Pune MirrorOrgan donor families seek med bill waiverPune MirrorThe organ donation rate has almost doubled this year, with donor families seeking a hospital bill waiver for their selfless act in the time of personal tragedy. So, hospitals and zonal tran…
Fresh calls to lift ban on gay men donating blood in Tasmania – ABC Online
ABC OnlineFresh calls to lift ban on gay men donating blood in TasmaniaABC OnlineThe Red Cross Blood Service in Tasmania is under pressure to drop its ban on accepting gay male donors as it calls for more donations to fill a winter shortage. The servic…
Campaign Finance Board Lets de Blasio Go With a Warning – Observer
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Campaign Finance Board Lets de Blasio Go With a Warning
Observer Mayor Bill de Blasio didn’t violate the city’s campaign finance laws by soliciting unlimited donations through a nonprofit organization—but the Campaign Finance Board today offered a stinging rebuke of the practice and called for the City Council to … |
Marilyn Lee-Tom to step down as head of homeless shelter – Wicked Local Waltham
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Marilyn Lee-Tom to step down as head of homeless shelter
Wicked Local Waltham The programs she started, staff she hired, volunteers and donors she mobilized and the 600 guests the shelter serves annually, are all a part of Lee-Tom’s legacy. “In her time leading the day center, both the financial picture and level of service … |
Interaction between our two genomes, nuclear and mitochondrial, is the key to healthy aging – Science Daily
Science DailyInteraction between our two genomes, nuclear and mitochondrial, is the key to healthy agingScience Daily… between individuals and opens the way to the study of common aging-related conditions, such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, a…
In Kolkata, a lifeline for organ donation – Times of India
In Kolkata, a lifeline for organ donationTimes of IndiaPandey, whose kidneypatient was one of the lucky recipients, pointed out that with 10,000 deaths in the state every week, even if 1% patient families are convinced, there would be more organs on of…
Apple urges organ donation via new iPhone software – Bloomington Pantagraph
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Apple urges organ donation via new iPhone software
Bloomington Pantagraph Apple Inc. isn’t the first tech giant to embrace organ donation. Facebook added a feature in 2012 that lets members of the social network display their status as registered donors, and share links to registries in their states or countries. Johns … iPhone update to offer organ donation registrationWFLA Apple & Donate Life America bring national organ donor registration to iPhoneApple Newsroom (press release) Soon, You Can Become an Organ Donor With an iPhone AppWall Street Journal KTVU San Francisco all 206 news articles » |
Help Wanted: A Funders Alliance Rallies Newcomers to Science Philanthropy – Inside Philanthropy
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Help Wanted: A Funders Alliance Rallies Newcomers to Science Philanthropy
Inside Philanthropy Research budgets have experienced some relief since, but the cuts sent a lasting chill through the community. We’ve also seen philanthropy in the U.S. surge, with research funding becoming a massive priority for donors like James Simons, Gordon and … |
Mitochondrial mixing spells danger for ‘three-parent’ babies – The Australian
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Mitochondrial mixing spells danger for ‘three-parent’ babies
The Australian But it also demonstrated the need for careful matching of mitochondrial donors, “just as with organ transplantation and blood transfusion”. Donors should be “maternally related” to the recipients, at least until further research had determined whether … Interaction between our two genomes, nuclear and mitochondrial, is the key to healthy agingScience Daily |
Red Cross issues emergency call for blood donations – MPNnow.com
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Red Cross issues emergency call for blood donations
MPNnow.com The American Red Cross has issued an emergency call for blood and platelets, encouraging eligible donors to help replenish a low summer blood supply. Blood donations have fallen short of hospital needs for the past few months, resulting in about 39,000 … Now is the time to help by giving bloodNews & Observer Red Cross issues emergency request for blood donationsNews 12 Connecticut Donate blood this summerliherald.com The Gazette –WIBW all 39 news articles » |