The Importance of Organ Donation: Perspectives from Recipients and Advocates

The Importance of Organ Donation: Perspectives from Recipients and Advocates

Weeks ago, during the second day of the Presidential Debate, the La Libertad Avanza candidate stated: “We do not propose the sale of organs. What we are saying is that there are 7,000 people waiting for a transplant and 300,000 potential donors, and there is something that does not work in the middle and that … Read more

Castilla-La Mancha’s Awareness Campaign for Bone Marrow Donation Gains 420 New Donors in September

Castilla-La Mancha’s Awareness Campaign for Bone Marrow Donation Gains 420 New Donors in September

The general director of Hospitals of the Health Service of Castilla-La Mancha, Óscar Talavera Encinas, who has encouraged the youth population to become bone marrow donors, has highlighted the awareness campaign that is being developed in Castilla-La Mancha, which It has obtained 420 new donors in the month of September. “This altruistic gesture can save … Read more

Coroners in Catalonia Also Work as Tissue Donors: Leading in Transplants and Low Refusal Rates

Few people know it, but on the floor except one of the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Catalonia (IMLCFC), in addition to autopsies y recognition of corpses, coroners are also engaged in tissue removal with those that are later made transplants. In fact, this institution, attached to the Ministry of Justice, Rights … Read more

“Growing the Number of Altruistic Bone Marrow Donors: An Interview with Anna Sureda, President of the Spanish and European Transplant Societies”

Among the hematological diseases are multiple myeloma, lymphomas and acute leukemias, all of them pathologies that may require a bone marrow transplant, and although the number of Spanish altruistic donors has increased in recent years, it is still essential to informative campaigns so that the number grows. We spoke about this with Anna Sureda, president … Read more

Burgos to Host XXXVII National Congress of Transplant Coordinators: Current Issues in Donation and Transplantation to Be Discussed

Burgos will host the XXXVII National Congress of Transplant Coordinators from May 16 to 18, which will bring together more than 150 attendees, and during which some of the most current issues in transplant coordination will be reviewed, such as donation in asystole, the donation after the process of helping to die, and the contraindications … Read more

Castalia from Alcer anticipates that Castellón will carry out over 20 kidney transplants each year.

moose castalia He hopes that the province can perform more than twenty kidney transplants a year. Mediterráneo announced yesterday exclusively that the Hospital General He has already carried out the first intervention of this type in provincial history, a historical claim of the group of kidney patients, who have welcomed the news with “excitement” for … Read more

IMSS Jalisco: They make the first multi-organ donation of 2023

Diana Barajas Guadalajara / 12.03.2023 12:44:09 The first multi-organ donation of 2023 was made at clinic 110 of the IMSS Jalisco, with this it will be possible to transplant corneas, kidneys and liver. The donor is a woman who was diagnosed with brain death, which is why her family decided to donate the patient’s organs, … Read more

“I’m fine, but the problem of rejection is always there”

It has been almost a month since he was operated on. undergo a corneal transplant e Laura Ponte (49) couldn’t be happier with the result. Now that everything has passed and she has recovered a lot, she celebrates the incredible repercussions that her story has had, which she herself has shared on her social networks … Read more

One hour after death restore some heart and brain functions (of pigs)

One hour after the death of dozens of pigs, a team of researchers from Yale University has managed to restore some molecular and cellular functions of various animal organs, such as the brain, heart, kidneys and liver. An experiment, just published in Naturethe technique of which could potentially be used to increase the availability of … Read more