Retired 22 Division detective in need of liver transplant
insideTORONTO.com
“We asked if it was okay to reach out to the public and try to drum up interest, because he could be waiting forever on the deceased donor list,” MacDonald said. Persons with O positive or O negative blood types may be suitable donors. According to the …

UN-backed report warns against complacency in fight against Aids
Financial Times
Widening access to antiretroviral drugs has helped reduce the number of Aids-related deaths by 35 per cent since the peak in 2005 to 1.5m. But Prof Piot said this success — and the perception that HIV need no longer be a death sentence — had blunted …

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Vodafone’s Blood Donation Exercise to support flood victims
Citifmonline
Vodafone Ghana Foundation is embarking on a blood donation exercise at its headquarters within the Airport City enclave in Accra on Friday 26 June 2015, to support victims of the recent heavy rains and floods. The exercise, which is aimed at increasing …

Canadian Blood Services’ Cord Blood Bank is now officially launched
Canada NewsWire (press release)
Approximately 25 per cent of people requiring a stem cell transplant are able to find a match within their own family – the other 75 per cent must look outside their families for an unrelated donor. Even with access to over 635,000 publicly – banked …

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UK plans world’s first artificial blood transfusions by 2017
Engadget
To better treat specialist patients, scientists have experimented with lab-grown organs and cells for some time. For the NHS, maintaining UK blood supplies is also high on the agenda, so it’s been working to offset the fall in donations by growing its …
Blood made in the lab will be given to humans in two yearsTelegraph.co.uk
Human trials using artificial blood made from stem cells to start soonInternational Business Times UK
NHS to give volunteers ‘synthetic blood‘ made in a laboratory within two yearsThe Independent
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Blood made in the lab will be given to humans in two years
Telegraph.co.uk
Earlier this month, NHS authorities warned of a growing crisis in blood donation, and a huge fall in volunteers offering to donate blood. Official figures show that 40 per cent fewer new donors came forward from England and Wales in 2014/15, compared …
Human trials using artificial blood made from stem cells to start soonInternational Business Times UK
NHS to trial plans to treat patients using ‘artificial’ blood grown from …Daily Mail
NHS to test artificial blood which could revolutionise treatment of seriously …Mirror.co.uk
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Member’s Bill will boost financial support for organ donors
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“She had been living with renal failure for more than two years and needed 15 hours of dialysis a week – before her son donated one of his kidneys to her. “At the public meeting, Mrs van der Gulik … “Organ donation rates in New Zealand are improving …

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Bills drawn from ballot include organ donation compensation
TVNZ
A bill to financially compensate live organ donors is one of four Member’s Bills pulled out of the ballot today. National MP Chris Bishop’s bill would see the Government pay people who forgo income from employment during their convalescence after …
Member’s Bill will boost financial support for organ donorsScoop.co.nz (press release)

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Whore Next Door, Siouxsie Q, Shine Louise Houston, Snapshot
SF Weekly (blog)
But it turns out, Snapshot’s campaign was shut down due to a minor violation of Indiegogo’s Terms of Service completely unrelated to the content of the film. One of the perks offered to donors was entry into a VIP party that included a goodie bag and a …