CTV.caOntario organ donor agency sets new 1-day recordCTV.caOn the day that CTV's flagship morning show held a two-hour special to promote organ donation, Ontario's organ donor agency, the Trillium Gift of Life Network, set a new one-day record…
Giant cells protect fungus Cryptococcus neoformans during infection
Giant cells called "titan cells" protect the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans during infection, according to two University of Minnesota researchers. Kirsten Nielsen, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of microbiology, and recent P…
Toddler's organ donation saves three other children – WWL
Toddler's organ donation saves three other childrenWWLBut saying goodbye to Dastan at the funeral isn't the end. The family hopes his memory will live on as they plan to promote organ donation by later asking city officials in The Colony to mak…
Happy FM and UT Bank to Undertake Blood Donation Exercise – AllAfrica.com
Happy FM and UT Bank to Undertake Blood Donation ExerciseAllAfrica.comBy Dora Akyaa Asare, 28 May 2012 Happy FM, a local radio station in partnership with Unique UT Bank has initiated an annual blood donation exercise to support the nation's blood …
Super-fast liver transplant as donor, 24, undergoes 48-hour battery of tests and interviews for operation to save best …
Billy Sewell (right) had just hours to live when surgeons at London's Royal Free Hospital got the go-ahead to transplant a slice of liver from his best friend Luke Gumball (left).
Heart failure patients' skins cells turned into beating heart muscle – BioNews
Heart failure patients' skins cells turned into beating heart muscleBioNewsThe ability to use heart failure patients' own, reprogrammed cells would theoretically stop them being rejected by their immune systems. The researchers took skin cells …
What is chronic kidney disease? – Fox News
Yahoo!7 NewsWhat is chronic kidney disease?Fox NewsChronic kidney disease (CKD) is caused by a kidney's inability to filter waste and unnecessary fluids. Without a functioning kidney, excess fluid accumulates, which can lead to a plethora of compli…
Illegal kidney trade on rise as demand outstrips supply
SHANGHAI: The illegal trade in kidneys has risen to such a level that about 10,000 operations involving purchased human organs now take place annually, amounting to more than one an hour, World Health Organisation experts have revealed.
Treatment for Bell's Palsy – dailyRx
Treatment for Bell's PalsydailyRxDr. Thomas Berg, MD., PhD., from the Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet in Norway, and colleagues provided data from a Swedish and Finnish Scandinavian Bell's Palsy Study on the effects of the steroid predn…
'Donate a Kidney, Buy the New iPad' – Human Organ Traffickers Target Asia's Poorest
Illegal trade in kidneys is increasing, following a rise in diabetes and other diseases, making the organ trafficking industry even more lucrative business.