Mobilink conducts blood donation drivePakistan Daily TimesISLAMABAD: Mobilink organised a nation wide blood donation for its employees across ten cities in partnership with Fatimid Foundation and Sundus Foundation. Mobilink Foundation and employee volu…
First Gulf organ donation forum starts Wednesday – Saudi Gazette
First Gulf organ donation forum starts WednesdaySaudi GazetteDAMMAM – The first-ever Gulf Organ Donor Management Conference will take place on Wednesday at the Sheraton Hotel in Dammam. The conference is being organized with joint cooperation between…
UK surgeons carry out world's quickest live-donor liver transplant
British surgeons have carried out what is believed to be the world's fastest liver transplant after completing the barrage of tests and the operations within three days of finding a match.
7-year-old Regina boy tops organ donor list – News Talk 980 CJME
7-year-old Regina boy tops organ donor listNews Talk 980 CJMEHe is at the top of the organ donor list in North America His aunt, Norma Rae Chapman, says one month ago Harrison was like any other little boy — active and full of energy. Then one day he …
Ontario organ donor agency sets new 1-day record – CTV.ca
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 …