11Oct/17

East Van author’s cancer battle inspires blood donation events – Vancouver Courier


Vancouver Courier

East Van author’s cancer battle inspires blood donation events
Vancouver Courier
That demand for blood generated by Mac alone inspired the East Vancouver resident to urge those around her to donate blood. Taking it one step further, Mac’s longtime friend Morgan Brayton, a local actor, comedian, and fellow parent, has coordinated a …

11Oct/17

‘Presumed consent’ won’t solve organ shortage, warn Surrey campaigners – Get Surrey


Get Surrey

‘Presumed consent’ won’t solve organ shortage, warn Surrey campaigners
Get Surrey
Ali Reynolds, whose son’s organs were donated after he died in a car crash in West End in 2000 and who has been campaigning for organ donation awareness ever since , said: “It’s something we’ve been hoping for, because at the moment perfectly healthy …

11Oct/17

Donor law will be called ‘Max’s Law’ in honour of little boy whose bravery helped change Britain – Mirror.co.uk


Mirror.co.uk

Donor law will be called ‘Max’s Law’ in honour of little boy whose bravery helped change Britain
Mirror.co.uk
Mrs May told him: “When I read your inspirational story, I knew I had to act to change the organdonation rules to an opt-out system. I also read that you thought it would be fun to name the change in the rules after you. “I think that is a brilliant

11Oct/17

Organ donation ‘a very Jewish thing’ – New Jersey Jewish News


New Jersey Jewish News

Organ donation ‘a very Jewish thing’
New Jersey Jewish News
A member of Temple B’nai Or in Morristown, Rubman said Judaism “is more of my ethnic identity than my religious identity. But I believe in tikkun olam. ‘If you save one life, you save the world.’ “It is not about me, per se. Organ donation is a very

11Oct/17

Gene-expression study raises thorny ethical issues – Nature.com


Nature.com

Gene-expression study raises thorny ethical issues
Nature.com
Ronald’s myriad tissues, and those of almost 1,000 other anonymous deceased donors, are now the basis of a first-of-its-kind database. Supported by the US National Institutes of Health, the US$150-million Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project is …
Massive Transcription Catalog Outlines the Influence of Human Genetic VariationThe Scientist

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