Demand for human organs has surpassed supply. This is leading to serious problems including a flourishing black market for organ trafficking.
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Deemed consent organ donation means that everyone is assumed to be an organ donor unless they opt out, but assuming consent raises some ethical issues.
Thousands of Canadians are on waiting lists for life-saving organ transplants. An opt-out organ donor system, like the one Nova Scotia is implementing, could reduce avoidable deaths and suffering.
To encourage more people to donate, we need to figure out how location has affected their decision.
Researchers who’ve created a kidney-on-a-chip explain why these kinds of devices are an improvement over traditional ways to test new drugs.
Most people don’t know if they have a hidden extra organ. But they’re surprisingly common and often harmless.
Face transplants are one of the great leaps forward of 21st-century medicine. But soon they may not be necessary.
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Director of the Kidney Research Institute and Professor of Medicine, University of Washington
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Research Technician, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Anatomy, UNSW
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University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington
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Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacy, University of Washington
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Senior Research Assistant, WISERD, University of South Wales
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Associate Professor, Supply Chain Management, Ibn Zohr University
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Associate Professor in Supply Chain Management, University of Leicester
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Canada Research Chair, Royal Roads University
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Associate Professor of Supply Chain & Analytics, University of Missouri-St. Louis
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Professor of Supply Chain Management , University of Missouri-St. Louis
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Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University
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Professor, University of South Africa
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Doctoral Candidate, School of Business, Royal Roads University