14Jun/16

Prosecutors: Ex-California senator to plead guilty to bribe – Business Insider


Business Insider

Prosecutors: Ex-California senator to plead guilty to bribe
Business Insider
FILE – In this June 10, 2013, file photo, then-California State Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello, holds a brief news conference to discuss the FBI raid on his Capitol office in Sacramento, Calif. The Los Angeles U.S. attorney’s office said Monday, June

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13Jun/16

Email from Alonzo Mourning: How organ donation saved my life – The White House (blog)

Email from Alonzo Mourning: How organ donation saved my lifeThe White House (blog)There is something we can all do, right now: become an organ donor. One reason that the waiting list for transplants has become so long is that, even though 95 percent of…

13Jun/16

Organ donors number reached 100000 last year – Peninsula On-line


Peninsula On-line

Organ donors number reached 100000 last year
Peninsula On-line
Over the past six years, the number of ‘deceased‘ organ donations has increased eight times and ‘living’ donations 20 times as a result of continued awareness programmes. Among the living donors, 75 percent are Qataris, said Dr. Riadh Fadhil, Director, …
Campaign aims for 150000 organ donors this yearGulf Times

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13Jun/16

‘Dozens saved’ in six months by Welsh deemed consent organ donation system – The Guardian


The Guardian

‘Dozens saved’ in six months by Welsh deemed consent organ donation system
The Guardian
A landmark scheme under which people are deemed to have consented to organ donation unless they opt out has saved dozens of lives in the six months since it was introduced, the Welsh government has said. Of the 60 organs transplanted in Wales …
Dozens of lives have been saved by Wales’ opt-out organ donation system in first six monthsSouth Wales Evening Post
New opt-out organ donation system has already saved dozens of lives in the first six monthsWalesOnline
Opt-out organ donation system saves dozens of lives in its first six monthsDaily Post North Wales
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13Jun/16

Organ donation in Singapore: Her daughter’s death gave two children the gift of sight – The New Paper


The New Paper

Organ donation in Singapore: Her daughter’s death gave two children the gift of sight
The New Paper
Over the years, changes were also made to the Human Organ Transplant Act (Hota) that included Muslims as donors and lifted the age cap previously set for deceased donors. Under deceased organ donations covered by Hota, potential donors become …

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13Jun/16

Texan Is First Adult in U.S. To Receive Updated Stem Cell Transplant for Leukemia Treatment at UT Southwestern – Newswise (press release)

Texan Is First Adult in U.S. To Receive Updated Stem Cell Transplant for Leukemia Treatment at UT Southwestern
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — DALLAS – June 13, 2016 – Texan Chuck Dandridge became the first adult in the U.S. to receive a newly modified stem cell transplant that uses genetically engineered blood cells from a family member, announced researchers at UT …

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