Monthly Archives: November 2009

Woman Steals Donation Jar for Bone Marrow Transplant – WBAY


Woman Steals Donation Jar for Bone Marrow Transplant
WBAY
The money in the jar was supposed to help 23-year-old Victoria Frank pay for a bone marrow transplant. [Editor's note: The theft occurred at 3 AM Friday. ...
Fond du Lac woman arrested in donation jar theft from Planeview Travel Plaza ...Appleton Post Crescent
Thief Steals Donation Jar Intended for Sick WomanWGBA-TV
Cash taken in weekend burglaries at two businesses in Oshkosh, donation jar ...Oshkosh Northwestern
CBS 5 - Green Bay -NBC4i.com
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Drug store to hold marrow donor registry – Lexington Dispatch


Drug store to hold marrow donor registry
Lexington Dispatch
The second, most-common way is peripheral blood stem cell collection. Marrow is collected through a series of injections a patient will receive for several ...

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Kidney patients in dilemma – Times of India


Kidney patients in dilemma
Times of India
LUDHIANA: With Pakistan making amendments in the Human Organ Transplant Act, patients suffering from kidney-related ailments in India are reportedly in a ...

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Organ transplants’ hidden risk – BBC News


Daily Mail

Organ transplants' hidden risk
BBC News
John Richardson and his wife, Karen, hoped a heart transplant would give him a new life. But the 37-year-old chef never regained ...
National organ shortage is leading to the use of more 'high risk' donors, say ...Daily Mail
Hidden risk of organ transplantHealthcare Today
Use of 'high risk' donor organs doublesTelegraph.co.uk
Times Online -Nursing Times -State Gazette
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Parents of brain dead 12-yr-old donate organs – Times of India


Parents of brain dead 12-yr-old donate organs
Times of India
Mumbai witnessed two donors within 48 hours, taking this year's cadaver donation to 33 kidneys and five livers. While one brain dead patient's relatives ...

Zebra Fish Considered Key To Regenerative Medicine – KGTV, 10News.com


Zebra Fish Considered Key To Regenerative Medicine
KGTV, 10News.com
Zebra fish can re-grow a body part after losing one, and they could hold the answer to organ regeneration. If it loses a tail, it can grow back within a ...

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Shoe campaign will help liver transplant patient – Lexington Dispatch


Shoe campaign will help liver transplant patient
Lexington Dispatch
A Lexington man should be recovering from liver transplant surgery he desperately needs to live, but instead he remains on the ...

MATTERS OF THE HEART: Local 13-year-old receives a heart transplant, allowing … – Daily Dunklin Democrat


Daily Dunklin Democrat

MATTERS OF THE HEART: Local 13-year-old receives a heart transplant, allowing ...
Daily Dunklin Democrat
A local family had even more to be thankful for this holiday, as their 13-year-old daughter was given a new lease on life thanks to a heart transplant ...

USC University Hospital receives Heart Transplant Excellence Award – News-Medical.net


USC University Hospital receives Heart Transplant Excellence Award
News-Medical.net
Of the 266 hospitals evaluated, 20 hospitals received the award for 22 programs performing liver, kidney, heart or lung transplantation. ...

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Organ trafficking – The News International


Organ trafficking
The News International
The WHO also says that where there are transplants between living but unrelated donors and recipients questions are inevitably raised about the motivation ...

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