YNHH patient makes historic HIV-positive organ donation
Yale Daily News (blog)
In mid-March, the family of a Yale-New Haven patient with HIV, whose personal details have been kept confidential, informed their social worker of their wish to donate the patient’s liver and kidney to another individual living with the infection …

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Sport trapping proposed law prompts public discussion
wivb.com
Lack of kidney donors means some die waiting. March 7, 2016. About 800 patients are waiting for kidneys in Western New York but only about 50 become available from deceased donors. New federal rules se…

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Public given more time to look at new plans for Freezer Queen plant site
wivb.com
Lack of kidney donors means some die waiting. March 7, 2016. About 800 patients are waiting for kidneys in Western New York but only about 50 become available from deceased donors. New federal rules se…

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Organ donation: ‘I know the enormity of what that family did’
Irish Times
Jonny Quigley was one of 153 people who received a kidney transplant last year. Last March, he received a call at 2am from Beaumont hospital after five months on the waiting list, saying they had found a match for him. The usual wait time for a kidney …

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Father and son bond over blood donation; Dunns have been giving for 30-plus years
The Independent
The younger Dunn started giving blood because of the free meals offered to donors at the health center. He told the story Friday while his 130th pint was being withdrawn. “When you’re a poor college kid, it was one of the best meals,” he said. The …

Organ donor recipients celebrates the “Gift of Life” at ceremony
NBC Nebraska
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — The gift of life was being celebrated at CHI Health St. Francis Monday. The hospital held an organ donor remembrance ceremony, honoring anyone who has generously and courageously given an organ. The program included a …
‘In the blackness, organ donation was the only light in Eamonn’s death’- Irish mum who tragically lost her only son …Irish Independent
Kendal volunteers take to the catwalk for organ donation awarenessThe Westmorland Gazette
Cork County Mayor Urges People of Cork To Support Organ Donation Awareness WeekTheCork.ie
China Christian Daily –Grand Island Independent
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JJ’s Legacy decorates Bakersfield trees to encourage organ donation
Bakersfield Now
Why not donate life? Why not be a registered donor?” said Lori Malkin, the founder of JJ’s Legacy. Malkin’s son Jeff passed away in 2009 from a head injury. “He saved five lives through organ donation, and over 50 lives he enhanced through tissue …

Good turnout at hotel’s blood donation drive
The Star Online
A mobile team of medical officers, laboratory technicians and nurses facilitated the drive at the hotel’s function room from 11am to 4pm. The corporate social responsibility (CSR) activity targeted at least 70 successful donations. One World Hotel …

CBB Donor App for blood donation
The Hindu
Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan launched the CBB (Chiranjeevi Blood Bank) Donor App over the weekend. The app allows users to raise a request for required blood group, search for donors and access list of blood banks. The app was launched at an event in …
76000 fans donate blood on Ram Charan’s birthday; Chiranjeevi thanks them for the initiativeInternational Business Times, India Edition
Chiranjeevi & Ram Charan Thanked Fans For Mega Blood Donation CampsChitramala (satire) (blog)
Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan thanked the blood donorsTollywood News (press release) (blog)
Deccan Chronicle –Bangalore Mirror –FilmiBeat
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New stem cell therapy which mimics how salamanders grow new limbs raises hopes of new regenerative treatments
The Independent
… in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences have a more limited capacity but claimed to be safer than ES or iPS cells. The Australian team produced them by inducing “plasticity” in bone and fat cells from mouse and human donors.

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