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FDA urged to relax decades-old tissue donation restrictions for gay and bisexual men
Denver Post· 2 days agoThe U.S. Public Health Service adjusted the guidelines for organ donation in 2020. Nothing prevents...
Artificial cornea makes 91-year-old an NHS first for sight-saving surgery
The Independent via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoIn 2022-23, the latest figures available, some 4,719 corneas were supplied to NHS Blood and...
New US liver transplant policy raises cost and equity concerns, according to new study
CNN.com· 6 days agoInstead of operating within defined regional service areas, the new policy prioritizes the sickest...
Ninety-one-year-old man becomes first patient in England to receive artificial cornea
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 day ago“However, agreeing to this form of donation, even when solid organ donation may not be possible,...
Liver transplant patient speaks out after Memphis non-profit closes, keeps donations meant for...
FOX 13 Memphis· 6 days agoMore families are coming forward after they say a Memphis-based non-profit shut down unexpectedly...
FDA urged to relax decades-old tissue donation restrictions for gay and bisexual men
San Jose Mercury News· 5 days agoThe federal government in 2020 and 2023 changed who it said could safely donate organs and blood,...
World’s first: Living cancer patient receives pig’s liver in China
Interesting Engineering· 6 days agoXenotransplantation is the process of transplanting organs from one species to the body of another species. Pigs are considered an ideal candidate for organ donation ...
'We’ll be friends forever ': Local kidney donor and recipient bonded through the gift of life
KSHB-TV Kansas City· 4 days agoTwo local women are bonded forever through the gift of organ donation. Joia Dooley watched a report by KSHB 41 in January of 2022 and changed two lives: ...
Police acquire vests for K9s; vet discusses dog's heat regulation in summer with vests
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoSomeone involved in the donation knew someone at the vest manufacturer non-profit, Vested Interest,...
‘They saved my baby’: Mother hopes to bring awareness to need for liver transplants
WSOC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSadie was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a pediatric liver disease where bile ducts don’t form...