13Jan/18

Johns Hopkins gets approval to perform HIV positive to HIV positive living donor kidney transplants – News-Medical.net


News-Medical.net

Johns Hopkins gets approval to perform HIV positive to HIV positive living donor kidney transplants
News-Medical.net
This advance follows the Johns Hopkins team’s completion of the United States’ first-ever HIV-to-HIV liver and kidney transplants from deceased donors in early 2016. Approximately 122,000 people are on the transplant waiting list in the U.S. at any one

13Jan/18

The flu, winter weather and holiday schedules have resulted in fewer blood donations – The Whittier Daily News


The Whittier Daily News

The flu, winter weather and holiday schedules have resulted in fewer blood donations
The Whittier Daily News
Blood tech Grace Price chats with sisters Jill, left, and Lynn Taylor, of Hacienda Heights, as they settle in to watch a movie while they give platelets at the American Red Cross’ Fullerton Blood Donation Center in Fullerton on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018
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13Jan/18

Garrett’s Path raises awareness about organ donation – OurQuadCities


OurQuadCities

Garrett’s Path raises awareness about organ donation
OurQuadCities
And while they wish they could’ve changed the outcome of Garrett’s story, they’re grateful that through their son, others have a chance to rewrite theirs. “Garrett’s story is a powerful story,” said Bruce. “We know what it’s like to watch a loved one

13Jan/18

Garrett’s Path raises awareness about organ donation – OurQuadCities


OurQuadCities

Garrett’s Path raises awareness about organ donation
OurQuadCities
“Our son, 10-year-old Garrett, was struck and hit by a falling tree and four days later was declared brain dead.” Just shy of the 5 year anniversary of his death, Tiffini and Bruce Brockway have turned their tragedy into miracles for 132 people across

13Jan/18

Toddler fighting cancer meets the donors who saved her life – Ventura County Star


Ventura County Star

Toddler fighting cancer meets the donors who saved her life
Ventura County Star
“Going to one of these things makes you a platelet donor for life,” he said. “You see the impact.” Skye’s first stem cell transplant didn’t stop the juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia, her mother told the donors. After the second transplant, doctors