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Heart in a box allows doctors to expand organ donor pool
News Channel 5 Cleveland· 2 days agoUniversity Hospitals is finding new ways to expand the donor pool. According to doctors, there’s a serious disconnect when it comes to the number of patients ...
West Hartford man uses Facebook to find organ donor
WTNH-TV New Haven· 1 day agoWEST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The shortage of donor organs is extreme, with 100,000 people in the U.S. desperately waiting for an organ. Ken Ferrucci of...
Better matches goal of new B.C. organ donor program
Houston Today· 4 days agoResearchers in British Columbia have set their sights on virtually eliminating organ rejection by using advanced genetic testing to better match patients...
Dr. Jeff Hersh addresses cause, effects and complications of Graft vs Host Disease
The Metrowest Daily News via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoGraft vs Host Disease occurs when white blood cells produced by donated stem cells identify the...
Why Does Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation Really Matter? - The Baltimore Times
Baltimore Times· 2 days agoDonate Life Maryland (DLM) helps save and improve lives by registering organ, eye, and tissue donors...
Adding stem cells to a kidney transplant could get patients off anti-rejection drugs, trial finds
NBC NEWS· 4 days agoA novel approach to organ transplantation allowed patients to wean off anti-rejection drugs after...
FDA urged to relax decades-old tissue donation restrictions for gay and bisexual men
Denver Post· 7 days agoHe was bad at telling jokes but good at helping people: Betts once replaced his little sister’s lost...
17- year-old Iowan dies after organ transplant surgery
WOI-TV Des Moines· 1 day agoThe Health Resources and Services Administration says it's seen an 8.7 percent increase from both...
Second Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Back on Dialysis After Organ Failure
iTech Post· 5 days agoThe second pig kidney transplant patient is back on dialysis treatment after doctors removed the failing organ just over a month after the surgery. NYU ...
‘He’s not just someone who got hit by a car, he’s my son’: Sacramento hit-and-run victim may not...
FOX40 Sacramento· 6 days agoEditor’s note: The family said the victim was pronounced dead at 8:30 p.m. on June 2.(FOX40.COM) —...