21Oct/16

Hold your applause for China’s organ donation reforms, advocates say – Humanosphere


Humanosphere

Hold your applause for China’s organ donation reforms, advocates say
Humanosphere
In 2007, in an effort to curb illegal trafficking, the government banned transplants from living donors not related to the recipient. But according to a 2011 paper co-authored by Huang in the Lancet, 65 percent of all transplants in China were obtained

21Oct/16

NJ may allow teens to become organ donors after death – New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio


New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio

NJ may allow teens to become organ donors after death
New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio
TRENTON — Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon, D-Monmouth, has introduced legislation that would allow minors as young as 14 years old to register to donate their organs if they die. Under the measure, the state Motor Vehicle Commission would be directed …