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Gift of Hope: Minorities urged to sign donor cards
Freeport Journal-Standard FREEPORT — Freeport resident Kelvin Martin understands the importance of organ donation. He suffered three heart attacks and was in a medically induced coma for two weeks during the more than two years he spent waiting for a new heart. |
Fresh hope for diabetes sufferers – Shanghai Daily (subscription)
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Fresh hope for diabetes sufferers
Shanghai Daily (subscription) The questions: How best to obtain those islet cells from deceased donors, and who benefits most from transplants? When glucose levels drop too low, most people with Type 1 diabetes experience early warning signs — slurred speech, tremors, sweating, … |
Stem Cell Company Athersys Firing On All Cylinders In 2016 – Seeking Alpha
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Stem Cell Company Athersys Firing On All Cylinders In 2016
Seeking Alpha For those unfamiliar with Athersys, the company’s main product is an off-the-shelf allogeneic stem cell therapy called MultiStem that is manufactured from proprietary Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells (MAPCs) that are derived from donor bone marrow. |
Ontario woman’s trip to Buffalo for stem-cell transplant came too late – Waterloo Record
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Ontario woman’s trip to Buffalo for stem-cell transplant came too late
Waterloo Record Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Juravinski Hospital in Hamilton and The Ottawa Hospital are the only centres in the province equipped to perform allogeneic transplants on patients, which use stem cells from unrelated donors like the one Shamblaw had. |
2016 Jimmy V Men’s Basketball Classic Matchups Announced – ESPN MediaZone
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2016 Jimmy V Men’s Basketball Classic Matchups Announced
ESPN MediaZone It awards 100 percent of all direct cash donations to cancer research and related programs. Due to generous donors, the Foundation has an endowment that covers administrative expenses. The Foundation awards peer-reviewed grants through a competitive … |
To Promote Organ Donation, Govt To Now Give Preference To Donors And Their Kin For Kidney Transplants – ScoopWhoop
ScoopWhoopTo Promote Organ Donation, Govt To Now Give Preference To Donors And Their Kin For Kidney TransplantsScoopWhoopAccording to a report by the Times of India, more than two lakh people require kidney transplant every year in India but only about…
Ethiopia: Overview of Climate Resilient Green Economy – AllAfrica.com
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Ethiopia: Overview of Climate Resilient Green Economy
AllAfrica.com “The pilot project is showing remarkable progress in all regions so far and we have learned a lot on that regard to further strengthen the project with joint collaboration and partnership and many donors and countries are now keen to support the … |
Organ donation facts – The Lebanon Enterprise
Organ donation factsThe Lebanon EnterpriseAfter discussing your wishes with your family, go to the Kentucky Organ Donor Registry at www.donatelifeky.org and complete the online registry form. Completing the Kentucky Organ Donor Registry form ensures th…
Kidney Patient? Read How the New Transplant Policy Will Affect You – The Quint
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Kidney Patient? Read How the New Transplant Policy Will Affect You
The Quint The organ donation gap just passed a ghastly milestone in India – last year around 5 lakh Indians died awaiting an organ transplant! That is more than the number of soldiers killed in all our wars put together. India has a rate of less than 0.2 donors … |
How this new Sault pastry shop owner saved a life (8 photos) – SooToday.com
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How this new Sault pastry shop owner saved a life (8 photos)
SooToday.com Saturday’s Transplant Trot raised $535 and helped spread more information about organ donation to the public. Tomlinson promoted the fact that living donors can donate their kidney or liver while deceased donors can donate their hearts, lungs, spleens, … |