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NHS makes ‘urgent’ call for black blood donors

The NHS has issued an urgent call for more black blood donors. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) said that a record level of blood donations are now needed every day to treat people with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease is particularly common ...

06 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Transplant hope for minorities as researchers alter donor kidney blood type

Researchers have successfully altered the blood type of three donor kidneys in a game-changing discovery that could have a massive impact on patients waiting for a transplant. The development could increase the supply of kidneys available for ...

15 Aug 2022 at 01:01

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Tipperary sportswoman to represent Ireland at her fourth Euro Transplant Games

Tipperary’s Sheila Gregan along with fellow transplant and dialysis athletes from Dublin, Kildare, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Clare and Roscommon will participate in the European Transplant and Dialysis Games to be held in England from this ...

16 Aug 2022 at 14:33

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Nenagh sportswoman to represent Ireland at her fourth European Transplant Games

16 Aug 2022 at 14:33

New method of preserving donated kidneys ‘could mean fewer organs wasted’

A new method of preserving donated kidneys could reduce the number of organs being discarded, experts have suggested. Kidney Research UK revealed that around 100 kidneys could potentially be saved for transplant each year after ...

26 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Woman is reunited with her heart-lung transplant surgeon 35 years on

A woman has been reunited with the surgeon who carried out her lifesaving heart and lung transplant operation 35 years ago. Katie Mitchell, of Sidcup in Kent, was so breathless that she could barely climb the stairs before she ...

29 Sept 2022 at 14:20

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Newlyweds on tenterhooks as baby girl who had heart surgery 2 weeks ago awaits liver transplant with dad ready to be emergency living donor

Devoted newlyweds whose adorable baby girl was whisked into hospital three days into their honeymoon and had open heart surgery two weeks ago are now on tenterhooks as the “smiley” tot awaits a liver transplant. When within ...

09 Aug 2022 at 08:00

Test could transform liver transplants by predicting complications – scientists

A new test could allow medics to predict the chances of liver transplants developing complications afterwards in less than 10 minutes, scientists have said. A prototype electrochemical biosensor is being developed by ...

11 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Family tell how knowing mum’s decision to be an organ donor helped when she died

The family of a woman who became an organ donor in 2020 have backed a new Scottish Government campaign highlighting how important it is to share the decision to donate with loved ones. Gail Maskell suffered a sudden ...

27 Jul 2022 at 11:45

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Families of children waiting for heart transplant appeal for donors

The families of five children waiting for a heart transplant have joined together to ask people to consider becoming organ donors. Since the pandemic the number of available organs has dropped, leading to extremely ...

21 Jul 2022 at 19:33

Families of children waiting for heart transplant appeal for donors

21 Jul 2022 at 16:19

Baby receives world first ‘heart-thymus’ transplant

A baby has received the world’s first heart transplant combined with a thymus implant – a procedure which has the potential to change the future of organ transplants. Easton Sinnamon is said to be ...

08 Mar 2022 at 15:25

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