Organ donor to turn self in
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For the first time in the nine-month saga surrounding giving his kidney to a stranger, Rob Smitty on Wednesday questioned - for just an instant - if it was all worth it.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. One of two infant twins who had been awaiting heart transplants in Nashville has received a donor organ. Abigail Patrick underwent four hours of surgery yesterday at Vanderbilt University&#39;s children&#39;s hospital.
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DENVER Oct 20, 2004 - A Colorado man underwent surgery for a new kidney Wednesday in what was believed to be the first transplant brokered through a commercial Web site a transaction that has raised a host of ethical and legal questions.
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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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BEIJING, July 3 -- The Chinese government imposed new restrictions Tuesday on organ transplants for foreigners , saying Chinese citizens should get priority when organs become available.
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Two men are donating kidneys to each other's wives in a four-way surgical swap at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital on Wednesday. It is the first time such a swap among healthy, living donors and patients with kidney failure has taken place at the hospital.
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Scientists say they have found a safe way to give carbon monoxide to help organ transplant patients.
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By Henry L. Davis  If all goes as planned, surgeons in Buffalo today will perform what they believe  to be the first organ transplant in New York State arranged over the Internet.  Paul Cardinale is a 35-year-old financial consultant from Lakewood near Jamestown.
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The families of donors and recipients are brought together by Spain's system for organ donation.
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A genetic blood test allowing a much closer match between donors and recipients is under development.
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Everyone should be an organ donor when they die unless they have asked not to be, the chief medical officer says.
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After her death, Maxine Watson saved at least two lives, having arranged for her organs to be donated to those who needed them most.
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A teenage girl who has four kidneys is hoping to be able to donate two of them to patients in need of a transplant
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Everyone should be viewed as an organ donor when they die unless they request not to be, England's top doctor says.
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The first patient to receive a live liver donation on the NHS is due to leave hospital for home.
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LOS ANGELES -- In what's being called a major advance in organ transplants, doctors say they have developed a technique that could free many patients from having to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives.
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Every day, more than 15 people die in the United States while waiting for a lifesaving organ that never comes. At this very moment in New England, two babies under the age of 1 year old need livers.