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New Procedure Allows Kidney Transplants From Any Donor
New York Times In the new study, published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, doctors successfully altered patients’ immune systems to allow them to accept kidneys from incompatible donors. Significantly more of those patients were still alive after … UCSF cleared to resume living kidney donor transplantsSFGate |
First uterus transplant in US removed after sudden complication – The Guardian
The GuardianFirst uterus transplant in US removed after sudden complicationThe GuardianUnlike Sweden, the Cleveland hospital decided to use organs from deceased donors rather than exposing living donors to the risk of surgery. The hospital said the org…
Saving Yazidis from ISIS, one captive at a time – Fox News
Fox NewsSaving Yazidis from ISIS, one captive at a timeFox NewsThe efforts have raised alarms in some quarters, both that donors could be getting scammed and also that, even if the funds go to ransom, the process makes captives more valuable and the mo…
A mother, her kidney and two special boys – St. Catharines Standard
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A mother, her kidney and two special boys
St. Catharines Standard Living donors represent just over a third of all kidney transplants – another 368 came from deceased donors. On this day, Michelle sits at the kitchen table of her home in Niagara Falls, with David’s t-shirt in front of her. She runs her fingers in a … |
Towers: Indoor practice facility now ‘a top priority’ at Miami – DawgNation
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Towers: Indoor practice facility now ‘a top priority’ at Miami
DawgNation ATHENS — I was surfing the Internet recently and ran across a rather interesting story in the Palm Beach Post. Some might call it ironic. The fellow Cox n. |
Blood donors thanked for saving woman’s life – The Coloradoan – The Coloradoan
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Blood donors thanked for saving woman’s life – The Coloradoan
The Coloradoan Donors’ selfless giving not forgotten by patient. Angela Wilson, a mother of twin teenage boys, has been donating blood for 17 years. Every eight weeks, Fort … |
Women outnumber men as live kidney donors – Times of India
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Women outnumber men as live kidney donors
Times of India Hyderabad: On international women’s day, data shows that women outnumber their male counterparts when it comes to live kidney donation in city hospitals. Though a small number of kidneys come via cadaver donation under the state-run Jeevandan … |
People urged to carry organ donor cards – Irish Health
Irish Health |
People urged to carry organ donor cards
Irish Health Deceased donors are usually identified after brain stem death has occurred in one of the country’s 37 ICUs. With brain stem death, there is no hope of recovery and the person is unable to breathe on their own. In such cases, the person’s next of kin … |
Reduced Intensity Salvage Allo-HCT Effective for Follicular Lymphoma – Oncology Nurse Advisor
Oncology Nurse AdvisorReduced Intensity Salvage Allo-HCT Effective for Follicular LymphomaOncology Nurse AdvisorForty-seven percent and 53% of grafts were donated from sibling and unrelated donors, respectively. Results showed that at a median follow-u…
LifeServe Blood Centers are donating some of the blood supply to – Siouxland Matters
Siouxland MattersLifeServe Blood Centers are donating some of the blood supply toSiouxland MattersAs concerns over the Zika virus continue to grow, blood centers across the nation, including LifeServe Blood Center, are taking extra precautions to ensur…