ABC OnlineChina faces uphill battle in organ donation campaignABC OnlineBetween March 2010 to April this year, only 3,824 people donated organs like their kidneys, lungs, liver or heart. One reason for the low figures is because the national organ dona…
Programme on organ donation – The Hindu
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Programme on organ donation
The Hindu At a programme on cadaver organ donation organised by the district panchayat as part of its Jeevaldanam project on Saturday, he said society had an important part to play in organ donations. “Donating a person’s organs after death could provide a new … |
committed to saving lives – Manawatu Standard
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committed to saving lives
Manawatu Standard Raewyn Thompson, 60, first gave blood in 1971 when she was just 17. “We were just at work one day and we just decided to toodle down and give some blood.” She knows the importance blood donors play as both her husband and daughter have been on … |
Breakthrough T-Cell Therapy Halts EBV-Associated Lymphoproliferative Disorders – OncLive
OncLiveBreakthrough T-Cell Therapy Halts EBV-Associated Lymphoproliferative DisordersOncLiveIn the two studies, the objective response rate (ORR) was over 60% in patients treated with EBV-CTLs derived from either unrelated or primary stem cell donors. …
The case for compensating kidney donors – The Week Magazine
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The case for compensating kidney donors
The Week Magazine The European model of “presumed consent,” wherein a person’s organs are taken posthumously unless an individual has specifically forbidden their retrieval, is not a potent solution as less than one percent of deceased individuals are medically eligible … |
General Election 2015: Concerns raised as just 76 individuals account for 41 … – The Independent
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General Election 2015: Concerns raised as just 76 individuals account for 41 …
The Independent The second and third spots are occupied by Tory donors City financier Lord Farmer and billionaire JCB chairman Lord Bamford, who gave £5m and £3.6m respectively. The biggest Labour supporter was Lord David Sainsbury, who donated £3.5m to the party … |
76 individuals account for 41% of all political related donations in the past … – The Independent
The Independent76 individuals account for 41% of all political related donations in the past …The IndependentThe small number of people who account for such a large share of political donations has sparked fresh concerns over party funding and the po…
Students donate blood – The Hindu
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Students donate blood
The Hindu MBA and MCA Students enthusiastically donated blood at a blood donation camp organised at the QIS College of Engineering here on Saturday. In all, the students donated 40 units of blood to ‘Belief Blood Bank‘, run under the aegis of Betesda, a local … |
Quest to bridge blood shortfall – Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphQuest to bridge blood shortfallCalcutta TelegraphBhubaneswar, April 18: The state falls short of around one lakh units of blood for transfusion to patients every year, and the shortage is at it worst during the summer months. This tim…
Blood donation – Daily Times
Blood donationDaily TimesSir: Most people are not aware of the importance of donating blood. There are many advantages of donating blood that include the formation of new blood cells and a reduction in the chances of heart attack, liver failure, high b…