A Liberal MP – backed by his party’s women’s caucus – is pushing to decriminalize the payment of fees to surrogate mothers and sperm donors.
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Michigan opioid crisis contributes to increased organ donors
Organs from people who died from opioid overdose helped fuel an increase in organ donations in Michigan last year.
Kidney Foundation gets dozens of calls in response to family’s plea for organ donors
The head of the Kidney Foundation in Calgary says the family that put up billboards seeking donors is helping everyone waiting for a transplant.
Two year old boy needs life-saving donors after rare blood disorder diagnosis
CANCER symptoms affects almost 360,000 new people in the UK every year. This International Childhood Cancer Day, blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan are raising awareness of rare disorders, as two-year old Jacob needs a stem cell donor for his aplastic anaemia condition.
Theresa May faces fresh revolt as Tory donors and MPs call for her resignation
Theresa May is facing a donors’ revolt and growing pressure to leave Downing Street as soon as the outline of a trade deal is negotiated with the EU this autumn. The PM’s Brexit strategy is under attack from all sides. Discontent with UK Prime Minister Theresa May among the Tories’ financial backers reportedly boiled over […]
Can This Biochemist Bypass Organ Donors?
I follow Kevin Dzobo to the cafeteria at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine at the University of Cape Town, where his young son, Kevin Jr., sits absorbed in his tablet. They both seem eager to get on with their Saturday, yet the stem cell researcher patiently indulges my questions about his work […]
More living organ donors needed, doctors say
With demand for organs outstripping supply, and potentially long wait times for transplants, doctors want more Canadians to consider becoming living organ donors. CBC | Health News
UCLA reportedly weighing lengthy suspensions for trio arrested in China and ‘major donors’ are getting involved
Jae C. Hong/AP The three UCLA basketball players arrested in China spoke publicly Wednesday for the first time about the situation. The players have been suspended “indefinitely.” The school is now mulling how long the suspensions will be and “major donors” have reportedly called the school to express their thoughts. The three UCLA basketball players […]
Blood plasma from young donors breathes fresh life into Alzheimer’s patients
Published time: 6 Nov, 2017 12:44 Stanford University researchers are reporting a small but encouraging victory in the uphill battle against the neurodegenerative disease Alzheimer’s. The team recently presented details from a small test that suggested injecting people suffering from the brain disorder with blood plasma is safe, tolerable and provides some respite, at the […]
Judge: Barrett Brown donors can sue government over subpoenaed records
Enlarge (credit: Free Barrett Brown) A federal judge in San Francisco has denied the FBI’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a local activist who raised money for Barrett Brown. Brown is a journalist who was released from prison last year. As Ars reported previously, in April 2014 Brown took a plea deal admitting […]
