16Jan/16

The Medical Minute: Seven Things to Know about Bone Marrow Transplants – Gant Daily


Gant Daily

The Medical Minute: Seven Things to Know about Bone Marrow Transplants
Gant Daily
The patient’s body can then use its own banked stem cells to regenerate healthy marrow once treatment is complete. Other transplants are allogeneic, meaning that the patient must receive matching stem cells from a sibling, family member or unrelated donor.

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16Jan/16

With no plane to transport organ donor heart goes to waste – Times of India


Hindustan Times

With no plane to transport organ donor heart goes to waste
Times of India
AURANGABAD: The beating heart of a brain-dead youth here stopped functioning even as the recipient in Chennai waited for it, since there was no aircraft to carry the harvested organ. The kidneys and liver of Ram Sudhakar Magar (24), however, helped …
11-yr-old gives new lease of life to threeFree Press Journal
In Mumbai, 11-year-old’s organs save three livesHindustan Times

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16Jan/16

Newmarket mother of UK’s youngest organ donor backs move to make overriding … – Cambridge News

Newmarket mother of UK’s youngest organ donor backs move to make overriding
Cambridge News
The mother of the UK’s youngest organ donor is backing a move to make it harder for bereaved relatives to block a decision by their family member to donate organs. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) data suggests relatives blocked transplants in 547 – or …

16Jan/16

Organ donor who gave new lease of life to many – Hindustan Times

Hindustan TimesOrgan donor who gave new lease of life to manyHindustan TimesA decision of donating organs post death can save several precious lives, and this has been aptly proved by a 40-year-old man from Solan, Himachal Pradesh. He donated seven org…

16Jan/16

Financing unclear for Westfield’s $25M Grand Junction park – Indianapolis Business Journal


Indianapolis Business Journal

Financing unclear for Westfield’s $25M Grand Junction park
Indianapolis Business Journal
Expenses to date have included $664,000 in property acquisition, $1.72 million related to reconstructing and extending Mill Street, and close to $1 million for Grand Junction designs—although the city is under contract to pay a total of $3 million for

16Jan/16

How ‘Donor 1’ and ‘Donor 2’ connect to Allentown FBI probe – WFMZ Allentown


WFMZ Allentown

How ‘Donor 1′ and ‘Donor 2′ connect to Allentown FBI probe
WFMZ Allentown
Investigators say Koval conspired to accept campaign contributions for past and future actions related to her role as controller and a chairperson for the Allentown Parking Authority. They say the conspiracy involved “Public Official #3,” and say that

16Jan/16

Civil Hospital short of blood, yet donation camps drop – Times of India

Civil Hospital short of blood, yet donation camps drop
Times of India
Shyam Sundar from Indian Red Cross Society said, “Blood donation camps are organised according to requirement flagged by authorities as the life of a blood unit is not more than 35 days. We can make 10,000 units of blood available to the authorities in
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16Jan/16

Local charity encourages blood donation to raise awareness of cancer – KTVQ Billings News

Local charity encourages blood donation to raise awareness of cancer
KTVQ Billings News
“We are hoping to raise awareness and the importance of donating blood for not only children with cancer, but adults and anyone with cancer here in our community,” said Volunteer, Melissa Gjerde. “They need blood platelets during transfusions, and we