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Transplant news, links, and other general medical news -- updated regularly.


Friday, March 21, 2008

 

Organ donor crisis looms (Daily Telegraph)

Organ donor crisis looms (Daily Telegraph)
AUSTRALIA'S organ donation system is in unprecedented crisis as the transplant rate remains one of the worst in the world - and it is falling despite desperate pleas.

 

Lung transplant wait seen favoring whites

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Blacks with chronic lung disease on the waiting list for lung transplantation before 2005 were more likely to die or be removed from the list than were [more]

 

Kidney Transplant - Treatment Options at Mayo Clinic

The kidney transplant program emphasizes living donor kidney transplants. Learn more at Mayo Clinic. [read more]

 

Kidney Transplant Drug Trial

Two-year Study of the Safety and Effectiveness of an Investigational Drug in Combination with a Standard Immunosuppressive Regimen [more]

 

Organ donor crisis looms (Daily Telegraph)

AUSTRALIA'S organ donation system is in unprecedented crisis as the transplant rate remains one of the worst in the world - and it is falling despite desperate pleas. [more]

 

Calif transplant doctor ordered to trial (AP via Yahoo! News)

A transplant surgeon accused of hastening the death of a man so his organs could be harvested has been ordered to trial on one count of felony dependent adult abuse, but two other felony charges involving administration of drugs to the dying man were dismissed. [full story]

 

Calif Transplant Doctor Ordered to Trial (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)

A San Francisco transplant surgeon accused of hastening the death of man so his organs could be harvested has been ordered to trial on one count of felony dependent adult abuse, but two other felony charges involving administration of drugs to the dying man were dismissed. [continued]

 

Baby gets first emergency living donor liver transplant at Cleveland

CLEVELAND -- More than 15,000 people are waiting for liver transplants in the U.S. but only 4500 cadaver livers become available each year. Early in the morning of September 4th [full story]

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