Monthly Archives: March 2010

Cord blood stem cells help meet minority marrow needs – CNN International


CNN International

Cord blood stem cells help meet minority marrow needs
CNN International
Cord blood transplants among unrelated donors have risen from 1 percent in 2001 to 24 percent last year, Laughlin says. Nationally, more than 200 hospitals ...

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Expert: Kidney donations in Arab world less – Middle East North Africa Financial Network


Expert: Kidney donations in Arab world less
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
The living donor can be a family member, which is preferred, but also unrelated donors are becoming increasingly sought after," said Dr Adel. ...

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Let hospitals decide on organ swapping, state tells Centre – Indian Express


Let hospitals decide on organ swapping, state tells Centre
Indian Express
But they have to refer unrelated donors' cases to the state. In order to speed up the process, permission to swap organs should be granted at the hospital ...

Nephon-sparing surgery: Our experience in open and laparoscopic approach in … – UroToday


Nephon-sparing surgery: Our experience in open and laparoscopic approach in ...
UroToday
We reviewed retrospectively our experience in open and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. The records for all patients who underwent nephron-sparing surgery ...

Liver transplant saved my life…now help save others – Essex Echo


Liver transplant saved my life...now help save others
Essex Echo
A SCHOOLGIRL who is only alive today because of a lifesaving liver transplant is campaigning for others to join the NHS organ donor ...

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Organ donors treble in Bath – Bath Chronicle


Organ donors treble in Bath
Bath Chronicle
Our campaign was launched as the city prepares to host the British Transplant Games for the second time. Chair of the organising committee Loraine ...
Rachel Richardson names her baby after organ donorThe Press, York

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BC transplant patient finds kidney online – CTV.ca


BC transplant patient finds kidney online
CTV.ca
Dave Wilson has been on a kidney transplant waitlist for four years. Now he's recovering from a successful transplant, thanks to a donor he found online. ...

Revolutionising kidney transplants – The Hindu


The Hindu

Revolutionising kidney transplants
The Hindu
The cut is deep, moving through the skin, muscle, fat and down to the kidney itself. Using retractors -- curved steel surgical tools with lights on the end, ...

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Toddler still waiting for dual transplants – abc7news.com


Toddler still waiting for dual transplants
abc7news.com
"Aaron's in heart failure and kidney failure," Elizabeth said. "He's got a lot of strength, God's watching over him, but he's really a sick little boy on ...

2 dual-kidney transplants – Straits Times


Straits Times

2 dual-kidney transplants
Straits Times
The transplants followed the lifting of the age cap of 60 for cadaveric donors last November under changes in the Human Organ Transplant Act (Hota). ...

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