Living organ donors risk lives to save others
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While other teenagers were celebrating their high-school graduation, 18-year-old James Chan was in hospital donating most of his liver to his father.
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An artificial heart does an effective job of keeping heart-transplant candidates alive until -- and even after -- a donor organ becomes available, cardiologists report.
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Tissue banks that process donated skin, ligaments and bones for transplant must meet new federal safety standards aimed at preventing infection
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Bereaved relatives are willing to donate tissue despite the organ retention scandals, a Scottish research centre has found.
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Children who receive organ transplants with a non-matching blood type can grow accustomed to the foreign tissue over the long run, a study has shown.
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Bypassing the waiting list, 58-year-old organ recipient finds donor through a commercial website
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The art and science of successfully harvesting an organ from one body to give new life to another turns 50 today. Since the first successful kidney transplant by Dr.
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EDMONTON (CP) - A woman from Edmonton has become only the third person in Canada to successfully undergo a lung transplant from two living donors.
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Advances in medical science have made transplant surgery a desired treatment for some serious diseases. Unfortunately, while the number of patients needing a transplant increases, the availability of donated organs remains small.
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A quiet revolution in the world of lung transplants is saving the lives of people who, just two years ago, would have died on the waiting list.
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Authorities are finding new ways to encourage organ donation, including indirectly compensating donors and families. Charles H. Patrick, director of the Alabama Organ Center, said 11 states have passed laws
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A shortage of donor bodies is putting medical teaching at risk, the Royal College of Surgeons warns.
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DENVER -- A Colorado man underwent a kidney transplant Wednesday in what is believed to be the first such operation involving an organ obtained through a for-profit Web site -- a transaction that has raised legal and ethical questions.
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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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It is important that potential donors know about possible complications before they make this life-saving sacrifice.
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Everyone should be an organ donor when they die unless they have asked not to be, says the chief medical officer.
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As the world&#39;s first successful kidney transplant celebrates its 50th birthday, medical organisations are warning there is a critical shortage of donors.