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One More Life 5K Run seeks to raise organ-donation awareness
April 16, 2013

Viewpoints: Health coverage: How affordable?
March 03, 2013

Sierra Donor Services tops national organ donation list
February 16, 2012

Sacramento area donor agency leads nation in organ recovery
February 15, 2012

Organ Transplants Videos

Woman May Be Oldest Dual Organ Survivor In The World
May 15, 2013 | WKRC CBS 12 Cincinnati

River Walk/Run raises money for organ transplants
April 21, 2013 | WHEC-TV NBC Rochester, NY

5-Organ Transplant Patient Becomes a Mother
March 14, 2013 | Associated Press

Organ Transplants Wikipedia Information

An organ transplant is the moving of a whole or partial organ from one body to another (or from a donor site on the patients own body), for the purpose of replacing the recipients damaged or failing organ with a working one from the donor site. Organ donors can be living, or deceased (previously referred to as cadaveric). Organ transplants can be categorized as "life-saving",...

Other local news reports

Fresno City Council pioneer Esther Padilla dies
March 15, 2013 | FresnoBee.com: Local
Esther Padilla, the only Hispanic woman to serve on the Fresno City Council and a longtime social worker and champion of organ transplants after getting one herself, died this...

From around the web

'' Is there no balm in Gilead?
March 17, 2013 | MetaFilter
Many were potentially exposed to it through dialysis, blood transfusions, or organ transplants, which did not screen the disease until the early'90s, and roughly one case in...

Fresno City Council pioneer Esther Padilla dies
March 15, 2013 | FresnoBee.com: Local
Esther Padilla, the only Hispanic woman to serve on the Fresno City Council and a longtime social worker and champion of organ transplants after getting one herself, died this...

Rabies Killed Maryland Kidney Transplant Patient
March 15, 2013 | New York Times
Health officials say the patient, whose identity was not revealed, and three others received organ transplants from the same donor. ...

David Orentlicher: Uterus transplants offer women hope
November 29, 2012 | indystar.com
Nevertheless, as with other organ transplants, it offers the promise of important benefits at tolerable risks. ...

Organ Transplants on twitter

	I totally just found out that Ciclosporin, a drug for organ transplants as an immunosuppresant, is derived from those mind-controling fungi. Twitter: @mkozachek
	RT @KidsHealth: Fewer U.S. children have died waiting for organ transplants http://t.co/VRF9CPKjoK Twitter: @lcmsalliance
	RT @KidsHealth: Fewer U.S. children have died waiting for organ transplants http://t.co/VRF9CPKjoK Twitter: @DoctorsAugusta
	More Organs for More Kids \| dailyRx http://t.co/ZTQXRtdaWo via @dailyRx Twitter: @KidneyMentor
	Organ transplants for children have increased and fewer children die waiting for organ http://t.co/9HcLkJqWxW Twitter: @About_Kidneys
	RT @KidsHealth: Fewer U.S. children have died waiting for organ transplants http://t.co/VRF9CPKjoK Twitter: @Ritmonegro

YouTube Videos

Organ Transplants: Gift of Life
May 02, 2012

Red Ice Radio - Rudy Mazzocchi - Black Market of Human Organ Transplants
April 10, 2013

Organ Transplants and the Watchtower
April 28, 2013

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