background the current organ shortage has prompted the use of marginal organs. we conducted this retrospective study to present our experience with transplanting deceased donor livers with elevated levels of serum transaminases and to explain whether elevated levels of serum transaminases in donors affect allograft function and survival of the recipients. methods data of deceased donor livers a...

The organ shortage is commonly presented as having a clear solution, increase the number of organs donated and the problem will be solved. In the light of the Northern Ireland Assembly's consultation on moving to an opt-out organ donor register this article focuses on the social factors and complexities which impact strongly on both the supply of, and demand for, transplantable organs. Judging ...

Xenotransplantation using pig cells, tissues or organs is at present thought to be the best approach to alleviate the increasing shortage of human tissues and organs for the treatment of tissue and organ failure. This shortage is the reason that approximately 25% of the patients on a waiting list die before they could be treated with an appropriate donor organ. In the US, 30,974 organ transplan...

solving the dilemma of the organ shortage in malaysia requires educating malaysians about organ donation and transplantation. this paper aims at exploring the average malaysian households ' preferred channels of campaigns and the preferred campaigners in a family setting, targeting at the dialysis family members.we analyzed the responses of 350 respondents regarding organ donation campaigns. th...