15Nov/13

Organ donation on death row raises questions – The Japan Times


The Guardian

Organ donation on death row raises questions
The Japan Times
“Punishment and organ donation don’t go well together. I don’t think the kinds of people we’re executing we want to make in any way heroic.” Yet it is not unheard-of for a death row inmate to become an organ donor. Condemned Delaware inmate Steven 
Should a death row inmate be allowed to donate his organs?The Guardian
Who’d pay to transplant organs from condemned killer?Norwalk Reflector
Ohio doesn’t pay for prisoner organ donationsNewsNet5.com

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14Nov/13

Gene therapy may reverse heart failure – Deccan Chronicle


Daily Mail

Gene therapy may reverse heart failure
Deccan Chronicle
A powerful gene therapy that successfully reversed heart failure in large animal models has been developed, scientists say. Preclinical testing, by researchers at the Cardiovascular Research Center at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, found that 
Jab which cures heart failure by shrinking the ‘enlarged’ organ could save Daily Mail
New gene therapy could reverse heart failure in pigs: studyGlobal Times
Heart Failure Reversed With New Model Of Gene Therapy That Restores Medical Daily
Doctor Tipster –Counsel & Heal –Genetic Engineering News
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