11Sep/18

How AI is transforming organ donation: 7 things to know – Becker’s Hospital Review

How AI is transforming organ donation: 7 things to know
Becker’s Hospital Review
While patients in need of a transplant can accept an organ donation from a willing family member or friend, they aren’t always a perfect match. In this case, patients are often forced to wait on a transplant waiting list until a person registered as an

11Sep/18

Blood donation camp at MMU – The Tribune

Blood donation camp at MMUThe TribuneThe NSS unit of the Maharishi Markendeshwar University (MMU), Sadopur, organised a blood donation camp on Tuesday in collaboration with Rotary and Blood Bank Society Resource Centre, Chandigarh. Harish Sharma, Vice-…

11Sep/18

Nebraska woman on life support to allow organ donation – Lexington Herald Leader

Nebraska woman on life support to allow organ donation
Lexington Herald Leader
A Nebraska woman who was critically injured after a deer crashed through her car’s windshield remains on life support to allow for the donation of her organs. Sara Steiner, 35, was taken to Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy after the

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11Sep/18

Real estate lessons from the organ donor systems – Business Daily (press release) (blog)


Business Daily (press release) (blog)

Real estate lessons from the organ donor systems
Business Daily (press release) (blog)
Perhaps a lesson could be taken from the medical world’s organ donor programmes on efficient donor-recipient matching. In such established systems, the overriding principle is not just getting a recipient, but also “perfect matching” for a guaranteed

11Sep/18

For the first time, a neural link between altruism and empathy toward strangers – Medical Xpress


Medical Xpress

For the first time, a neural link between altruism and empathy toward strangers
Medical Xpress
Using fMRI scans, Brethel-Haurwitz and colleagues from Georgetown University discovered that these altruistic kidney donors were more sensitive to a stranger’s fear and pain than a control group, with activation happening in a brain region called the

11Sep/18

Koch Brothers’ PAC Must Reveal Major Donors in California Filings, Court Says – Bloomberg


Bloomberg

Koch Brothers’ PAC Must Reveal Major Donors in California Filings, Court Says
Bloomberg
… the donors‘ constitutional rights to freedom of association and privacy outweighed the attorney general’s need for the information. The appeals court disagreed, concluding the data was “substantially related” to the state’s interest in policing
Court sides with California in fight over Koch group donorsThe Seattle Times
Koch group must release donor list to California law enforcement, federal appeals court rulesWashington Examiner

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