www.brantnews.comLiving Green Ribbon puts spotlight on organ donationwww.brantnews.comThe event is being held in Harmony Square on Sunday, April 26 from noon to 2 p.m., as part of National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week. The Living Green Ribbon …
Kidney donation gives the gift of time – The Ridgefield Press
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Kidney donation gives the gift of time
The Ridgefield Press “When you go to the Yale transplantation clinic, they really try to emphasize you’re going to be much much better off if you bring a living donor to the table, as opposed to a deceased donor, because there just aren’t enough kidneys to go around … |
Attractive fundraisers and alpha male donors spur bidding wars on online … – The Conversation US
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Attractive fundraisers and alpha male donors spur bidding wars on online …
The Conversation US For example, we would expect this type of competition among males for attractive but unrelated females, but not necessarily from males who are related to the fundraiser (for example fathers and brothers). Since we didn’t know whether donors were … |
Linking Hands for Life Event Raises Awareness for Organ Donation – Local Memphis
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Linking Hands for Life Event Raises Awareness for Organ Donation
Local Memphis However, one thing that certainly hasn’t changed is using this event to celebrate those who gave the gift of life through organ donation. Margo Batmon participated in the race in honor of a close friend. “Their daughter passed away in ’07 and she was … |
China faces uphill battle in organ donation campaign – ABC Online
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 … |