Sentences with phrase «donor organ transplantation»

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Germany's organ donor rate is less than half of what it is in Spain, the leading donor country, according to 2010 figures provided by the German Organ Transplantation Foundation (organ donor rate is less than half of what it is in Spain, the leading donor country, according to 2010 figures provided by the German Organ Transplantation Foundation (Organ Transplantation Foundation (DSO).

And once donation from strangers became reasonable to contemplate, it also became possible to move beyond living donors» gifts of paired vital organs (such as a kidney) to transplantation of unpaired vital organs (such as the heart or liver) from cadaver donors.

More established scientists than Yang have dreamed of creating animal organs that are suitable for transplantation into people waiting for a human donor.

«From these findings, potentially more organs could be available for transplantation since we can push the limits with these «marginal donors»,» Niemann said.

«The need for organ donation continues to grow with ongoing advancements in transplantation, making the need for standardization increasingly imperative,» said study co-author Howard M. Nathan, president and CEO of Gift of Life Donor Program.

At 10 years after transplantation, the organs from donors with unacceptable / high risk provided each recipient with more than 7 additional years of survival on average.

Organ donors with a history of certain types of cancers who are excluded from transplantation in fact pose very little risk of cancer transmission to their recipients,» said Dr. Desai.

The most commonly used technique is orthotopic transplantation, in which the native liver is removed and the donor organ is placed in the same anatomic location as the original liver.

Most organs for transplantation are come from brain dead donors.

Their work has been avidly followed by biologists in the field of organ transplantation: If a donor's heart or kidney could be frozen and stored without damage, physicians could dramatically increase the number of transplants they perform.

Organ transplantation is a challenge, requiring immunosuppressive drugs and careful matching of donor and recipient for human leukocyte antigen markers, receptors on immune cells that recognize foreign proteins.

«If more people designate donation on their driver's licenses, or if more people talk about the decision to be an organ donor with their families and loved ones, or if more people decided to selflessly participate in living donation, we would be able to save some many more lives with through transplantation.»

In more than a third of kidney transplantations performed in the United States, the transplanted organs come from live donors.

The researchers examined data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) / United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), the nation's organ transplant network, on all reported «eligible deaths,» — defined as potential brain - dead organ donors age 70 years or less without any medical conditions precluding donation — from 2008 to Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) / United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), the nation's organ transplant network, on all reported «eligible deaths,» — defined as potential brain - dead organ donors age 70 years or less without any medical conditions precluding donation — from 2008 to Organ Sharing (UNOS), the nation's organ transplant network, on all reported «eligible deaths,» — defined as potential brain - dead organ donors age 70 years or less without any medical conditions precluding donation — from 2008 to organ transplant network, on all reported «eligible deaths,» — defined as potential brain - dead organ donors age 70 years or less without any medical conditions precluding donation — from 2008 to organ donors age 70 years or less without any medical conditions precluding donation — from 2008 to 2013.

Patients with mostly IgG3 donor - specific HLA antibodies had a higher likelihood of organ rejection soon after transplantation.

To help provide accurate estimates of long - term risks, a team led by Dorry Segev, MD, PhD, of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, studied information on 133,824 living kidney donors from 1987 to 2015, as reported to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.

Durand CM, Segev D, Sugarman J. (2016) Realizing HOPE: The ethics of organ transplantation from HIV - positive Donors.

In some cases, organ transplantation can be performed (e.g., kidney, heart, liver); however this option is typically limited by the shortage of available donor organs.

Researchers suggest that this liver tissue could be used in place of donor organs during liver transplantation or during the bridge period until a suitable donor is available for patients with acute liver failure.

And so, you know, we're very interested, as you think about organ transplantation, there's a deficit of donors, and we really rely heavily on patients and trying to get those organs so that we can transplant them into the patients who need them.

He also wants to expand the use of new technology such as normothermic perfusion that can rejuvenate donor organs by circulating warm, oxygenated solution through them prior to transplantation, improving their viability and greatly increasing the number of available donor organs.

In transplantation, improved usage of borderline donor organs and of understanding for the causes and potential treatment of ischaemic reperfusion phenomena.

Donor organs are matched to waiting recipients by a national computer registry called the National Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN).

Like an organ transplant, fecal microbiota transplantation begins with finding a donor, often a family member.

The campaign to promote organ, tissue and eye donation and transplantation, which was launched by Indianan Donor Network in 2016, will target IMSA fans to become donors in honor of the late Justin Wilson and Bryan Clauson.

Christine Borland's Positive Pattern was originally commissioned by the Institute of Transplantation, Newcastle to honour the courage and generosity of organ donors and their families, who help save and transform the lives of hundreds of people every year.

Positive Pattern (2016) was originally commissioned by the Institute of Transplantation, Newcastle to honour the courage and generosity of organ donors and their families, who help save and transform the lives of hundreds of people every year.

At the root of the moral controversy of the phenomenon of transplant tourism — many who are desperately ill, travel to various destinations around the globe, in search of a healthy, compatible organ at a price — is the inescapable fact that there simply are not enough available organs in the UK for transplantation, either from cadaveric or live donors.

Donor expenses against organ transplantation: Up to a limit of 10 % of the Sum Insured or Rupees One lakh, whichever is less

The Medical Expenses for an organ donor's treatment in the event of organ transplantation for harvesting an organ donated are reimbursed Upto the policy Sum Insured

In addition to that, coverage for incurred expenses, such as fees and charges for consultants, specialists, anaesthetists, oxygen, blood, operation theatre charges, pre-hospitalization expenses and post-hospitalization expenses, and donor expenses for organ (s) transplantation are covered under the wide umbrella of this policy.