Cork student urges families to have organ donor conversation after been give ‘a new life’  Irish Examiner

Edel Cashman received a liver transplant five months ago and the difference it has made to her life is phenomenal. “It is amazing. I have so much energy and the …

Harris launches Organ Donor Awareness Week  Irish Medical TimesAn Post has issued a special national postage stamp highlighting the importance of organ donation to the lives of people living in Ireland.

Stem Cell Transplant Patients Face Lifelong Cancer Risk  MedscapePatients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant should be counseled that they have an ever-increasing risk for further malignancies, although their …

HSCT Remains Standard in Childhood ALL, Despite CAR T-Cells  MedscapeClinicians should continue to rely on matched donor stem cell transplants to treat childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, while more data on novel CAR T-cell …

Make a Difference auction raises $269,000 for Foodgrains Bank  Mission City RecordWhen Rob Brandsma saw tubs of ice cream that retailed at $12 to $14 selling for $100 a piece, he knew it was going to be a good day at the Make A Difference …

Hyderabad: Brain dead farmer’s organs donated  Telangana TodayFamily members of 62-year-old farmer from Thanugula village, Jammikunta, J Mallaiah, who was declared as brain dead by doctors.

Altruistic organ donation should be introduced in Ireland, charity says  The Irish TimesHalf a dozen people a year referred to North for altruistic organ donation, says IKA.

Transplant Trot in Burnaby aims to raise awareness about organ donation  Burnaby Now

For Kathleen Fleming, the issue of organ donation is a family matter. “I have a brother and a niece who have received a new set of lungs, a niece who has …

Call for ‘altruistic’ living donors to strangers  RTE.ieThe Irish Kidney Association has said that kidney donations from “altruistic” living donors to strangers should be accepted here.