‘Hero’ gives kidney to younger brother after he received shock diagnosis during JAW operation  Bridgwater Mercury

A LUCKY young man was given the gift of life by a caring brother after doctors told him he needed a new kidney while undergoing — an operation on…

How Rich Donors Like Epstein (and Others) Undermine Science  WIRED

MIT’s Media Lab, Harvard, Stanford, hospitals—they all take money from donors. Whether it’s to truly help the world, or merely burnish a reputation, the money …

Ravi Shankar Prasad attends blood donation camp in Patna as part of Sewa Saptah  ANI NewsPatna (Bihar) [India], Sept 15 (ANI): Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad attended a blood …

Leominster woman donates kidney to stranger  Sentinel & Enterprise

LEOMINSTER — Leslie Storrs, a long-time city resident and real estate agent, considers herself a planner. So when she decided to add her name to the …

North-east MSP’s praise for hard-hitting organ donation film  Aberdeen Evening ExpressA documentary made in Aberdeen urging people to sign the organ donor register has been commended to Holyrood. Organ Donation Week: Hard-hitting film …

Opinion/Commentary: University fundraising: The rich get richer?  The Daily ProgressU.S. universities raised nearly $47 billion in the academic fiscal year that ended in mid-2018. This new record haul marked a 7% increase from the prior year.

Corneal transplants — surgery now offered in Klamath Falls  Herald and News

These days, one may tend to become blazé when it comes to the range of available surgeries employed to repair the human body. Knee and hip replacements …

The autistic children of Donor H898  New Zealand Herald