Organ Transplants
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Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear unvaccinated Alberta woman’s case for organ donationThe Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of an Alberta woman who was unwilling to be vaccinated in order to get a life-saving organ transplant.Canada10 hours
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B.C. man dies from freak snowmobile accident, donated organs help 13 people“Trevor touched 13 different people when he left this world. And that is an amazing thing.”CanadaMar 15
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Synthetic embryos made without sperm or egg formed brain, beating heart: studyScientists have created synthetic embryos that can last over a week in test tubes, potentially providing an answer to the shortage of organ donations for transplant.ScienceSep 6, 2022
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‘Selfless acts’: B.C. received record-breaking number of deceased organ donations in 2021“Becoming an organ donor is an incredibly important decision that can save a life,” said B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix.HealthFeb 3, 2022
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Discovery by UBC researchers holds promise of reducing organ transplants rejectionsThe polymer has the potential to eliminate the need for anti-rejection drugs, which prevent the immune system from attacking the new organ but also have serious side effects.HealthAug 9, 2021
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Jillian Best of London, Ont. looks to 2022 after fundraising swim across Lake OntarioJillian Best's 52-kilometre fundraising swim was in collaboration with her Move for Life Foundation, which is dedicated to reducing the wait-list for organ transplants.CanadaAug 6, 2021
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Protecting transplant patients from COVID-19 leads to delays in life-changing surgeriesTo make space for the COVID-19 wave and due to the complexity of keeping transplant patients safe, many centres have scaled back surgeries significantly.HealthApr 19, 2020
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U.S. government proposes new rules to increase organ transplants from living donorsThe new rules aim to ease an organ shortage so severe that more than 113,000 Americans linger on the transplant waiting list.PoliticsDec 17, 2019
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How superbugs and antibiotic resistance will make common medical procedures harderGiving patients antibiotics is standard care before many operations and medical procedures, experts say. So what happens if they no longer work as well?HealthNov 17, 2019
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Toronto transplant research aims to salvage infected organsResearchers are trying to figure out how to make more donated organs useful for transplants.HealthOct 11, 2019
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