29Oct/18

Young Farmer’s organ donation helps more than 25 people after tragic death – FG Insight


FG Insight

Young Farmer’s organ donation helps more than 25 people after tragic death
FG Insight
Research undertaken by NHS Blood and Transplant has shown that 80 per cent of the UK population believe in organ donation and that where someone is on the Organ Donor Register and their loved ones are aware of this, 92 per cent of families support …

29Oct/18

Colchester MP Will Quince supports DKMS by signing up to be blood stem cell donor – Gazette


Gazette

Colchester MP Will Quince supports DKMS by signing up to be blood stem cell donor
Gazette
Mr Quince signed up to become a donor during a special event at the House of Commons, organised by fellow MP, Mike Wood. He said: “Currently, only six out of ten blood cancer patients in the UK find an unrelated matching blood stem cell donor.

29Oct/18

Waterloo woman, 20 Under 40 winner donates kidney to mom – Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier


Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

Waterloo woman, 20 Under 40 winner donates kidney to mom
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
She received two others from deceased donors — the first in 1991 that lasted for eight years, and the second in 2002 that lasted until this year. The average transplant from a deceased donor lasts 10 years, but a living donor’s organ can last 18 years