The Borneo PostSoaring EAGLESThe Borneo PostIn children, the most common reason for liver transplantation is biliary atresia, a condition in which the bile ducts are missing, blocked or damaged. This causes bile to be retained, leading to liver damage …
Experts Recommend Single Registry to Oversee Kidney Transplant Donations – New York Times
Experts Recommend Single Registry to Oversee Kidney Transplant DonationsNew York TimesLeaders in the field of kidney transplantation recommended last week that a single nationwide registry should oversee the complex matching process needed to expand th…
Faith communities get behind organ donation – ChristianToday
Faith communities get behind organ donationChristianTodayFaith leaders came together for the first time earlier in the month to express their support for organ donation. Representatives of the Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh and Jain c…
Veloxis completes enrolment in LCP-Tacro 3002 phase III study in kidney transplant – pharmabiz.com
Veloxis completes enrolment in LCP-Tacro 3002 phase III study in kidney transplantpharmabiz.comTacrolimus is a leading immunosuppression drug used for the prevention of transplant allograft rejection after organ transplantation. LCP-Tacro is being deve…
Kidney Association in call for organ donor registry – Irish Examiner
Kidney Association in call for organ donor registryIrish ExaminerThe number of organ donations and transplantations in Ireland would increase significantly if the Government were to set up an organ donation registry, it has been claimed. The Irish Kidn…
A Vision for All to See – The Missourian
A Vision for All to SeeThe MissourianJanice Smith, Maryland Heights, can still remember how isolating her life had become before she had cornea transplant surgery in both of her eyes several years ago. She couldn't see well enough to read, watch TV…
Students march in support of organ donor campaign – Ottawa Citizen
Students march in support of organ donor campaignOttawa Citizen… of students marched to Parliament Hill on Friday to mark Ottawa's first Hélène Campbell Day, honouring the 20-year-old Barrhaven woman whose struggle with idiopathic lung fibrosis…
Pickin' For Phil Sunday at The Paramount – Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News
Cybergrass Bluegrass Music NewsPickin' For Phil Sunday at The ParamountCybergrass Bluegrass Music NewsUpon rounds of chemotheraphy his condition was thought to be under control and he was to enter a stem cell transplant program but a new drug that …
Liver Cancer Patients Less Likely to Die on Transplant List – Doctors Lounge
Liver Cancer Patients Less Likely to Die on Transplant ListDoctors LoungeLiver transplantation candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have significantly lower 90-day odds of waitlist removal due to clinical deterioration or death compared to no…
Organ donation champion honoured by Lt.-Gov. – CTV.ca
CTV.caOrgan donation champion honoured by Lt.-Gov.CTV.caA young woman who has helped tell Canadians about the importance of organ donation was honoured by Lt.-Gov David Onley on Friday. Onley presented Helene Campbell, 20, with the Lieutenant Governor&…