Philippines' kidney register to fight trafficking

1. Bone Marrow - "The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the majority of bone-marrow donors may lawfully be compensated. In a unanimous ruling, the court rejected the position of the U.S.

Sarah Murnaghan, the 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl with cystic fibrosis in need of a lung transplant, is getting the new lungs she needs in a procedure today. But the organ shortage that kept her waiting could be eliminated through better public policy.

Despite years of outreach and advocacy, certain non-white Canadians are still much less likely than Caucasians to donate organs for transplant, suggests a new study that tackles one of the field’s most sensitive issues. Experts say the reluctance to donate might stem from traditional beliefs about the after-life, a basic aversion to discussing death at all or a sense of alienation from white-dominated society.

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Transplants of HIV-infected organs might become legal in the United States for the first time since the deadly virus was discovered. The organs would only be transplanted into people who are already HIV-positive, not people who don't have the infection. But that doesn't mean the new organ can't make them sicker.