Monthly Archives: December 2008

New machine improves donor kidneys – The Press Association


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New machine improves donor kidneys
The Press Association - Dec 31, 2008
Machine preservation significantly reduced the risk of delayed organ function, the scientists reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. ...
Video: Kidney Transplant Breakthrough CBS
Building a Better Kidney Transplant TIME
Special Hyperthermia Machine Improves Kidney Transplant Odds HealthNews
PR Newswire (press release) - Washington Post
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A Better Method of Kidney Storage – Washington Post


A Better Method of Kidney Storage
Washington Post, United States - Dec 31, 2008
Delayed function of the transplanted kidney that required dialysis was seen in 70 cases where the organ was perfused, compared to 89 cases in the ...

New Device Might Help Increase Kidneys Available for Transplant – Wall Street Journal


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New Device Might Help Increase Kidneys Available for Transplant
Wall Street Journal - Dec 31, 2008
... whose kidneys eventually fail, typically wait more than four years for a replacement, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. ...
Video: Kidney Transplant Breakthrough CBS
New Device Is Better Alternative To Conventional Kidney Storage Method eFluxMedia
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Machine Perfusion or Cold Storage in Deceased-Donor Kidney … – New England Journal of Medicine (subscription)


Machine Perfusion or Cold Storage in Deceased-Donor Kidney ...
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription), MA - Dec 31, 2008
Methods In this international randomized, controlled trial, we randomly assigned one kidney from 336 consecutive deceased donors to machine perfusion and ...

Taiwan to relax rules on organ donation – Gulf Times


Taiwan to relax rules on organ donation
Gulf Times, Qatar - Dec 28, 2008
TAIPEI: Taiwan plans to relax rules on human organ donation to allow blood relatives to receive them, a move that is expected to ease the shortage of donor ...

Papa puts spanner in organ donation – Express Buzz


Papa puts spanner in organ donation
Express Buzz, India - Dec 25, 2008
The hospital has now decided not to harvest the organs, but the case has thrown up a tangle for the cadaver organ transplant programme. ...

Pupils Take Classmate To Heart – Tampa Tribune


Pupils Take Classmate To Heart
Tampa Tribune, FL - Dec 25, 2008
Kristin Rosenberg, an All Children's heart transplant coordinator, said the tree was delivered to the hospital at about 9 am On hand to receive the tree was ...

Number of Organ Donors Doubles After Campaign – 조선일보(영문판)


Number of Organ Donors Doubles After Campaign
조선일보(영문판), South Korea - Dec 25, 2008
As part of the campaign, the government and the Korean Network for Organ Sharing have given incentives to hospitals that discovered organ donors, ...

Ohio infant gets rare double lung transplant – Coshocton Tribune


Ohio infant gets rare double lung transplant
Coshocton Tribune, OH - Dec 25, 2008
If she’d be compromised, any major organ, they would have to remove her from the transplant list.” Doctors kept Elliana isolated for several weeks after the ...

University of Toledo professor to lead organ, tissue preservation … – Toledo Blade


University of Toledo professor to lead organ, tissue preservation ...
Toledo Blade, OH - Dec 25, 2008
Plastination is a method of preserving organs and tissues by replacing fluids with plastic. Dr. Baptista said he was elated to be elected: “In many ways, ...