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The National Kidney Registry (NKR) is a national registry in the United States listing kidney donors and recipients in need of a kidney transplant.NKR facilitates hundreds of "Kidney Paired Donation" (KPD) or "Paired Exchange" transplants annually.
James Collins donated a kidney to help save his wife. But his kidney didn’t go to her – instead, the pair were involved in a three-way organ swap involving six patients, three hospitals and ...
The National Donor Monument, Naarden, the Netherlands Organ donation is the process when a person authorizes an organ of their own to be removed and transplanted to another person, legally, either by consent while the donor is alive, through a legal authorization for deceased donation made prior to death, or for deceased donations through the authorization by the legal next of kin.
Charles Richard Drew (1904–1950) was an American surgeon and medical researcher.His research was in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II.
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The mother of a three-month-old baby girl diagnosed with a rare blood disorder is urging people to sign the stem cell register in a bid to save her daughter's life. Doctors initially suspected ...
Sister Sally Naidoo administers an HIV test on a young boy at the Right To Care AIDS clinic on Jan. 27, 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Right to Care non-governmental organisation has ...
As the patient is transported to the operating room or a waiting ambulance, [3] the hallways are lined with hospital staff and the patient's friends and family. [4] The event is intended to show appreciation and respect for the patient's decision to donate their organs and may include an honor guard in the case of a veteran.