Sentences with phrase «saving organ transplants»
That's great if the flu is going around, but a downside is that life - saving organ transplants are typically treated with the same hostility as viruses or bacteria.
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«We have over 10,000 New Yorkers that are waiting for a life saving organ transplant and just over 1,000 here in Erie County.
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Small example: the death of one person in an accident (bad) can result in saving the life of another by organ transplant (good).
An organ donation campaigner and transplant recipient has paid tribute to a teenage girl who broke a UK record by saving eight lives through organ donation.
Generally speaking, the American public is well accustomed to the concept of tissue and organ transplantation, as stories of life - saving heart and kidney transplants, or American Red Cross blood drives collecting blood and platelets for transfusions have become commonplace.
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 wife of ailing former Assembly Speaker Mel Miller has launched a desperate campaign to find him an organ donor, saying he is suffering from end stage kidney disease and needs a transplant to save his life.
Lauren's Law was originally signed by Governor Cuomo in October 2012, and was named for Lauren Shields, a Rockland County resident who received a life - saving heart transplant at age 9 and became an advocate for organ donation.
Across the country, there are 58 Organ Procurement Organizations (OPO), which are responsible for recovering and distributing organs and tissues for life - saving and life - enhancing transplants.
«Small changes to organ procurement system could lead to more life - saving transplants.»
The scarcity of life - saving organs for transplants has raised hopes for substitute organs from pigs, which have a similar anatomy to humans.
Perhaps one day he will need an organ transplant or lifesaving surgery, but his insurance company will access his purchasing records and say, «We are sorry that we can not save your life, because our records show you have consumed too much Ben & Jerry's ice cream, bacon and eggs, and alcohol.»
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The possibility of growing organs for transplanting them into body allows to cure terminal diseases and save lives of people experiencing results of accidents and natural disasters.