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Phase 2 PROTECT Trial Evaluates ProTmune for Prevention of Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Lymphoma News Today “Acute GvHD is the leading cause of early morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing allogeneic [from matched, unrelated donors] transplant. We are excited to initiate the randomized, controlled and blinded Phase 2 stage of PROTECT and assess the … |
Event encourages Vermonters to “donate life” – Mountaintimes
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Event encourages Vermonters to “donate life”
Mountaintimes Boger also clarified that a person can only be considered for organ and tissue donation once deceased. Rutland Sen. Peg Flory, who also spoke at the event, said her late husband, Joseph, was one of the first people to survive a transplant using a heart … |
Here’s a bill that will help you figure out who’s trying to buy your vote – Sacramento Bee
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Here’s a bill that will help you figure out who’s trying to buy your vote
Sacramento Bee That’s why of the many elections-related bills our committees heard this year, none had come close to AB 249’s level of public support. Voters should have the right to know the identities of people and organizations asking for their votes. By no longer … |
Lancaster students receive organ donation education – Lancaster Eagle Gazette
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Lancaster students receive organ donation education
Lancaster Eagle Gazette Much of the class is also used to dispel myths and misunderstandings about organ donation. “We get a lot of questions,” Peterson said. The most common misconception is that doctors will not work as hard to save someone that’s an organ donor. “The … New Ohio law requires public high schools to teach about organ, tissue donationWLWT Cincinnati |
‘Saw’ movie ad campaign protests restrictions for gay blood donors – Los Angeles Blade
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‘Saw’ movie ad campaign protests restrictions for gay blood donors
Los Angeles Blade Current regulations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration require men to have abstained from sex with other men for 12 months prior to giving blood. Before 2015, gay men were banned from donating blood altogether. The stipulation is meant as a … |
Foundation created to honor boy killed at Disney resort helps families with kids recovering from organ transplants – Omaha World-Herald
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Foundation created to honor boy killed at Disney resort helps families with kids recovering from organ transplants
Omaha World-Herald The mission of The Lane Thomas Foundation is to raise awareness about the need for pediatric organ donation and to help families cover nonmedical expenses incurred during a child’s transplant. Matt and Melissa’s son Lane Graves, was killed by … The … |
Stunning Photos of Family That Lost Their Toddler Meeting the Boy With Her Heart – POPSUGAR
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Stunning Photos of Family That Lost Their Toddler Meeting the Boy With Her Heart
POPSUGAR After Lacey Tiara Wilcox and her husband, Brandon, lost their 2-year-old daughter, Alaiya, to bacterial meningitis, they immediately said yes to donating the little girl’s organs to potentially save the lives of other children in need. Because of their … |
Opt-out organ donation proposals next year? – Jersey Evening Post
Jersey Evening Post |
Opt-out organ donation proposals next year?
Jersey Evening Post The minister has previously said that a ‘soft opt-out’ system, which assumes consent to organ donation unless family members strongly object, may be the best way of increasing the Island’s registered donors. A number of European countries have already … |
Funding award targets kidney transplantation risks – Life Science Daily
Life Science DailyFunding award targets kidney transplantation risksLife Science DailyResearchers said kidneys transplanted from deceased African-American donors fail more rapidly compared to kidneys transplanted from deceased European American donors….
Jeremy Corbyn sets out plan to make everyone an organ donor in Labour conference speech – The Independent
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Jeremy Corbyn sets out plan to make everyone an organ donor in Labour conference speech
The Independent Labour will make everyone an organ donor unless they opt out, Jeremy Corbyn has said. The organ donor register will automatically opt everyone in unless they say they want to be out. That rule is already in place in Wales, but the change wouldn’t apply … Jeremy Corbyn would bring in opt-out organ donation as PM following Mirror’s Change the Law for Life campaignMirror.co.uk Jeremy Corbyn’s speech to Labour conference: key pointsThe Guardian Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour conference speech in fullBusiness Insider |