Latest Organ donation Stories

LAS VEGAS, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nevada Donor Network is proud to announce record breaking increases in all aspects of organ and tissue donation. Our staff facilitated donations from 75 organ donors, 296 tissue donors and 546 cornea donors during 2012. The 42% year over year rise in donation activity resulted in a 37% increase in the number of lifesaving organs for transplantation. The record growth continued during the first quarter of 2013 with a 154% increase in the number...

CENTENNIAL, Colo., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AlloSource, one of the nation's largest non-profit providers of skin, bone and soft tissue allografts for use in surgical procedures and the world's largest processor of cellular bone allografts, announced their teaming up with the Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine (FOCOS) to enhance lives in underserved communities. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130502/DC01409) Through the relationship, AlloSource...

Campaign addresses people who think they can't donate because of age, health or lifestyle CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The number one reason people don't sign up to be an organ, eye and tissue donor on their driver's license is they think they can't. This tendency to rule oneself out as a candidate for organ and tissue donation is the subject of a new campaign due to hit driver's license offices in Wyoming in mid-May. (Photo:...

ANDOVER, Mass., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Interim results from the International INSPIRE Trial presented today at the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) 33(rd) Annual Meeting in Montreal, are indicating significant improvement in post-lung transplant clinical outcomes using the TransMedics Organ Care System (OCS) Lung portable perfusion and ventilation system. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130425/NE01744-a ) (Logo:...

OTTAWA, April 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Today in Ottawa, Hélène Campbell announced the Give2Live Campaign, a social media effort that uses crowdfunding to support the needs of those waiting for transplants throughout Canada. "Many patients waiting for an organ transplant at Toronto General Hospital and other transplant centres are required to live within two hours of the hospital," said Ms. Campbell.  "More often than not, this means uprooting from their home and finding new housing...

NORTHBROOK, Ill., April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Astellas Pharma US, Inc. ("Astellas"), a U.S. subsidiary of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo: 4503), and Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network, a not-for-profit organ procurement organization that coordinates organ and tissue donation and provides public education on donation in Illinois and northwest Indiana, have collaborated to raise awareness of the need for more organ donors in the city of Chicago. As part of the...

NORTHBROOK, Ill., April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Astellas Pharma US, Inc. ("Astellas"), a U.S. subsidiary of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo: 4503), and Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network, a not-for-profit organ procurement organization that coordinates organ and tissue donation and provides public education on donation in Illinois and northwest Indiana, have collaborated to raise awareness of the need for more organ donors in the state of Illinois. As part of the...

Multidisciplinary approach to transplant therapy gives chronic kidney disease sufferers "a new chance at life" - while currently serving more African-American patients per capita than any other program in the United States. DETROIT, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Christopher Brantley says he will never forget the moment when he realized that he was going to need dialysis for life if he didn't get a kidney transplant. (Photo:...

On April 18th JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) will publish a new video article by Dr. Paul A Iaizzo demonstrating the anatomical reconstruction of an active human heart. The research uses contrast-computed tomography (CT) to allow in-depth 3-D computer modeling of hearts that can be used for prolonged archiving. Computational technology, when combined with advanced imaging techniques like CT, gives researchers extensive insight to the structure and function of human organs. While...

Support for altruistic kidney donation has more than doubled since 2001; support for all types of organ donation increasing Good news for anyone needing a transplant; a new Mayo Clinic survey shows that the public's support for both living and deceased organ donation is increasing. Eighty-four percent of respondents said they would be very or somewhat likely to consider donating a kidney or a portion of their liver to a close friend or family member in need, and an astounding 49 percent...