Tag: donor
Gabon celebrates World Blood Donor Day with mobilization
Tuesday June 14 is World Blood Donor Day. Like every year, almost everywhere in the world, the demand for blood is most often greater than the supply. In Gabon, the…
Grieving donor redoubles cancer fight
A Delhi man is doubling down on a cancer-fighting donation to the London region’s largest hospital — an announcement that came hours after losing his son to cancer. London Health…
Ege (13) from Leerdam treated after an anonymous stem cell donor was found: ‘A hero or heroine’
“Everyone who is in the same situation as my brother deserves this,” she says. “You have to fight a battle that is extremely fierce, but your hero or heroine, if…
Ege (13) from Leerdam operated on after an anonymous stem cell donor was found: ‘A hero or heroine’
“Everyone who is in the same situation as my brother deserves this,” she says. “You have to fight a battle that is extremely fierce, but your hero or heroine, if…
Universal donor: what is it?
A universal donor is someone who can give their blood to everybody. This is an individual from blood group O and rhesus negative. In France, only 6% of the population…
Father Peter and daughter Tessa celebrate birthday of donor kidney: ‘It has strengthened our bond’
If Tessa hadn’t received a donor kidney, she’d have to spend the rest of her life “on the devices” three or four days a week. This is called dialysis, which…
Dutch ‘donor boy’ learned the identity of his sperm donor father after 4.5 years of struggle
23-year-old Maria, the first “donor child” to apply to the court to learn the identity of her sperm donor father in the Netherlands, managed to reach her biological father after…