News tagged with donor organ
Green light for new Red Cross app
It's well known that blood donors perform a vital, life-saving community service, but for some, regular blood donation is an important part of staying healthy.
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Apr 24, 2013 |
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Scientists scan the human heart to create digital anatomical library
On April 18th JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) will publish a new video article by Dr. Paul A Iaizzo demonstrating the anatomical reconstruction of an active human heart. The research uses contrast-computed tomography (C ...
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Apr 18, 2013 |
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Researchers develop implantable, bioengineered rat kidney (w/ video)
Bioengineered rat kidneys developed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators successfully produced urine both in a laboratory apparatus and after being transplanted into living animals. In their ...
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Apr 14, 2013 |
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Liver transplantation for patients with genetic liver conditions has high survival rate
Patients faced with the diagnosis of a life-threatening liver disease have to consider the seriousness of having a liver transplant, which can be a definitive cure for many acquired and genetic liver diseases. Among the main ...
Surgery
Apr 05, 2013 |
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Organ donation shortfall at large general hospitals in Ontario
Organ donation in Ontario is significantly less common at large general hospitals than at hospitals with clinical programs for transplant recipients, which points to missed opportunities to optimize organ donation, according ...
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Apr 02, 2013 |
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Research suggests popular diabetes drugs can cause abnormal pancreatic growth in humans
(Medical Xpress)—Individuals who had taken a type of drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes showed abnormalities in the pancreas, including cell proliferation, that may be associated with an increased risk of neuroendocrine ...
Diabetes
Mar 27, 2013 |
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Hundreds checked for rabies after transplant death
Public health agencies in five U.S. states are assessing the rabies risk for hundreds of people who may have had close contact with an infected organ donor and four transplant recipients, one of whom died, ...
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Mar 17, 2013 |
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US organ transplant patient dies of rabies
A person in the northeastern state of Maryland who recently died of rabies was found to have contracted the illness from an organ transplant done over a year ago, US health officials said Friday.
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Mar 15, 2013 |
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Sorting out fertility after childhood cancer
As success rates in treating childhood cancers have improved, greater emphasis is being placed on quality of life issues following successful treatment. Many cancer treatments can lead to infertility, but there are few methods ...
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Mar 15, 2013 |
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Cord blood effective alternative to matched donor stem cells for kids with rare disorder
Transplants of blood-forming stem cells from umbilical cord blood may be an effective alternative to transplants of matched donor bone marrow stem cells to treat children with a rare, debilitating disease known as Hurler's ...
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Mar 14, 2013 |
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First 'breathing lung' transplant on East Coast using OCS lung
UPMC surgeons have performed a "breathing lung" transplant using a portable machine that provides a constant supply of blood and nutrients to the donor organs, which doctors say has the potential to keep them healthier and ...
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Mar 14, 2013 |
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Antioxidant improves donated liver survival rate to more than 90 percent
Researchers from Italy have found that the antioxidant, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), when injected prior to harvesting of the liver, significantly improves graft survival following transplantation. Results published in the February ...
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Feb 25, 2013 |
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Disparities exist in kidney transplant timing
African-Americans and individuals without private health insurance are less likely than others to receive a kidney transplant before requiring dialysis, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Jo ...
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Jan 31, 2013 |
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Increase in proportion of livers not used for transplantation
(HealthDay)—The proportion of livers not used for transplantation is increasing, with the primary causes being donation after cardiac death (DCD), older donor age, greater body mass index (BMI), and increasing ...
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Jan 22, 2013 |
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Decline in available liver transplants expected
A new study, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Health Resources and Services Administration, and published in the January 2013 issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for th ...
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Jan 10, 2013 |
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Organ donation
Organ donation is the removal of the tissues of the human body from a person who has recently died, or from a living donor, for the purpose of transplanting. Organs and tissues are removed in procedures similar to surgery. People of all ages may be organ and tissue donors.
There are many more donations from dead donors than by living people. The laws of different countries allow potential donors to permit or refuse donation, or give this choice to relatives. The popularity of donations varies substantially between countries.
For more information about Organ donation, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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