27Jul/16

Cadaver liver transplant: Recipient’s kin pitch for organ donation – Business Standard


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Cadaver liver transplant: Recipient’s kin pitch for organ donation
Business Standard
Likening the late donor and his family to god, the family of 46-year-old transplantee Madhuri Saha, who received a new lease of life thanks to a cadaveric liver transplant here on Wednesday, urged people to take the “bold step” of furthering cadaveric
Donating an organ is just like giving a new life to someoneThe TeCake
East India’s first cadaver liver transplant in KolkataZee News

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27Jul/16

Brookfield judge donates kidney to Milwaukee judge – WTMJ-TV (press release) (registration) (blog)


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Brookfield judge donates kidney to Milwaukee judge
WTMJ-TV (press release) (registration) (blog)
For the past week, they’ve been side-by-side in the hospital. They went through hours of surgery together. Her kidney is now his. … Their goal is to raise awareness about organ donations. Both the need for more donors and the fact that you don’t need

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27Jul/16

Study Shows Cord Blood Outperforms Matched, Unrelated Donor in Bone Marrow Transplant – Scicasts (press release) (blog)


Scicasts (press release) (blog)

Study Shows Cord Blood Outperforms Matched, Unrelated Donor in Bone Marrow Transplant
Scicasts (press release) (blog)
Our results show that, long term, receiving a cord blood transplant is less likely than receiving a transplant from an unrelated, matched donor to result in graft-versus-host disease,” says Dr. Jonathan Gutman, investigator at the CU Cancer Center and

27Jul/16

United Nations refugee agency asks donors for additional funds for Daadab camp – Mail & Guardian Africa


Mail & Guardian Africa

United Nations refugee agency asks donors for additional funds for Daadab camp
Mail & Guardian Africa
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that funding was also required for the relocation of refugees from Dadaab to Kakuma refugee camp, as well as related projects and infrastructure in Kenya and Somalia. “UNHCR is …
UN appeals for funds to aid Somali refugeesCitizen

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27Jul/16

Cameroon: The Best Benefit in Blood Donation Is Satisfaction – AllAfrica.com

Cameroon: The Best Benefit in Blood Donation Is Satisfaction
AllAfrica.com
Professor Thérèse Nkoa, Technical Adviser No 2 in the Ministry of Public Health, explains the importance of donating blood. What is the situation of blood donation in the country? Before talking about blood donation, it is important to start with blood …

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27Jul/16

Gay Blood Donation Policy: FDA Seeks Public Comments On Donor Deferral Recommendations – International Business Times

International Business TimesGay Blood Donation Policy: FDA Seeks Public Comments On Donor Deferral RecommendationsInternational Business TimesThe United States Food and Drug Administration Tuesday started official reconsideration of its blood donor def…