06Jun/16

Gridlock: The Inability to Do Research in Deceased Donors to Improve Transplant Organ Quality and Quantity – Huffington Post


Huffington Post

Gridlock: The Inability to Do Research in Deceased Donors to Improve Transplant Organ Quality and Quantity
Huffington Post
Recently, there was an example of how incredibly effective a very simple research intervention in deceased donors — cooling by 2-3°C — can be to improve the function of kidneys after transplantation. Kidneys from “cool” donors were 60 percent more
Revamp planned to boost rates of organ donationStuff.co.nz
Govt looks to increase organ donation rateNZCity
How cadaver organ donation could turn government hospitals into donor bases that cater to the affluentEconomic Times
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04Jun/16

Do Lafzon Ki Kahani stars Randeep Hooda and Kajal Aggarwal to donate their eyes – India.com


India.com

Do Lafzon Ki Kahani stars Randeep Hooda and Kajal Aggarwal to donate their eyes
India.com
TOI quoted the 30-year-old actress saying, “Randeep and I feel strongly towards this cause as eyes are one of the most important sensory organs in the human body since they render vision. There should be widespread awareness programmes and activities …

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29May/16

Helping leukaemia patients find donors – The Hindu


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Helping leukaemia patients find donors
The Hindu
There are only two registries in India that have a database of volunteers who have registered to provide blood stem cells to unrelated recipients. One of them is DATRI Blood Stem Cell Donors‘ Registry in Chennai. Raghu Rajagopal, Co-founder and CEO of …
Five updates for World Blood Cancer DayHealio

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27May/16

Monroe County Democrats’ campaign donation records subpoenaed related to downstate contributions – News 10NBC


News 10NBC

Monroe County Democrats’ campaign donation records subpoenaed related to downstate contributions
News 10NBC
Monroe County Democrats say campaign records for them have been subpoenaed as investigators look into donations made by downstate contributors. According to reports, state elections officials say New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s team devised a way …

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27May/16

DOOH campaign highlights power of blood donation – AV Magazine


AV Magazine

DOOH campaign highlights power of blood donation
AV Magazine
NHS Blood and Transplant today launches a new digital out of home campaign to highlight the life-saving power of blood donation. The campaign, one of the winners of Ocean Outdoor’s annual digital out of home competition, uses innovative augmented …
How Microsoft Azure is helping NHS Blood and Transplant save thousands of livesComputer Business Review

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27May/16

Bodies Given to NYU Ended Up in Mass Graves, Despite Donors’ Wishes – New York Times


New York Times

Bodies Given to NYU Ended Up in Mass Graves, Despite Donors‘ Wishes
New York Times
Vincent Muscarnera, outside his apartment in Queens. After his sister, Marie, donated her body to the New York University School of Medicine, she was buried in a common grave on Hart Island. Credit Victor J. Blue for The New York Times. One died in her …