The changing landscape in nephrology education in India by P. S. Vali, Namrata Parikh, Krithika Mohan, Urmila Anandh

“…Furthermore, non-governmental organizations in India, such as the Kidney Warriors Foundation and the Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network (MOHAN) Foundation, have successfully tapped into social media to educate and aid kidney disease patients. …”
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A donor heart scoring model to predict transplant outcomes by E. A. Tenchurina, M. G. Minina

“…The model includes donor characteristics, such as age, cause of death (traumatic brain injury (TBI)/stroke), history of hypertension and diabetes, cardiac arrest with subsequent recovery, own pathology and traumatic heart disease, as well as heart rate, systolic blood pressure, arterial lactate, and need for norepinephrine immediately before organ harvesting. Based on the average value of the sum of points, low-risk donors (LRD ≤17 points) and high-risk donors (HRD ≥18 points) were identified. …”
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Prioritization of the Forest Species Most Exploited by the Communities Bordering the Natural Forests of Pobè and Dogo-Kétou in Southeastern Benin, West Africa: An Ethnobotanical Ap... by Armand Kingbo, Kourouma Koura, Jean C. Ganglo

“…Specifically, it aimed to identify the ethnobotanical priority species for conservation, characterize the ethnobotanical value of these priority species, and analyze the tree organ harvesting methods used for the sustainable management of the forest species. …”
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Assessment of the Concentration of Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1–3 in Degenerated Intervertebral Discs of the Lumbosacral Region of the Spine by Rafał Staszkiewicz, Dorian Gładysz, Dawid Sobański, Filip Bolechała, Edward Golec, Małgorzata Sobańska, Damian Strojny, Artur Turek, Beniamin Oskar Grabarek

“…The study group consisted of 113 lumbosacral (L/S) intervertebral disc (IVD) degenerative disease patients from whom IVDs were collected during a microdiscectomy, whereas the control group consisted of 81 participants from whom IVDs were collected during a forensic autopsy or organ harvesting. Hematoxylin and eosin staining was performed to exclude degenerative changes in the IVDs collected from the control group. …”
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Multi-organ comparison and quantification parameters of [18F]THK-5317 uptake in preclinical mouse models of tau pathology by Thomas Wanek, Thomas Wanek, Severin Mairinger, Severin Mairinger, Thomas Filip, Thomas Filip, Mathilde Löbsch, Mathilde Löbsch, Johann Stanek, Johann Stanek, Claudia Kuntner, Claudia Kuntner, Claudia Kuntner

“…We compared multiple quantitative parameters of radiotracer uptake in multiple organs of mice to investigate sex, age, or strain-related differences.Methods: After intravenous administration, 60-min dynamic PET scans were acquired, followed by venous blood sampling, organ harvesting, and metabolite analysis by radio-thin-layer chromatography.Results: Blood pharmacokinetics and metabolism of [18F]THK-5317 significantly differed between males and females across all strains. …”
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Factors influencing attitude toward organ and tissue donation among patients in primary clinic, Sabah, Malaysia by Kai Joo Lim, Timothy Tsin Jien Cheng, Mohammad Saffree Jeffree, Firdaus Hayati, Phee Kheng Cheah, Kuok Ong Nee, Mohd Yusof Ibrahim, Shamsul Bahari Shamsudin, Fredie Robinson, Khamisah Awang Lukman, Aza Sherin Mohd Yusuff, Dr Swe, Naing Oo Tha

“…The deceased’s family’s consent is the last step in organ harvesting. Hence, it is important for public health units to promote and deliver public education on organ donation, change public misconceptions, and work together with hospitals to increase organ donation rates in Sabah. …”
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SG-APSIC1203: Detection of carbapenemase genes in donor lungs at the point of care before transplantation reduces the risk of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae–associated don... by Wenyong Zhou, Yi-Wei Tang

“…Currently, traditional microbial culture along with antimicrobial susceptibility testing cannot fully meet the need for rapid and accurate diagnosis of CRE infection in a donor before organ harvest. Methods: The Xpert Carba-R device (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA) was used to detect and differentiate Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC), New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM), Verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase (VIM), active-on-imipenem (IMP), and OXA-48 carbapenemase genotypes in bronchial lavage fluid from donor lungs before organ harvest. …”
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Liver Transplantation at KFSHRC: Achievement and Challenges by Mohammed I. Al Sebayel, Faisal A. Abaalkhail, Hamad Al Bahili, Almoutaz Hashim Abdo, Hussein A. Elsiesy, Mohammed S. Al Sofayan, Yasser M. El Sheikh, Bassem S. Hegab, Yasser M. Kamel, Talal T. AlGoufi, Hazem H. Hasssan, Martin M. Burdelski, Mohammad A. Al Shagrani, Mohamed R. Abdelfattah, Khaled M. Attallah, Talat Z. Mahmood, Yahya Z. Saleh, Firas Zahr Eldeen, Dieter C. Broering

“…Associated with this success are challenges that include: organ shortage, quality of organ harvested, inability to meet the growing national need, increased demand of resource to meet the need of the program, and lack of a collaborative national strategy in organ donation and transplantation.…”
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Protocol to characterize the melanoma tumor immune microenvironment in mice from single cell to flow cytometry analysis by Pol Sisó, Inés de la Rosa, Christopher Ríos, Anaïs Panosa, Joan Verdaguer, RosaMaria Martí, Anna Macià

“…We describe steps for creating and establishing the syngeneic mouse model, euthanasia, and tumor or organ harvest. We then detail procedures to rapidly achieve a single-cell suspension from different tissue samples to further quantify and analyze the phenotype of the immune cell population (lymphocytes T and B, tumor-associated macrophages, and myeloid-derived suppressor cells) by flow cytometry. : Publisher’s note: Undertaking any experimental protocol requires adherence to local institutional guidelines for laboratory safety and ethics.…”
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The Benefits of Cooperation Between University, NGOs and Communities – The case of IPREDE in Ceará by Bruno de Souza Lessa, Italo Cavalcante Aguiar, Roberto Cunha Ferreira, José Carlos Lázaro da Silva Filho

“…The community, the University and the organization harvest advantages out of this cooperation. …”
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The Vampires Our Age Deserves: 21st Century Forms of Ancient Evil by Michael James Joyce

“…In modern times rumours of and belief in vampires persist and have moved to cities, but these tales are also joined by a more modern bloodsucker, the organ harvester. Poorly-sourced stories of dubious veracity circulate on Facebook feeds, warning parents to keep a close eye on their children lest they are snatched away and killed for their organs. …”
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Morte cerebral: do medo de ser enterrado vivo ao mito do dador vivo. by Fernando Pita, Cátia Carmona

“…Its modern equivalent is the fear of organs harvested from a still living patient. The debate remains concerning the advantages and disadvantages of whole-brain death and brainstem death concepts.We have made a Pubmed-medline and Google search and identified published articles dealing with brain death, brainstem death, whole-brain death, death diagnosis, concept and definition.From the classical cardio-respiratory concept, it was a long way to emerge the centralist brain concept. …”
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The Anticipated Organ Donation Approach Increases the Number of Organ Donors by Erwan d’Aranda, Valérie Arsonneau, Didier Demory

“…Fifty-three (64%) patients were brain dead, and 49 (92%) of these patients had 194 organs harvested. Conclusion: The anticipated approach increased the number of donors and organs suitable for grafts. …”
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Identifying present drivers of product development and describing roles of identified actors primarily affecting the development of harvesters: a multiple-case study by Åsa Gustafsson, Jimmy Johansson

“…Following 20 interviews and 3 validation interviews (with experts from both the industry and academia), the paper concludes that the present drivers of product development of harvesters are legislators, logging contractors, and expert and research organizations. Harvester manufacturers appear to develop harvesters aligned with requirements coming from both logging contractors and legislators. …”
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Eustigmatophyte model of red-shifted chlorophyll a absorption in light-harvesting complexes by Alessandro Agostini, David Bína, Dovilė Barcytė, Marco Bortolus, Marek Eliáš, Donatella Carbonera, Radek Litvín

“…Abstract Photosynthetic organisms harvest light for energy. Some eukaryotic algae have specialized in harvesting far-red light by tuning chlorophyll a absorption through a mechanism still to be elucidated. …”
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Copy number architectures define treatment-mediated selection of lethal prostate cancer clones by A. M. Mahedi Hasan, Paolo Cremaschi, Daniel Wetterskog, Anuradha Jayaram, Stephen Q. Wong, Scott Williams, Anupama Pasam, Anna Trigos, Blanca Trujillo, Emily Grist, Stefanie Friedrich, Osvaldas Vainauskas, Marina Parry, Mazlina Ismail, Wout Devlies, Anna Wingate, Mark Linch, Cristina Naceur-Lombardelli, PEACE consortium, Charles Swanton, Mariam Jamal-Hanjani, Stefano Lise, Shahneen Sandhu, Gerhardt Attard

“…To characterize the intra-patient evolutionary relationships of metastases that evade treatment, we perform genome-wide copy number profiling and bespoke approaches targeting the androgen receptor (AR) on 167 metastatic regions from 11 organs harvested post-mortem from 10 men who died from prostate cancer. …”
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Evaluation of VCAM-1 Targeted Naringenin/Indocyanine Green-Loaded Lipid Nanoemulsions as Theranostic Nanoplatforms in Inflammation by Elena Valeria Fuior, Cristina Ana Mocanu, Mariana Deleanu, Geanina Voicu, Maria Anghelache, Daniela Rebleanu, Maya Simionescu, Manuela Calin

“…The treatment with naringenin-loaded nanoemulsions reduced the mRNA levels of some inflammatory mediators in organs harvested from mice with acute inflammation, indicative of their anti-inflammatory potential. …”
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The response of geophytes to continuous human foraging on the Cape south coast, South Africa and its implications for early hunter-gatherer mobility patterns by M. Susan Botha, Richard M. Cowling, Jan C. De Vynck, Karen J. Esler, Alastair J. Potts

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Evaluation of Patients Diagnosed with Brain Death in Paediatric Critical Care by Muhterem Duyu, Zeynep Karakaya

“…Organ donation rate, the name and number of organs harvested were determined.Results:Twenty-three patients were diagnosed with BD. …”
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The Viscum album Gene Space database by Lucie Schröder, Oliver Rupp, Michael Senkler, Nils Rugen, Natalija Hohnjec, Alexander Goesmann, Helge Küster, Hans-Peter Braun

“…To further develop this database, we performed a transcriptome project of V. album organs harvested in summer and winter based on Illumina sequencing. …”
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