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Antivirals Allow for HCV-Infected Organs to be Transplanted
Specialty Pharmacy Times “We started this trial in the hopes that, if successful, we could open up an entirely new pool of donor organs, and effectively transplant hundreds, if not thousands, more patients who are awaiting a lifesaving organ,” said trial co-leader David S … |
Are the secrets of healthy ageing within ‘young blood’? – Nature.com
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Are the secrets of healthy ageing within ‘young blood’?
Nature.com The findings, reported by Joseph Castellano and colleagues, are the first to show that proteins from human blood can improve age-related reductions in synaptic plasticity and cognition in aged mice. Ageing is characterized by a decline in cellular … |
Be The Match: Marrow drive at CRFR – St. Helens Chronicle
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Be The Match: Marrow drive at CRFR
St. Helens Chronicle For thousands of patients with life-threatening diseases such as leukemia and lymphoma, a marrow transplant from an unrelated donor is their best or only hope for a cure. These patients depend on the Be The Match Registry to find a match – and a second … |
Dying Matters Awareness Week – What can you do? – Telegraph.co.uk
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Dying Matters Awareness Week – What can you do?
Telegraph.co.uk Each year in May, Dying Matters and its coalition members host an Awareness Week to place the importance of talking about dying, death and bereavement firmly on the national agenda. With 83% of the British population admitting they were uncomfortable … |
This New App Is Tinder For Sperm And Egg Donors – HuffPost (blog)
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This New App Is Tinder For Sperm And Egg Donors
HuffPost (blog) But demand for surrogates and gametes ― the technical term for sperm and oocytes, or immature eggs ― continues to rise. More than 20 percent of in vitro fertilization-related births in the U.S. now involve third parties. Use of donor eggs and embryos … |
Organ donation: Opt-in or opt-out? – EJ Insight
EJ InsightOrgan donation: Opt-in or opt-out?EJ InsightA recent case in which a dying mother was saved by a liver donor has fueled intense discussions in Hong Kong. Tang Kwai-si, 43, suffered from an acute liver failure but her daughter could not donate…
Uganda: Why We Must All Be Part of Blood Donation Campaign – AllAfrica.com
Uganda: Why We Must All Be Part of Blood Donation CampaignAllAfrica.comOn Monday (Labour Day), I was in an omnibus on my way from Masaka to Kampala, a woman and two men sat next to me. They started talking about a funeral they had just attended. The wo…
Fish, hunt, save lives: MN first to offer organ donor option on fishing … – West Fargo Pioneer
West Fargo PioneerFish, hunt, save lives: MN first to offer organ donor option on fishing …West Fargo PioneerNick Burton, 26, of Fergus Falls, Minn., fishes the Red River in Fargo for the first time Wednesday, May 3. Burton is already a registered or…
Transplant recipient: ‘I don’t take one day for granted’ – Tribune-Review
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Transplant recipient: ‘I don’t take one day for granted’
Tribune-Review Brittany Grimm, 21, a junior, talks about how she thanks her donor every morning, for the heart she was given during her life saving organ transplant, during the spring carnival at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, on Thursday, May 04, 2017. Seton … |
Rare disease from blood donor kills Georgia man, widow wants to see blood donor questionnaire change – First Coast News
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Rare disease from blood donor kills Georgia man, widow wants to see blood donor questionnaire change
First Coast News The autopsy report reveals his cause of death consistent with transfusion related acute lung injury, TRALI. “It happens from blood from women who have been pregnant, they carry certain antibodies that are rare, but you could have a reaction to them … |