Organ donor system overhaul call
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Advisers recommend a radical overhaul of the UK organ donor network in a bid to double transplant numbers.
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Cross-party group wants to remove delays and need for two doctors to approve terminations.
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A Sicilian entrepreneur has offered to donate parts of his body for organ transplants in an effort to keep his business alive.
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Public support is growing for a system of presumed consent for organ donation, survey findings suggest.
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While fatal in adults, organ transplants from donors with different blood types work in children under 2. The trick? Taking advantage of children's underdeveloped immune systems. By the Associated Press.
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China is drafting new laws to make it   easier for people to donate their organs in a country with long   transplant waiting lists, state media said on Tuesday.
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US officials announced Thursday the last of three rules intended to enhance the safety of human cells and tissues that are slated for transplantation.
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The national transplant waiting list has grown to more than 87,000 because organ donations from the dead have not kept up with demand. For help, frustrated patients increasingly are turning to the living &#151; even to strangers. That worries bioethicists, surgeons and federal officials who oversee the transplant system, which is designed to treat all patients fairly.
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Lifesharers is trying to settle the competition for organs in a fair way: before you get one, you should be willing to give one
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A change in the law so that anyone who dies is presumed to have agreed to donate their organs for transplant, unless they obtain a specific opt-out, was urged Tuesday by Chief Medical Officer Liam Donaldson.
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Donor hearts could make good scaffolding for new organs.
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Presumed consent for organ donation scheme put on back burner as taskforce unveils alternative measures
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Â· One patient a day dies waiting for a transplant Â· BMA backs idea, but other groups voice concerns
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Kidney exchanges are helping doctors shorten transplant waiting lists, but they also pose serious challenges.
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What if governments and insurance companies nip the incentive for the dangerous illegal organ trade by paying donors with free healthcare or cash? Plus: Indian Organ Mafia Busted In Bodyhack.
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The Conservatives ask Gordon Brown to explain his "apparent U-turn" on the organ donor system.
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Although willingness to donate organs has risen in recent years, major hurdles remain.