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fromCity Limits
2 weeks ago

On Organ Donation, New York City Can Make the Difference

This past year underscored the importance of continually strengthening the organ donation and transplant system. In New York, our state and community leaders advanced meaningful reforms to save and heal lives, maintain public trust in the system, and honor donors and their families. As a result, more than 3,200 New Yorkers received life-changing organ transplants this year, and more than 400,000 New Yorkers newly registered their consent to give the gift of life.
Public health
Medicine
fromwww.mcall.com
2 months ago

To find living donors for kidney transplants, a pilot program turns to social networks

A pilot program pairs volunteer social-media "angel advocates" with transplant candidates to increase visibility and improve chances of finding living kidney donors for people with limited networks.
National Football League
fromsyracuse
3 months ago

Popular former NY Jets star and All-Pro NFL player dies at 41

Nick Mangold, former New York Jets center and two-time All-Pro, died at 41 from complications of chronic kidney disease after seeking a transplant.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
5 months ago

Whatever happened to .... the 12-year-old Ukrainian girl in need of a heart transplant?

A donated heart was retrieved during heavy Russian attacks in Kyiv to urgently transplant into a 12-year-old whose heart was severely weakened.
Medicine
fromenglish.elpais.com
5 months ago

First-ever transplant of animal lung in a human works for nine days

A genetically modified pig lung was transplanted into a brain-dead man, functioned for nine days, demonstrating xenotransplantation feasibility despite major challenges.
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