15Apr/13

Colorado doc accused of misconduct with da Vinci surgical robot | MassDevice … – Mass Device

Colorado doc accused of misconduct with da Vinci surgical robot | MassDevice
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“Donor nephrectomy using the Robot was not the standard of care in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010,” according to the complaint. “[Dr. Kortz], however, told surgical Patients D.P., Patient E.W, Patient R.M., Patient C.C., Patient M.C., and Patient S.L

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15Apr/13

A Kidney for a Kidney – Slate Magazine

A Kidney for a Kidney  Slate MagazineLast month, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee made life a little better for people awaiting an organ transplant. It passed the…

15Apr/13

Bioengineering breakthrough? US researchers successfully implant lab-grown … – RT


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Bioengineering breakthrough? US researchers successfully implant lab-grown
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US researchers have grown a working rat kidney in a lab, and successfully transplanted it into a living animal. The discovery may herald a scientific breakthrough, bringing scientists closer to being able to grow kidneys for humans. The kidney, grown
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15Apr/13

Organ donation rises in South Yorkshire – The Star


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Organ donation rises in South Yorkshire
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Health chiefs have praised the ‘outstanding achievement’ but said more people are needed to join the NHS organ donor register. The Star’s Gift of Life campaign aims to get 12,000 extra local residents signed up before the Westfield Health British
Directed organ donation: How family selected recipient of son’s liver after The Grand Rapids Press – MLive.com
Relatives should be not be able to block organ donationBarchester Healthcare
Borders organ donations ‘higher than the national average’Border Telegraph

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