Organ donation: patient dies of Covid-19 after receiving lung transplant
This is the first confirmed case of donor-to-recipient transmission of the coronavirus. The patient who received a bilateral lung transplant ...
Read moreTag: Organ
Soon GMO pigs as organ donors?
© ThinkstockIt's no secret that France faces an organ shortage that gets worse every year. Thus, in 2008, 222 people ...
Read more
The Dutch will soon automatically be organ donors
© iStock38 votes in favor, 36 votes against. It is with a close vote of the senators that the Dutch ...
Read more
Statement: My choice about organ donation is in the Donor Register
The elderly association ANBO showed that now 6 out of 10 elderly people have recorded their wish in the Donor ...
Read more
Transplant: organ donations are on the rise in France
Renal failure, heart defect, Cancer, cystic fibrosis ... Many pathologies require organ transplants. The decision of a transplant is taken ...
Read more
Organ donation: four recipients from the same donor develop cancer
September 24, 2018. In Europe, several patients who received organs from the same donor all developed the same cancer. Three ...
Read more
Organ donation: France lacks kidney donors
According to the latest statistics from the National Biomedicine Agency, the number of organ donations has increased by more than ...
Read more
Unusual: a new organ in the human body
© iStockPhotosThe number of organs in our body has just increased to 79, with the change in status of the ...
Read more
The human body could have an additional organ
March 29, 2018. By publishing the results of their study on what could be the 80th organ of the human ...
Read more
Genetically modified organ transplants from pigs tomorrow?
August 11, 2017 Scientists have succeeded in genetically modifying piglets in the hope that they will soon be able to ...
Read more
A new organ has been discovered in the digestive system
January 4, 2017. We thought we knew everything about the human body, but it still has secrets to reveal to ...
Read more
News for organ donation
November 24, 2016 Before the new provisions relating to organ donation come into force on January 1, 2017, here are ...
Read more
Organ donation: what you need to know
October 18, 2016 On the occasion of World Organ Donation Day, let's take stock of the legislation and figures in ...
Read more
Organ donation: what changes on January 1
© iStockPhotosThe law on organ donation (known as the Caillavet law) is 40 years old. According to this law, we ...
Read more
3D organ printer, what if this time was the right one?
The 05/03/2016 In front of the organ donation shortage, from researchers Americans have developed a new 3D printer capable of ...
Read more
Organ donation: a campaign to explain the new rules
© iStockPhotosOrgan donation goes digital. From January 2017, it will be possible to express a refusal to donate organs directly ...
Read more
Organ donation: a decree eases the modalities for expressing its refusal
© iStockMany healthcare professionals are delighted with this latest development in the organ harvesting system. Since 1976 (Caillavet law) until ...
Read more
Organ donation: saving lives after you die
Liver, kidneys, lungs, heart, pancreas In the Netherlands it is possible to donate organs and tissues. In most cases, organs ...
Read more
Organ transplantation: what exactly is it?
A new liver, kidney or heart In an organ transplant, a non-functioning or poorly functioning organ in someone is replaced ...
Read moreOrgan donation or not? Let me know!
Waiting lists for organ donation getting longer The waiting lists for organ transplants are long: on January 1, 2012, there ...
Read more
Blood group in organ donation
The questions below have been bothering me for a while and I haven't been able to find a clear answer ...
Read more
World Organ Donation Day: Kidney for Sale on Ebay
© EbayThis Thursday, October 15, a curious announcement appeared on the virtual auction site Ebay: while we are used to ...
Read more
World Organ Donation Day: what is presumed consent?
© ThinkstockIn France, the system of organ donation is based on a law little known to the general public: that ...
Read moreOrgan donation: what about that?
How do you register your choice? Anyone who is twelve years or older and lives in the Netherlands can have ...
Read moreOrgan donation: the doctor explains
"If I become a donor, won't they let me die more easily?" is a common question about organ donation. Nardo ...
Read moreOrgan donation: how does it work?
Animation about the procedure in the hospital What happens when someone becomes an organ or tissue donor after death? A ...
Read more
Organ donation: six-day-old baby saves two lives in Britain
© iStockThis is the first time in Britain that a transplant has taken place from organs of such a young ...
Read more
Organ donation: an amendment to increase the number of available grafts
© iStockAn amendment on organ donation voted on March 20 and incorporated into the draft health law provides for simplifying ...
Read moreQ&A: organ donation
Almost anyone can be a donor. PlusOnline answers 8 questions about organ donation. How do you indicate that you want ...
Read more
Organ donation: marked on the identity card
Organ transplants are today the subject of a serious problem: waiting times are far too long in relation to the ...
Read more