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This Valentine's Day, National Donor Day emphasizes importance of organ donation in Colorado
While we are out celebrating Valentine's Day, it is important to also give back for National Donor Day. In the state of Colorado, there are more than 1,300 people waiting for an organ transplant. This is the need for tissue,
West Virginia honors those involved with organ transplants on National Donor Day
WVU said that a registered organ donor can save up to eight lives with their organs and that around 500 people in West Virginia are waiting for an organ transplant.
New York State Health Department encourages organ donation this Valentine’s Day
This Valentine’s Day, consider spreading love in a unique way by signing up to be an organ donor. The New York State Department of Health is encouraging residents to register as organ or tissue donors.
Wisconsin organ recipient celebrates a second chance at life during National Donor Day
February 14th marks National Donor Day, a time to recognize the deep impact of organ and tissue donation. As love is celebrated in various forms today, the gift of life remains one of the most profound expressions of compassion.
It’s National Donor Day. Here’s how to register as an organ donor in New York
In honor of National Donor Day, the state Health Department is urging all New Yorkers 16 and older to register as organ donors to help save someone’s life. National Donor Day, observed on Feb. 14, is a reminder that there are nearly 8,
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Animal-to-Human Organ Transplants Hit Long-Awaited Testing Milestone
Up to 50 transplant patients will receive a genetically modified pig kidney in a clinical trial that will launch this summer ...
Experimental transplants with organs from gene-edited pigs see major steps forward
On Friday, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that a 66-year-old New Hampshire man had successfully received ...
FDA approves pig organ transplant trials for patients with kidney failure
The first clinical trials using organs from genetically modified pigs offer hope to patients with kidney failure, who face a ...
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine1d
Organ Transplants From Different Species Risky and Costly, New Paper Argues
Organ xenotransplantation, the transplantation of genetically engineered organs from pigs to humans, is not a viable solution ...
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‘What a beautiful thing’: Woman dedicates herself to organ donations after son’s heart transplant
As a Montana organ recovery coordinator, Megan Truman spends a lot of time helping grieving families. Organ donation is a ...
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An emotional journey: Parents meet with recipients of daughter’s organs
A central Minnesota couple is on a mission to meet all of the people who received their daughter’s organs. Jaydan Pautzke ...
Health Affairs8d
The Organ Transplantation System Is Inequitable. Modernized Data Can Help Fix That
In the absence of accessible, integrated, multidimensional patient data, the organ transplant system will remain both highly ...
The amazing story of how a cooler and app have transformed organ transplants
What started as a conversation about a new app, became a story about how new technology from a company called Paragonix has ...
Everyone deserves access to a life-saving organ transplant
Three days into my medical career, my first patient died. She was a 27-year-old who succumbed to an autoimmune liver disease. She had been denied a liver transplant for years because she was uninsured ...