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In the first randomized trial comparing approaches, transplantation of hearts donated after circulatory death resulted in similar 6-month recipient survival as hearts donated after brain death.

The increase in a certain kind of high-frequency wave in dying brains might be associated with last-minute conscious experiences, but scientists do not know for sure.

Hollywood heartbreak: Paul Grant, 56, star of "Star Wars" and "Harry Potter," dies after collapsing  at King's Cross.

Donation after circulatory death (DCD) based heart transplantation based can increase hearts available for transplantation, contributing to the health-care systems.

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In an exclusive interview with the Press TV Website, Dr. Sam Zeraatian-Nejad Davani said through a novel technique performed for the first time in Iran, organs were donated from a deceased person to living persons.

Later, they are the first people to sort of bring out a bag and start assessing him, doing things like looking in his eyes to see if, in fact, he has evidence of brain swelling, something you can do by looking at the peoples. assessing his breathing. you start to see some of that. but its pretty far along. there is just no sense of urgency, given how critically injured he obviously is. >> brain swelling. why do you jump to that, sunday, as something that mightve happened? >> i think that certain...

Police officers play an important role in the process of deceased organ donation by ensuring legal and ethical practices in donating organs from road accident deaths.

Organ Donation: 5 Things to Keep in Mind When Considering to Donate Organ

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