Growing human kidneys in rats sparks ethical debate
CBS News
“Our long-term goal is to grow human organs in animals, to end the human donor shortage,” said study co-author Eugene Gu, a medical student at Duke University and the founder and CEO of Ganogen, Inc., a biotech company in Redwood City, California. [The …

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Five Years After Citizens United, Billionaires Are Buying Democracy
Huffington Post
And almost a third of reported spending was done by organizations that don’t reveal their donors. But even with what we know, it’s staggering how few donors are wielding such a gigantic influence over our politics, and our country: • Across all federal …
How Is ‘Citizens United’ Ruining Democracy and How Can We Stop It?BillMoyers.com
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5 Years After Citizens United, Newspapers Fail To Cover Its Impact On Judicial …Media Matters for America
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Are US rivals hacking the American electoral system? Why it’s impossible to know.
Reuters Blogs (blog)
The dangerous loophole is that the dark-money organization, claiming it is a “social welfare” organization under tax law, is not required to publicly disclose its donors — even though they are engaging in activities aimed at influencing elections …

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Broadband Internet, School Spending And Organ Donation
FiveThirtyEight
inthepapers Every Monday, the National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonprofit organization made up of some of North America’s most respected economists, releases its latest batch of working papers. The papers aren’t peer-reviewed, so their …

25-year-old man waiting for kidney donor
KHOU
However, living male donors are harder to find. In 2013, 61 percent of living donors were woman and 39 percent were men. “That’s probably related to many times the man is the breadwinner in the family,” said Dr. Steve Bynon, program director for the …

How Is ‘Citizens United’ Ruining Democracy and How Can We Stop It?
BillMoyers.com
Donor–related conflicts of interest are not unique to congress members — They’re increasingly common among judges as well. Citizens United turned judicial elections into “a grave and growing injustice,” according to Bert Brandenburg of Justice at Stake.
Should out-of-state rich guys decide our elections?Sun Sentinel
Activists disrupt US top court, denounce campaign spending rulingDaily Mail
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Did Brittany Maynard’s Donating Her Eggs Lead to Cancer That Prompted …
LifeNews.com
As with many egg donors, it’s often a secret that only a few know. I’ve interviewed countless women who sold their eggs, and this is rarely on the top of their list of things to talk about. Often it is only when an egg donor suffers health-related …

Morning Break: Brigham Shooting Victim Dies; Newborn Organ Donor
MedPage Today
Morning Break: Brigham Shooting Victim Dies; Newborn Organ Donor. Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff. savesaved; “>. by MedPage Today Staff. The cardiovascular surgeon who was shot yesterday …

The baby organ donor’s family made a brave choice: could you do the same?
The Guardian
Rose’s health had deteriorated so much that she was not a suitable candidate for organ donation, but by sharing our story I hope that more people may be encouraged to join the organ donor register and consider signing their children up too. With older …