Sentences with phrase «national organ transplant»

Not exact matches

Peculiar contradictions exist in national laws with regard to organ transplants.

If February 15, 2002 brought a flood of emotions for me, I can only imagine what the day must have felt like for Klug, who was competing less than two years after a life - saving liver transplant, and, fittingly, just one day after the celebration of National Organ Donor Day.

The team analyzed data from the National Cancer Institute's Transplant Cancer Match Study, which contains information on all solid organ transplant recipients in the United States, as well as data from 15 population - based US cancer rTransplant Cancer Match Study, which contains information on all solid organ transplant recipients in the United States, as well as data from 15 population - based US cancer rtransplant recipients in the United States, as well as data from 15 population - based US cancer registries.

According to Stuart Knechtle, MD, professor of surgery in the Emory School of Medicine and director of the Emory liver transplant program, domino transplants are a rare but effective way of overcoming the national shortage of organs available for transplant.

If approved after a 30 - day comment period, the new policy would allow the National Institutes of Health to fund researchers who want to put stem cells in early - stage animal embryos to study disease, possible therapies and organ transplants.

If you are found to be a candidate for a liver transplant, your information will be entered in the national organ donor database.

A staunch non-smoker, Hagman acted as the chairperson of the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout for nine years, and following his 1995 surgery, he became the National Spokesperson for the 1996 U.S. Transplant Games sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation and was recognized by the foundation for his role in increasing public awareness in regards to organ donation.