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5 unusual facts about Organ Transplantation


American Society for Apheresis

ASFA represents a broad range of health care professionals involved in apheresis medicine including those practicing pathology, transplantation, hematology, oncology, neurology, rheumatology, nephrology, hepatology, gastroenterology, cardiology, and ophthamology.

British Society for Immunology

The fields in which they work are wide and extensive, from HIV/AIDS to allergy, diabetes, malaria, tuberculosis, animal health, arthritis, transplantation, vaccination and infectious disease.

Canadian Organ Replacement Registry

The Canadian Organ Replacement Registry CORR is a health organisation was started by Canadian nephrologists and kidney transplant surgeons in 1985 in order to develop the care of patients with renal failure.

Choice architecture

For example, nations that require citizens to opt-out of organ transplant donation have a significantly higher organ-donor rate than nations where the citizens must affirmatively choose to take part (opt-in).

Muhammad Metwali Alsharawi

On reflection of his influence was the Egyptian parliament's repeated blocking of legislation permitting organ-transplant operations, after Alsharawi issued a Fatwā declaring such operations Haraam (sinful)(in case organs are sold and not just "donated") on the grounds that `humans do not own their bodies`.


Asım Kibar

Mr. Kibar also founded Erciyes University Organ Transplant and Dialysis Hospital, one of the leading organ transplant hospitals in Europe, and was awarded with an "Honorary Doctorate" title by the Erciyes University.

The Creation of the Humanoids

Scientist Dr. Raven (Doolittle) has developed a technique called a "thalamic transplant", which transfers the memories and personality of a recently deceased human into a robotic replica of that person.


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Alan Pritsker

Among Alan Pritsker’s diverse contributions to engineering practice, perhaps the most prominent was his development and use of large-scale simulation models to support policy analysis for organ transplantation by the United Network for Organ Sharing.

OPTN

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, operated by the United Network for Organ Sharing, which facilitates organ transplantation in the United States