January 15, 2021

CANADA: Pioneering University of Alberta heart transplant expert named to Order of Canada

When University of Alberta pediatric cardiologist Lori West was put in charge of the transplant program at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children in 1994, the situation was dire for newborns

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January 9, 2021

CANADA: Stem cell transplant next week for Winnipeg child with rare condition

WINNIPEG -- A Winnipeg child with a rare condition that resulted in a national search for a bone marrow donor will undergo a transplant next week. Simone Jannetta, the mother of

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January 8, 2021

CANADA: Baby receiving stem cell transplant from mom after no ethnically diverse match found

A Winnipeg mother is preparing to be the stem cell donor for her baby with a rare immune disease in hopes of saving his life — after a closer match

January 7, 2021

CANADA: Punk rock, heart transplant and Paralympic Games trailblazers among Albertans appointed to Order of Canada

A sports scientist who helped create the modern Paralympic Games, a doctor who conducted breakthrough research on heart transplants for babies and a musician who played a pivotal role in Canada's punk scene

December 31, 2020

CANADA: Parents facing hard times after daughter’s liver transplant leaves them unable to work | Radio NL

A Kamloops couple are having a a tough time financially after a liver transplant for their young daughter and they’ve set up a Go Fund Me page in hopes of

December 19, 2020

CANADA: ‘Best Christmas ever’: Ladysmith woman encouraging people to register as organ donors

NANAIMO, B.C. -- Ladysmith resident Jackie Bates wouldn’t have made it to Christmas this year if not for the double lung transplant she received over the summer. Now, she’s encouraging people

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December 13, 2020

CANADA: The David Foster Foundation Presents Alarming Canadian Statistics Focusing on the Need for Organ Donation

TORONTO, Dec. 8, 2020 /CNW/ - Throughout the pandemic and as we enter the holiday season, The David Foster Foundation is drawing awareness to the continuing need for organ donation

November 22, 2020

CANADA: 16-year-old N.S. girl gets lung transplant after COVID-related transplant delays

A teenaged girl who set out with her grandmother and mother last spring on a 1,800-kilometre RV trip to seek her new lungs has received the life-changing operation in an

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November 18, 2020

CANADA: Cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta could change lives – if Health Canada approves it

This column is an opinion by Jeremie Saunders, an award-winning actor, producer, and host of popular Canadian media, including film, television, and podcasts. He lives with a genetic lung disease called cystic fibrosis.

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November 3, 2020

CANADA: Finances halt North Bay father’s life-saving stem cell transplant

Transplant News Sharing // News from Source www.nugget.ca In a two-year-old photo, Jason Emond and Heather Thomas enjoy a fishing trip with his two children, Mia, then two years old, and

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