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Mission Solano names new board after resignations
Fairfield Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — Disputes over a $300,000 agreement with Solano County and the use of a Mission Solano credit card preceded the resignation by the nonprofit’s board chairman and two other board members, said Ron Marlette, executive director of Mission … |
ATV death spawns message of safety, life-saving organ donation – WWLTV.com
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ATV death spawns message of safety, life-saving organ donation
WWLTV.com Kennedy became an organ donor after seeing his two uncles live on through their donations. “My son is my hero because, today, he did one of the most Christ-like things we can do. He gave his life so others can live,” said Kennedy. While five futures … |
Student’s legacy lives on through organ donation – WKBW-TV
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Student’s legacy lives on through organ donation
WKBW-TV BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) – The legacy of a local student lives on, through organ donation. 18-year-old Nolan Burch, a graduate of Canisius High School, passed away in 2014. The teen died from alcohol poisoning while attending a frat party at West Virginia … |
Liver donor for 8 year old does not think he is a ‘hero’ – Ottawa Sun
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Liver donor for 8 year old does not think he is a ‘hero’
Ottawa Sun At a time when living organ donations are becoming more routine — live kidney transplants are now more common than deceased transplants — Budel is still a rarity. Liver transplants, which are riskier and more invasive, are less common, and liver … |
A Rare Domino Organ Transplant Gives Two Women New Lives – WJBF-TV
WJBF-TVA Rare Domino Organ Transplant Gives Two Women New LivesWJBF-TVAnd Tammy received the heart and lungs from a deceased 21-year-old donor. Tammy had Cystic Fibrosis. Receiving lungs was critical; her heart was still functioning well but was pushed…
The Basics: UConn Foundation transparency bill wins final passage – The CT Mirror
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The Basics: UConn Foundation transparency bill wins final passage
The CT Mirror The state House of Representatives gave final passage Monday to a bill that will increase the information the University of Connecticut’s private fundraising arm must make public. The bill now heads to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s desk. |
Auto-ped victim spreads word about need for blood donations – Laredo Morning Times
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Auto-ped victim spreads word about need for blood donations
Laredo Morning Times “Monica wants to spread the word about the need for blood,” said Liza Guzman, South Texas Blood and Tissue Center donor recruitment consultant for Laredo. “She wants the community to know how important it is to donate because you never know when … |
2017 Donate Life Float Depicts Spectacular Polynesian Catamaran, Celebrates Organ Donors and Recipients as … – Marketwired (press release)
Marketwired (press release)2017 Donate Life Float Depicts Spectacular Polynesian Catamaran, Celebrates Organ Donors and Recipients as …Marketwired (press release)LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwired – May 03, 2016) – On behalf of sponsors and honorees acros…
Carrier Screening Firms Question Methods of Study That Finds Their Assays Deficient – GenomeWeb
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Carrier Screening Firms Question Methods of Study That Finds Their Assays Deficient
GenomeWeb GenePeeks’ Silver agreed that it would not make sense to disqualify all 27 donors from the sperm bank because they carried mutations in one of the 4,813 genes related to disease. And GenePeeks itself doesn’t screen all those genes, but a subset of 479. |
Drumming up the donors on Big Day of Giving in Sacramento – Sacramento Bee
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Drumming up the donors on Big Day of Giving in Sacramento
Sacramento Bee Drumming up the donors on Big Day of Giving via social media. It’s the third annual Big Day of Giving, a 24-hour online blitz to help nonprofit agencies. In Sacramento, the goal is $6 million and 30,000 donors, with 570 groups in the region benefiting. |