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Plasmapheresis (from the Greek πλάσμα, plasma, something molded, and ἀφαίρεσις aphairesis, taking away) is the removal, treatment, and return or exchange of blood plasma or components thereof from and to the blood circulation. It is thus an extracorporeal therapy, a medical procedure performed outside the body. [citation needed]
Grifols, S.A. (Catalan: [ˈɡɾifuls]) is a Spanish multinational pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturer. Principally a producer of blood plasma –based products, a field in which it is the European leader and largest worldwide, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] the company also supplies devices , instruments, and reagents for clinical testing laboratories .
First Heart and Lung Transplant. Brenda Barber. 1984 - UK's first successful heart and lung transplant. 1984. 10 years. First human hand transplant. Earl Owen and Jean-Michel Dubernard. Clint Hallam. The transplanted hand was removed at request of recipient after about two and a half years on February 2, 2001.
Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace a damaged or missing organ. The donor and recipient may be at the same location, or organs may be transported from a donor site to another location. Organs and/or tissues that are transplanted within the same ...
4,180 (2023) Website. blood.ca. [ 1 ] Canadian Blood Services (French: Société canadienne du sang) is a non-profit charitable organization that is independent from the Canadian government. [ 2 ] The Canadian Blood Services was established as Canada's blood authority in all provinces and territories except for Quebec in 1998. [ 3 ]
The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1987 and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that operates the Be The Match Registry of volunteer hematopoietic cell donors and umbilical cord blood units in the United States. The Be The Match Registry is the world's largest hematopoietic cell registry, listing more ...
The Ontario Online Donor Registry is a website where Ontario residents, age 16 and older, can register their consent to be an organ and tissue donor. [1] This registry was created to help ease questions and ambiguities with organ donor wishes. The virtual registry also increases Ontario donations with increased accessibility.
The feds want to make sure you're not getting cheated out of your airline rewards. The Department of Transportation is investigating the rewards programs of four major US airlines.