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Living organ donation, bike ride to raise awareness: 'Urgent need'
AOL· 1 day agoAn organ donor has found another way to save lives: riding his bike. For 68-year-old Mark Scotch, his effort aims to get more living donors. "There's this urgent need, 13 ...
JD Supra: Diminishing the Organ Donation Wait List with Xenotransplantation
JD Supra· 12 hours agoIn just the US, more than 100,000 men, women, and children are waiting for an organ transplant. According to the United Network of Organ Sharing, more than 6,000 people in the US die on...
Transplant in Unresectable Colorectal Liver Metastases?
Medscape· 3 days agoLiver transplant plus chemotherapy offers a potential cure for carefully selected patients with...
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...
Artificial cornea makes 91-year-old an NHS first for sight-saving surgery
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIn 2022-23, the latest figures available, some 4,719 corneas were supplied to NHS Blood and ...
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 anorgan. Ken Ferrucci of...
CMS Proposes New Payment Model for Some Kidney Transplant Programs | JD Supra
JD Supra· 5 days ago(HHS), acting through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), announced proposed revisions to 42 CFR Part 512, which would establish the Increasing Organ < ...
Transplanted Pig Kidney Is Removed From Woman Who Received It | FOX 28 Spokane
FOX 28 Spokane· 4 days agoA woman who was the second person to ever receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig has had...
Second Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Back on Dialysis After Organ Failure
iTech Post· 5 days agoNYU Langone Health announced last week that Lisa Pisano, the second person to receive a gene-edited pig kidney transplant, is back on dialysis after the replacement
LIFESAVING TRANSPLANT: Yard sale fundraiser set for Saturday to benefit 6-year-old in need of liver...
Idaho State Journal· 5 days agoA grandmother’s love extends across the miles, and Dianne Norton is hoping hers stretches all the...