Liver and two-time kidney transplant recipient Douglas Jordan knows the truth about organ donation Douglas “DJ” Jordan had been living quite a full and accomplished life. A retired master sergeant, Jordan served more than 20 years in the U.S. Air Force.. …visiting places like Turkey, Singapore, and Croatia. And he didn’t merely land in these …
Rio Grande Valley hospitals are now taking part in a movement to honor patients who have agreed to give up their organs. The honor walk brings together the doctors, nurses and the patient’s family for a walk through the hospital hallways. At the end of the walk, those organs are removed from the body to …
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Week-long storage boosts time organs are usable and distances over which they can be moved Human livers from organ donors can now be preserved for a week, researchers have revealed, a dramatic improvement on previous techniques, which could only keep the organs usable for a matter of hours. The technology could boost the number of …
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