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Hamilton East and Clydesdale MP Jimmy Hood loses five stone after heart …
Hamilton Advertiser news Jim Hood MP told this week how he was ‘close to death’ after suffering heart failure a year ago. Now 12 months on from the heart scare, the Hamilton East and Clydesdale MP has vowed to stand as the Labour candidate at the next General Election. This … |
Unusual Antibodies In Cows Suggest New Ways To Make Therapies For People – RedOrbit
Unusual Antibodies In Cows Suggest New Ways To Make Therapies For PeopleRedOrbitHumans have been raising cows for their meat, hides and milk for millennia. Now it appears that the cow immune system also has something to offer. A new study led by scient…
New method for growing liver cells – DigitalJournal.com
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New method for growing liver cells
DigitalJournal.com One of the lead researchers is quoted by the Times of India as saying: “We have showed that human liver cells could be used to build engineered liver tissue and that this liver tissue could function once implanted in the body. So far, we are able to do … |
Awareness campaigns fail as certain non-white Canadians still lag in organ … – National Post
Awareness campaigns fail as certain non-white Canadians still lag in organ …National PostFor the first time in Canada, cardiac death, not brain death, was the criterion for allowing transplants. Her kidneys were taken and transplanted into two indivi…
Man bikes across Canada to raise awareness for organ donation – globalnews.ca
Man bikes across Canada to raise awareness for organ donationglobalnews.caAfter watching his close family friend die while awaiting a heart transplant, Cayse Riuter decided to do something dramatic to raise awareness about the need for organ donation. …
Stem cell transplant program celebrates 500th case – The Augusta Chronicle
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Stem cell transplant program celebrates 500th case
The Augusta Chronicle Wanda Attaway can still remember the taste of her stem cell transplant 16 years ago. “It tastes like tomatoes, canned tomatoes,” she said of having the cells added back to her body during the transplant. Attaway was the first patient at Georgia Regents … |
Arkansas family emphasizes importance on organ donor awareness – THV 11
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Arkansas family emphasizes importance on organ donor awareness
THV 11 This controversial case is bringing a lot of attention to organ donation. Murnaghan and her family weren’t alone in waiting for news they desperately wanted to hear. Betty Cook and her husband, John, have played the waiting game as well. They waited on … |
Flesh and spirit – Indian Express
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Flesh and spirit
Indian Express This has involved coordination between the government and the medical establishment — from identification of brain death, maintenance, and organ retrieval, to counselling grieving families to make the right choice. As the Centre contemplates a larger … |
Minority organ donations trail need – Orlando Sentinel
Minority organ donations trail needOrlando SentinelHowever, the Roman Catholic Church has no objection to organ donation as long as the organ is procured in an ethical manner, meaning the donor is pronounced dead by physicians, said Michael Sheedy, dir…
Banner MD Anderson performs first stem cell transplant on San Tan Valley patient – SanTanValley.com
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Banner MD Anderson performs first stem cell transplant on San Tan Valley patient
SanTanValley.com Banner MD Anderson performs first stem cell transplant on San Tan Valley patient. Post: 29.11.99. Johnson Utilities’ proposed rate increase to be …. The program is a member of Center for International Bone Marrow Transplantation Registry (CIBMTR … |