Canadian Muslim Forum to host blood donation camp in Mississauga
Mississauga
Canadian Muslim Forum (CMF), a new Mississauga-based not-for-profit community organization, is organizing its first blood donation campaign to help meet the needs of Canadian Blood Services. The forum’s one-day camp will be held on Saturday, April 30, …

Stem cell drive for young Richmond boy fighting rare form of Leukemia
News1130
“Your match generally comes from your heritage and 25 per cent of patients will find a match in their family but 75 per cent rely on donors who are unrelated to them.” Both of Joshua’s parents are of mixed ethnicity, so for Joshua to find an …

New chair appointed to lead Organ Donation Committee at Colchester General Hospital
Gazette
A NEW chair has been appointed to lead the Organ Donation Committee at the NHS trust that runs Colchester General Hospital. Jan Smith took over this month from John Crookenden, who was appointed when the committee was set up at Colchester … “Being on …
Organ Donation: The Gift of LifeEl Dorado Springs Sun
Appeal for materials for Essex organ donor artworkEast Anglian Daily Times
Memorial wall honours ‘gifts of life’The Kingston Whig-Standard
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Families bond after organ donation
WFAA.com
His brain no longer functioned after the crash, and the family made a choice. “We decided that, yeah, we would donate David’s organs,” Nicklas said. That’s when David’s grandfather remembered a man he met six weeks earlier who needed a heart transplant.

Head of Regents: UA’s Hart should drop DeVry board job
Arizona Daily Star
Several hundred UA supporters, including faculty members, students, donors and 20-plus state legislators, have criticized Hart’s decision to join the board of DeVry, which is being sued by the Federal Trade Commission over claims the school routinely …

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Global HIV drive hampered without drugs for ‘neglected’ West and Central Africa
Reuters UK
HIV treatment is not considered a priority in West and Central Africa by donors or governments, as the region has a smaller percentage of people infected with HIV than Eastern and Southern Africa, said Mit Philips, health policy advisor at MSF. “Donors …

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American Red Cross blood donation opportunities
Lynchburg News and Advance
The America Red Cross is encouraging eligible donors to give blood in honor of World Cross and Red Crescent Day, which celebrates the birthday of the movement’s founder Henry Dunant on May 8. To make an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org or call …
Upcoming blood donation opportunitiesMarion Star
Red Cross blood donation opportunities May 1-15Quad-Cities Online
Blood Drive For Hannah WoodwardWJBD Online
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Atara Bio’s Collaborator QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Reports Positive Clinical Data for T Cell …
GlobeNewswire (press release)
The therapy was generally well-tolerated in the 29 patients with two patients experiencing possibly related grade 3 adverse events. “These clinical findings provide initial data … Atara Bio’s targeted EBV-CTL utilizes a technology in which T cells …

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