22Apr/14

Organ donor registry online – Edmonton Sun


Edmonton Sun

Organ donor registry online
Edmonton Sun
On Tuesday, the provincial government announced the consent-to-donate registry is live at myhealth.alberta.ca and Alberta Health expects the move to boost Alberta’s lacklustre organ donation rates, which are among the lowest in Canada. ‘Greatest gift’.
Organ donation walk loses fundingNorthernLife.ca
Online organ donation registry now available in Alberta.CTV News
Alberta hopes online organ-donor registry will bolster sagging donation ratesMetroNews Canada
Brooklyn Daily Eagle –Edmonton Journal –BlackburnNews.com
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22Apr/14

Experts 'edit' DNA to cure genetic disease – Times of India


Times of India

Experts ‘edit’ DNA to cure genetic disease
Times of India
Scientists have used the genome-editing technology to cure adult laboratory mice of an inherited liver disease by correcting a single “letter” of the genetic alphabet which had been mutated in a vital gene involved in liver metabolism. A similar
New technique could cure diseases by editing your DNAIndia.Com Health

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22Apr/14

Organ donation walk loses funding – NorthernLife.ca


NorthernLife.ca

Organ donation walk loses funding
NorthernLife.ca
National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week has gotten off to an uneasy start in Sudbury, because the Irish Heritage Club of Sudbury’s Organ Donation Awareness Committee may not have the funds it will need to organize its annual awareness …
Desperate need for organ donors as a patient on waiting list dies every couple CTV News
Organ Donation: Bringing the Conversation HomeHuffington Post
Alberta launches online organ and tissue donor registryGlobalnews.ca

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