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With Liver Donors in Short Supply, Cell Transplants Offer New Options
Scientific American Called hepatocyte transplantation, the technique replaces approximately 10 percent of the liver with healthy cells from a deceased donor. The patient’s organ is not removed, decreasing recovery time, complications and cost. With fewer than 150 U.S. … |
Former PA Treasurer McCord Expected In Court Today – CBS Local
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Former PA Treasurer McCord Expected In Court Today
CBS Local HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) — Former state Treasurer Rob McCord is expected to appear in a Harrisburg federal courtroom today. McCord resigned last month, and announced he would plead guilty to charges related to soliciting campaign donations. |
Donors fund Keystone field house – Chronicle-Telegram
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Donors fund Keystone field house
Chronicle-Telegram “We’re not just for the high school or other schools, we are community-related,” Conrad said. Yost Construction worked out a plan whereby 80 percent of subcontractors are either LaGrange businesses or from the immediate area, Gallo said. “We get to … |
Sisters back campaign for more black bone marrow donors – The Voice Online
The Voice OnlineSisters back campaign for more black bone marrow donorsThe Voice OnlineCurrently, African-Caribbean people have less than a 20 per cent chance of finding the best possible match from an unrelated donor. Adele and Maryse are now supporti…
Over $120K in Donations Raised for Sureshbhai Patel; Lawsuit Filed – India West
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Over $120K in Donations Raised for Sureshbhai Patel; Lawsuit Filed
India West According to the Washington Post, the GoFundMe account was set up by a member of the Indian American community who is not related to the family, to help with Patel’s medical bills and other expenses. Patel’s lawyer, Hank Sherrod, told The Post Feb. |
Solano town launches blood donation program – Philippine Information Agency
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Solano town launches blood donation program
Philippine Information Agency SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya, February 17 (PIA) – The local government unit here yesterday launched its blood donation program in a bid to address the shortage of blood during emergencies. Dubbed as ‘Dugo Ko Buhay Ko”, the program seeks to institutionalize … |
Clove Cigarettes and Indonesian Books: An Armchair Traveler’s Pleasure – PopMatters
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Clove Cigarettes and Indonesian Books: An Armchair Traveler’s Pleasure
PopMatters A sort of literary museum, such projects participate in something that college lit majors call “canon building”, but might be more closely related to the “hall of fame” phenomenon. Once a writer is added to the list, his star in the national literary … |
Community News – Barre Montpelier Times Argus
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Community News
Barre Montpelier Times Argus For the second time in three years, Vermont hunters had a perfectly safe record with no hunting-related shootings reported in Vermont. This includes the November rifle deer season when the vast majority of the state’s 70,000 resident and nonresident … |
Doctors identify eight possible liver donors for dying twin – Macleans.ca
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Doctors identify eight possible liver donors for dying twin
Macleans.ca “Personally, I’m absolutely delighted with the fact that it’s increasing awareness about the need for organ donation to help desperately ill people,” he says. “Deceased donation is our preferred way. As I said to the potential donors, it doesn’t make … |
Again, with the Fruit Brute? – Vulture
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Again, with the Fruit Brute?
Vulture In fact, we may not have to wait very long for that transformation, since next week’s episode is entitled “Red Hood,” a conspicuous tease for comic book nerds who know the Joker’s origin story as it’s related in Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s The … |