

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New machine improves donor kidneys The Press Association – Dec 31, 2008 Machine preservation significantly reduced the risk of delayed organ function, the scientists reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. … Video: Kidney Transplant Breakthrough CBS Building a Better Kidney Transplant TIME Special Hyperthermia Machine Improves Kidney Transplant Odds HealthNews PR Newswire (press release) – Washington Post all 81 news articles

31Dec/08

A Better Method of Kidney Storage – Washington Post

December 31, 2008Uncategorizedadmin

A Better Method of Kidney Storage Washington Post, United States – Dec 31, 2008 Delayed function of the transplanted kidney that required dialysis was seen in 70 cases where the organ was perfused, compared to 89 cases in the …

31Dec/08

New Device Might Help Increase Kidneys Available for Transplant – Wall Street Journal

December 31, 2008Uncategorizedadmin

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New Device Might Help Increase Kidneys Available for Transplant Wall Street Journal – Dec 31, 2008 … whose kidneys eventually fail, typically wait more than four years for a replacement, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. … Video: Kidney Transplant Breakthrough CBS New Device Is Better Alternative To Conventional Kidney Storage Method eFluxMedia all 84 news articles

31Dec/08

Machine Perfusion or Cold Storage in Deceased-Donor Kidney … – New England Journal of Medicine (subscription)

December 31, 2008Uncategorizedadmin

Machine Perfusion or Cold Storage in Deceased-Donor Kidney … New England Journal of Medicine (subscription), MA – Dec 31, 2008 Methods In this international randomized, controlled trial, we randomly assigned one kidney from 336 consecutive deceased donors to machine perfusion and …

28Dec/08

Taiwan to relax rules on organ donation – Gulf Times

December 28, 2008Uncategorizedadmin

Taiwan to relax rules on organ donation Gulf Times, Qatar – Dec 28, 2008 TAIPEI: Taiwan plans to relax rules on human organ donation to allow blood relatives to receive them, a move that is expected to ease the shortage of donor …

26Dec/08

Papa puts spanner in organ donation – Express Buzz

December 26, 2008Uncategorizedadmin

Papa puts spanner in organ donation Express Buzz, India – Dec 25, 2008 The hospital has now decided not to harvest the organs, but the case has thrown up a tangle for the cadaver organ transplant programme. …