22Nov/18

New lease of life for 10-year-old Kolar boy as German man donates bone marrow cells – Times of India


Times of India

New lease of life for 10-year-old Kolar boy as German man donates bone marrow cells
Times of India
Dr Sharat Damodar, head, BMT unit, explained the efforts put in to find matching donors for those suffering from blood-related disorders. “Over 1,500 BMTs take place every year in India, but it is far less when compared to countries like Japan, China

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22Nov/18

Pensacola organ donor honored 14 years after death – WEAR


WEAR

Pensacola organ donor honored 14 years after death
WEAR
Cerena Williams, Bryan Herrington’s sister, said his organ donation helped with the family’s grief and mourning. “Bryan was dying from his injuries, period. We were happy in his death he gave four more people life,” Williams said. Now, he’ll be honored

21Nov/18

Memorial Medical Center recognized nationally for organ donation – Las Cruces Sun-News


Las Cruces Sun-News

Memorial Medical Center recognized nationally for organ donation
Las Cruces Sun-News
Community snapshot: Memorial Medical Center is among a select group of hospitals nationwide recognized for promoting enrollment in state organ donor registries in a national campaign sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ …

21Nov/18

Organ donation: BBA student arrested for death of organ donor girl … – Times of India

Times of IndiaOrgan donation: BBA student arrested for death of organ donor girl …Times of IndiaSURAT: Jahnvi Patel, the 21-year-old aspiring fashion designer, whose heart was flown to Mumbai and transplanted in a mason, had become a victim of a .BBA…

21Nov/18

Infectious, Deadly Prions Could Be Spreading Via People’s Eyes, Scientists Warn – ScienceAlert


ScienceAlert

Infectious, Deadly Prions Could Be Spreading Via People’s Eyes, Scientists Warn
ScienceAlert
Another rare form of exposure is corneal graft operations, where patients become infected after receiving unknowingly contaminated corneal transplants from deceased donors who carried (but were never diagnosed with) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), the …

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21Nov/18

Debunking Myths About Organ Donation – American Council on Science and Health


American Council on Science and Health

Debunking Myths About Organ Donation
American Council on Science and Health
I had the distinct pleasure of joining Miss America’s Outstanding Teen 2019 London Hibbs for a NBC Philly television appearance on her platform #checkyes4life which advances her initiative to advocate for teens to sign up to be an organ donor when they …
Memorial Medical Center recognized nationally for organ donationLas Cruces Sun-News

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