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Five Shocking Facts about Transplant Medications

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According to UNOS, 19,513 transplants were performed between January and June 2019. While their diagnoses and organ needs differ, all transplant recipients share one...
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2019 SUMMER WORLD TRANSPLANT GAMES

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World transplant games- Image source World Transplant Games, popularly referred to as WTG is an event staged and managed by the World Transplant Games Federation. All...
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Kidney Transplant Recipient Is ‘Scooting 4 Donors’ Across The USA

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Four-time kidney transplant recipient Matt Schneider is currently 'Scooting4Donors,' making his way across the US on a scooter in support of organ donation awareness. Matt...
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Stem Cell Transplant Reverses Disabling MS-like Disease

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Stem Cell Transplant Reverses Disabling MS-like Disease A stem cell transplant has reversed a debilitating neurological disorder that leaves more than 50% of the affected...
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Nurse Adopts Man With Autism So He Can Get Life-Saving Transplant

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Nurse Adopts Man With Autism So He Can Get Life-Saving Transplant A nurse with a heart and call to save became a hero to a 27-year-old...
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Father Who Called On The Public For Their Stem Cells For His Son Nominated For A Prestigious Anthony Nolan Award

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Father Who Called On The Public For Their Stem Cells For His Son Nominated For A Prestigious Anthony Nolan Award Like some other parents who...
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First Full Face Transplant Done on a Black Man

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First Full Face Transplant Done on a Black Man An African American man in Boston was the first to have a full face transplant. Robert...
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People Disabilities Barred from Receiving Transplants – Claims New Report

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Is Disability a Factor In Organ Transplantation? People with disabilities, according to a new report, are being barred from receiving organ transplants. The report was...
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A Rare 3 Organ Transplant for a California Man

ORGAN & TISSUE + Nelson O. Freytes -
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At the edge of life’s trials, all we can hold on to is hope. Appreciating the value of life every moment we see a...
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Steve Job’s transplant

ORGAN & TISSUE + Pierre Luc Charland -
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I have read a lot of misinformation lately about Steve Jobs regarding his 2009 liver transplant.  Even when it was make public a few...
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Should financial incentives be allowed for organ donations?

ORGAN & TISSUE + Pierre Luc Charland -
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           The National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA) was first signed into law in 1984 under President Reagan and underwent a...
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New lung allocations rules may affect your wait time (This could be good or bad news for you)

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What is it about? Effective November 24th 2017, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN),under a directive from the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
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You Will Need your Family (or Friends) After Your Organ Transplant

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The Grim Reality of Organ Harvesting in China

Bone Marrow Transplants Nelson O. Freytes -
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China has been in the spotlight recently in relation to their organ donations system. The high rate of transplants being done in the country...
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Facts about Organ Donation

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Becoming an organ donor is the single best action someone can take to be remembered after passing. In the United States about 1 person...
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Don’t Mess with Medicare: A Lung Transplant Program Learned it the Hard Way

Lung Transplants Pierre Luc Charland -
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The cow milk of every transplant center is Medicare. This is the insurance company you don’t want to disappoint because if you run a...
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First Lung Transplant in US Using Ex Vivo Perfusion

Innovation Pierre Luc Charland -
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The University Of Maryland Medical Center was the first center in the US to perform a lung transplant using ex-vivo perfusion. The procedure is...
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Transplant program closures have devastating effects on patients.

Heart Transplants Julie Lesage -
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A mix of burnt out and overworked workers combined with too much ego can make any employees wanting to leave their job for something...
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A Kid Sells his Kidney for an iPad

Kidney Transplants Pierre Luc Charland -
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  A 17 years old teenager in the province of Anhui which is located in the Eastern part of China sold one of his kidney...
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The ABCs of a Good Outcome after Organ Transplant

ORGAN & TISSUE + Pierre Luc Charland -
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Be active There are plenty of statistics available about organ transplantation; survival per age, survival per organ, survival per gender, etc. The vast majority of...
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Stem Cell Transplant Reverses Disabling MS-like Disease

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Stem Cell Transplant Reverses Disabling MS-like Disease A stem cell transplant has reversed a debilitating neurological disorder that leaves more than 50% of the affected...
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Nurse Adopts Man With Autism So He Can Get Life-Saving Transplant

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Nurse Adopts Man With Autism So He Can Get Life-Saving Transplant A nurse with a heart and call to save became a hero to a 27-year-old...
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Father Who Called On The Public For Their Stem Cells For His Son Nominated For A Prestigious Anthony Nolan Award

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Father Who Called On The Public For Their Stem Cells For His Son Nominated For A Prestigious Anthony Nolan Award Like some other parents who...
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First Full Face Transplant Done on a Black Man

Nelson O. Freytes -
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First Full Face Transplant Done on a Black Man An African American man in Boston was the first to have a full face transplant. Robert...
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People Disabilities Barred from Receiving Transplants – Claims New Report

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Is Disability a Factor In Organ Transplantation? People with disabilities, according to a new report, are being barred from receiving organ transplants. The report was...
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Stem Cell Transplant Reverses Disabling MS-like Disease

Nelson O. Freytes -
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Stem Cell Transplant Reverses Disabling MS-like Disease A stem cell transplant has reversed a debilitating neurological disorder that leaves more than 50% of the affected...
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Donation

Nurse Adopts Man With Autism So He Can Get Life-Saving Transplant

Nelson O. Freytes -
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Nurse Adopts Man With Autism So He Can Get Life-Saving Transplant A nurse with a heart and call to save became a hero to a 27-year-old...
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ORGAN & TISSUE +

Father Who Called On The Public For Their Stem Cells For His Son Nominated For A Prestigious Anthony Nolan Award

Nelson O. Freytes -
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Father Who Called On The Public For Their Stem Cells For His Son Nominated For A Prestigious Anthony Nolan Award Like some other parents who...
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Limb Transplants

First Full Face Transplant Done on a Black Man

Nelson O. Freytes -
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First Full Face Transplant Done on a Black Man An African American man in Boston was the first to have a full face transplant. Robert...
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