brain death

Panel approves pancreatic islet transplants from...
The Asahi Shimbun
Transplants of insulin-secreting pancreatic cells from brain-dead people have been approved and will likely start as early as autumn to treat serious cases of diabetes, sources ...
VOX POPULI: A dead boy saved the lives of two young ...
Warm organs were taken from the small body of a young boy who lay unconscious as a result of an accident. I wonder whether he knew the phrase “helping others.” I heard that,...
Organ transplant from child 'a bright ray of hope'
Juntaro Ashikari, chief of the medical department of the Japan Organ Transplant Network, left, explains the brain death of a child at a news conference in Tokyo on June 14. (Hiroki Endo)
Organs of a brain-dead child under 6 years old are expected to be transplanted for the first time in Japan, raising hopes that more young lives can be saved in this country.
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