Delivery of healthy donor cells key to correcting bone disorder, researchers find
Osteogensis imperfecta (OI) is a group of genetic disorders that mainly affect the bone. Patients with OI have bones that
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Mom of 3 expecting twins needs bone marrow donor to save life
Susie Rabaca, pictured with her 4-year-old daughter, needs bone marrow transplant to help treat leukemia. (Fox 11) A California mother
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Could your race determine your wait for a donor heart?
The wait for a heart transplant varies widely based on factors such as availability of donor hearts and blood type,
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Method for determining donor kidneys’ suitability for transplantation may be flawed
New research indicates that many kidneys obtained for transplantation from deceased donors are not being used because of biopsy findings
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ACS: accepting liver from older donor better than waiting
(HealthDay)—Accepting a liver from an older liver donor (OLD) is associated with long-term survival benefit, according to a study presented
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Women are less likely to receive lung protective tidal volumes when being considered as a lung donor
A study presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting 2018 in San Antonio examined the adherence to lung protective ventilation and
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3 die of breast cancer after receiving organs from same donor: report
At least 15 men who were at Ground Zero after 9/11 report breast cancer FBN's Gerri Willis on a number
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