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organ - A tissue or group of tissues that constitute a morphologically and functionally distinct part of an organism. [FAO]

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Red Knights to hold dice run for organ donation  -  21 Aug 2007
Amherst Bee (subscription),The third annual Motorcycle Dice Run to benefit "Baby Joe" Mesi's Fight for Organ Donation will be held at 10 am Sunday, Aug. 26 at the Marilla Fire Company

Organ donation is a life-saving decision  -  21 Aug 2007
The Herald,A few weeks ago he sent an e-mail to family and friends highlighting the need for organ donors and asking everyone actively to sign up (via the internet) to

Drug Used in Organ Transplants, Shows Hope for Lupus Patients  -  21 Aug 2007
Associated Content,Rapamycin is used not only in organ transplant patients but also for treating cancer. The next part of the research is going to involve humans.

Ambulance driver saves heart  -  21 Aug 2007
Guardian Unlimited,The driver, who was racing to get the organ to Laura Whitworth at Great Ormond Street hospital in London, was negotiating the city's traffic through

Thanks to the 120000th transplant, we've got our little girl back ...  -  21 Aug 2007
Belfast Telegraph,An infection caused her body to reject the liver two years later, but doctors say the new organ - which was transplanted two weeks ago - is functioning

National Bancshares Corporation Appoints Victor B. Schantz, Director  -  21 Aug 2007
CNNMoney.comMr. Schantz has been President of Schantz Organ Co., Orrville, Ohio, a custom manufacturer of pipe organs for churches, since 2000.

'If she didn't have op, she would be dead'  -  21 Aug 2007
Independent Online,Tshabalala-Msimang's medical condition warranted "urgent allocation of the next suitable organ", and there was no reason that her age should disqualify her.

Transgenders to Receive Humane Physicals  -  21 Aug 2007
Korea Times,But Kim has not changed his genital organ into that of man as he could not undergo a transsexual operation due to his physical weakness linked to a chronic

Ontario transplant athletes head to Games in Bangkok  -  21 Aug 2007
Canada NewsWire (press release),..."The World Transplant Games are an excellent opportunity to raise awareness about organ and tissue donation throughout the globe," said Frank Markel,

Around the Curve of the World  -  21 Aug 2007
Scoop.co.nz,It was done as two separate works – one with organ and speaker and one for specialist singers and fully symphony orchestra. Haydn Rawstron, the man behind

Kiwis go for gold at transplant games  -  21 Aug 2007
Auckland stuff.co.nz,The One Tree Hill resident had been on the waiting list for a kidney transplant for more than two years when a suitable organ was found.

Venturan makes music by collecting and fixing vintage mechanical ...  -  21 Aug 2007
Ventura County Star (subscription),By Richard Senate n Joseph A. Garcia / Star staff Leif Engeswick of Ventura restored this vintage 1912 band organ. The machine's workings include 113 pipes.

Fishing, food and fun at ‘Sharin' for Aren Day' event at Rend Lake  -  21 Aug 2007
Benton Evening News,...“We had a number of people sign up to be organ and tissue donors,�? Loucks said. “We had a lot of volunteers, and I could not have done all of this without

Capital Highlights  -  21 Aug 2007
Jasper Newsboy,People may register as organ, tissue and eye donors via www.DonateLifeTexas.org. The site also provides information about organ donation.

Liver disease in the news  -  21 Aug 2007
Health24.com,In South Africa, the Organ Donor Foundation (ODF) claims that there is no way of predicting how long a patient could be on the waiting list for an organ.

Missaukee County adopts Gift of Life procedures  -  21 Aug 2007
Cadillac News,The Gift of Life organ/tissue donation program provides that opportunity. Missaukee County commissioners approved a resolution to permit the county medical

Loved ones honoured in lives of others  -  21 Aug 2007
The South African Star (subscription),Speaking at the annual Pretoria Organ Transplant Division day at the Gardens this weekend, Magda Koster said: "I have never regretted the decision that we

CD Reviews: Dan Fogel, “15 West  -  21 Aug 2007
eJazzNews,The organist uses the third track, “Blues After All,�? to shine on the organ with a bit of help from Thomas and his drum rolls. The title track is one of the

Remembering Kirsten  -  21 Aug 2007
New Haven Register (subscription),Donations at Monday’s concert were going to an organ donation charity. The concert was headlined by Jen Durkin of Deep Banana Blackout.

Alison going for gold in Bangkok  -  21 Aug 2007
Sommerset County Gazette,She is one of more than 1000 transplant recipients taking part to highlight the need for organ donors, and to celebrate their second chance at life.

New Hope That Some Transplant Patients Could Live Free Of Anti ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Science Daily — People with organ transplants, resigned to a lifetime of anti-rejection drugs, may now have reason to hope for a respite, say researchers at

Organ donation 'ultimate form of recycling': Burke  -  Aug 20, 2007
IBN News,The ACT opposition's deputy leader Jacqui Burke has thrown her support behind efforts to increase organ donation rates, describing it as the ultimate form

Web Portal Makes Organ Donation Easy  -  Aug 20, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),20 /PRNewswire/ -- Statewide organ donation groups today formally unveiled a Web portal that will enable individuals to sign up as organ donors online

Denmark’s great French organ - the Brewer’s gift  -  Aug 18, 2007
The Copenhagen Post,Not only is this country a major producer, sporting the world’s oldest existing organ-building firm, it also boasts some of Europe’s most famous examples of

Botched organ harvesting: 'Clearly wrong'  -  Aug 20, 2007
Catholic Online,Rosa, Navarro's mother, gave her consent for organ donation at some later date. On that late February night, nurse Jennifer Endsley asked the visiting

‘President needs to immediately sign organ bill’  -  Aug 18, 2007
Daily Times,Addressing a press conference Saturday, the president of the Transplantation Society of Pakistan said that the Human Organ and Tissue Transplantation Bill

How an Old Economy trade found a new place to profit  -  Aug 19, 2007
Globe and Mail,Casavant Frères has never sold an organ in China, but owner Bertin Nadeau sees his recent Beijing recruit as representing a new frontier for this Old

Sometimes an online stranger can be a life-saver  -  Aug 18, 2007
Concord Monitor,When a Massachusetts doctor launched the site in 2004, MatchingDonors.com ignited an intense debate over the ethics of seeking live organ donors through the

Organ-transplant drug may help fight lupus  -  Aug 19, 2007
News-Medical.net,A compound related to a drug used in humans to prevent organ-transplant rejection attacks a key biochemical process in the faulty immune cells of

Multi-organ transplant gives teen new life  -  Aug 18, 2007
Indianapolis Star,AP SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Ransom Muston has four new healthy organs in his digestive system but only one favorite food: ice cream. "Vanilla," the 18-year-old

Southern Africa: Angola Takes Up SADC Politics, Security Organ Chair  -  Aug 16, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Angola Thursday in Lusaka, Zambia, took up the presidency of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) politics, defence and security organ.

Organ transplants: committee liberal in clearing applications  -  Aug 16, 2007
Hindu,They continue to tout organ donation as a means for the poor “donors�? to buy their release from debt traps, says H. Sudarshan, former Chairman of the Task

President urged to promulgate organ ordinance immediately  -  Aug 18, 2007
The News - International,The government, by putting the ‘Human Organ and Tissue Transplant Ordinance 2007’ before theparliament just a few hours before its adjournment,

Documents show clash over organ recovery in Cal transplant case  -  Aug 15, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,Albright countered that organ recovery could not begin because she could still see his heart rhythm on the monitor. “I could clearly see his heart,

Gratitude Is Good Medicine For Organ Recipients  -  Aug 16, 2007
Science Daily (press release)In a study of organ recipients, researchers from UC Davis and the Mississippi University for Women found that patients who keep "gratitude journals" score

Registered organ donors on rise  -  Aug 19, 2007
Appleton Post Crescent,By John Lee As an emergency room nurse and coroner, Ruth Wulgaert has seen the need for organ transplants — and has asked families to consider donating

Organ Trading Is Not So Weird  -  Aug 14, 2007
AlterNet,I argued in favor of incentives to promote organ donations. I suggested that last week's news of the allegation that a surgeon in California brought about

Not so silent  -  Aug 20, 2007
ABC Regional Online,By Allison Jess Melbourne theatre organist David Johnston can make a pipe organ do just about anything, which isn't bad for someone who initially wasn't

First Lutheran Church members look forward to new pipe organ  -  Aug 18, 2007
Herald Times Reporter,The Berghaus Organ Company of Bellwood, Ill., will build the new organ at a cost of $600000, according to a press release from the church.

Boat races raise organ donor awareness  -  Aug 18, 2007
DesMoinesRegister.com,They are living proof that organ donation transforms lives. The sun glinted off the waves at Gray’s Lake in Des Moines as members of 16 teams took turns

Southern Africa: SADC Peacekeeping Brigade Launched  -  Aug 20, 2007
AllAfrica.com,After that, outgoing chairperson of the Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security, Tanzanian President Mr Jakaya Kikwete, handed over the chairmanship of

Zimbabwe: Sinister Show of Force By Macho Mugabe  -  Aug 19, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Because the ASF is also somewhat of a virtual animal, the real marching orders will be given by SADC, and specifically its organ on politics, security and

World Health Organization identifies five organ trafficking hotspots  -  Aug 18, 2007
StarPhoenix,The clandestine nature of human organ trafficking makes it difficult to assess; but here are five hotpots identified by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Casper Calendar for August 20, 2007  -  Aug 20, 2007
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,22, 12:15 pm, Bach's Lunch Organ Recital at First United Methodist Church * Aug. 29, 12:15 pm, Bach's Lunch Organ Recital at First United Methodist Church

State Changing Law On Organ Donations  -  Aug 17, 2007
KIROtv.com,SEATTLE -- If you are one of the 3 million drivers who has an organ donation heart on your license, this effects you. Following an exclusive KIRO Team 7

TV docs playing with life and death: Organ donors being scared off ...  -  Aug 12, 2007
Boston Herald,By Jessica Fargen Convincing Hollywood dramas like “Grey’s Anatomy�? and “House�? fuel falsehoods and myths about organ donation so much so that some viewers

Organ donationis ultimate gift of love  -  Aug 17, 2007
Evansville Courier & Press (subscription),This young man understood when the clerk at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles asked him, several months before this tragedy, if he wanted to be an organ donor.

Cancer tackled in organ patients  -  Aug 14, 2007
BBC News,..."Organ transplants save thousands of lives every year and any treatment that helps patients continue to enjoy a healthy life post-transplant is to be

Transplant girl's family back call  -  Aug 20, 2007
Sunderland Echo,By Tim Booler Brave teenager Sarah Laing came up with the rhyming name for her life-saving organ after helping another young dialysis patient come to terms

Patients in Texas await new kidneys  -  Aug 19, 2007
El Paso Times,...(Photo by Vanessa Monsisvais / El Paso Times) Jesus Anchondo, 64, is hoping to fend off an organ transplant by faithfully keeping up with his dialysis

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