Read more organ donor stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4279/organ-donor.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:35:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/54553/live-kidney-donors-should-be-encouraged-not-doubted.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen Frances Kissling learned she needed a kidney transplant, she took a step most people in her situation never do: She asked dozens of friends and colleagues if they would be willing to donate. "I was bowled over by how people responded," the Catholic feminist activist writes for Salon—she...http://www.newser.com/story/54553/live-kidney-donors-should-be-encouraged-not-doubted.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 27 Mar 2009 11:20:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54324/richardson-lives-on-through-donated-organs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNatasha Richardson’s death had the tiniest sliver of a silver lining: Her family donated her organs, the New York Post reports. “Doctors spent six hours harvesting all her organs. Some patient is going to wake up in the recovery room and start reciting Shakespeare,” said a source. But a family...http://www.newser.com/story/54324/richardson-lives-on-through-donated-organs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Mar 2009 9:23:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51184/man-finds-kidney-donor-on-craigslist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDaniel Flood may owe his life to Craigslist—and his three tech-savvy daughters who posted a plea for a kidney on the classifieds site. After his lone kidney was damaged, Flood faced years of waiting for a donor matching his rare blood type. His daughters sifted through more than 100...http://www.newser.com/story/51184/man-finds-kidney-donor-on-craigslist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Feb 2009 16:25:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45614/docs-detail-near-total-face-transplant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCleveland Clinic officials say the woman who underwent the most comprehensive face transplant yet exhausted conventional options before agreeing to the risky 22-hour procedure in which 80% of her face was replaced with a cadaver’s. The unnamed patient lacked a nose or palate and couldn’t eat or breathe without a...http://www.newser.com/story/45614/docs-detail-near-total-face-transplant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Dec 2008 14:29:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/34377/blood-cell-mix-could-help-in-transplants.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have found a technique that could eliminate the need for transplant patients to endure a regimen of powerful and side-effect-inducing anti-rejection drugs, the BBC reports. By mixing the patient's infection-fighting white blood cells with modified cells from the organ donor, the rejection process can be halted.http://www.newser.com/story/34377/blood-cell-mix-could-help-in-transplants.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 Aug 2008 14:57:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31871/racial-transplant-gap-persists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFinancial struggles and difficulty finding donors—as well as an unclear “transplant gap”—make African Americans less likely to get kidney transplants than whites, the Chicago Tribune reports. Many remain on dialysis, making daily life harder and increasing the risk of death. “You can explain most of the discrepancy, but...http://www.newser.com/story/31871/racial-transplant-gap-persists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Jul 2008 12:46:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23940/docs-pull-off-6-kidney-swap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a procedure that took 13 hours and involved more than 100 medical personnel, Johns Hopkins Hospital pulled off the US' first six-way kidney transplant, the Baltimore Sun reports. Six donors provided six patients with working organs in Saturday's so-called "domino" procedure. All 12 were listed in good condition yesterday;...http://www.newser.com/story/23940/docs-pull-off-6-kidney-swap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Apr 2008 13:23:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23638/tragic-bond-links-heart-donor-recipient.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Georgia man who took his own life last week had lived 12 years after receiving a transplanted heart from a South Carolina man who also committed suicide, police said. And in a twist worthy of Edgar Allan Poe, the donor's widow had met and married the recipient, the Hilton...http://www.newser.com/story/23638/tragic-bond-links-heart-donor-recipient.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Apr 2008 16:16:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20170/case-against-transplant-doc-raises-concern.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCharges against a California surgeon for hastening the death of a disabled man so his organs could be harvested for transplants has advocates worried, the New York Times reports. At issue is whether Dr. Hootan Roozrokh ignored protocol in pursuit of organs for transplant or if he misused, or misunderstood,...http://www.newser.com/story/20170/case-against-transplant-doc-raises-concern.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 Feb 2008 11:11:00 CST