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Man awaiting heart dies, becomes organ donor
Preston Karns wasn’t supposed to live more than a few days after he was born. Instead, he made it to the age of 44, with a wife, a baby on the way and his name finally on a heart transplant list. But instead of being a recipient, he became the giver.
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Study Published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology – “Hepatitis C-infected kidneys function as well as others after transplant”
The study published in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology on Thursday found a threefold increase in the number of transplant centers using hepatitis C-infected kidneys.
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UK Story: Life-saving organ transplant opportunities being missed
As many as 2,500 more organs could be made available for transplant in the UK if families spoke more openly about donating after death, says the NHS Blood and Transplant organisation.
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Maple Ridge mother learns her daughter’s organs saved 5 lives
A Maple Ridge mother made the difficult decision to donate her daughter’s organs after her death, and said she felt validation after learning her daughter was already a registered donor. Tara Stroup said she was in the car with her husband, Dean, when she started looking through their mail and saw a letter from BC Transplant.
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‘It’s hard on the whole family’ Saskatoon baby awaits organ transplant
A Saskatchewan family is anxiously waiting to see whether one of them can be an organ donor to one-year-old Emmet. Baby Emmet is battling nephronophthisis, a rare genetic disease of the kidneys and liver.
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