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There are over 113,000 Americans waiting for a life-saving transplant. Registering takes only a few minutes. Please encourage your family, friends and colleagues to pledge the "gift of life" by signing up at your State's donor registry. Click HERE to learn how. Californians, please visit Donate Life California.

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DL Life Logo April 27,2012 - - - - 113,953 AMERICANS ARE CANDIDATES ON THE UNOS TRANSPLANT WAIT LIST DL Life Logo 91,996 waiting for a kidney DL Life Logo 16,098 waiting for a liver DL Life Logo 1,269 waiting for a pancreasDL Life Logo 2,153 waiting for a Kidney-PancreasDL Life Logo 3,172 waiting for a heartDL Life Logo 1,632 waiting for a lungDL Life Logo 52 waiting for a heart-lungDL Life Logo 278 waiting for small bowelDL Life Logo One organ donor has the opportunity to save up to 8 lives DL Life Logo One tissue donor has the opportunity to save and -or enhance the lives of 50 or more individuals DL Life Logo You have the power to SAVE Lives by becoming an organ, eye and tissue donor, so what are you waiting for? To learn how to register click HEREDL Life Logo

Friday, February 24, 2012

Global Organ and Tissue Transplantation Market to Reach 114 Thousand Procedures by 2017, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Yahoo News | PRWeb

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Organ and Tissue Transplantationmarkets. The global market for Organ and Tissue Transplantation is forecast to reach 114 Thousand Procedures by the year 2017. Key factors driving the need for organ transplantations include increasing graying population, and escalating incidence of organ failure cases due to fatal diseases. In addition, advancements in technology, surgical techniques, and immunosuppressive drugs are also propelling the market for organ transplants.

San Jose, California (PRWEB) February 23, 2012

Buoyed by advancements in technology, surgical techniques and immunosuppressive drugs, organ transplantation has become the preferred treatment for several chronic diseases pertaining to heart, kidneys, lungs, pancreas, and liver. Advancements in organ and tissue transplantation have phenomenally revolutionized the quality of life and survival rate across terminal conditions. While a tissue transfer enhances the quality of life of a patient, organ transfer saves or enhances the lives of patients suffering from organ failures. Organ transplantation has increasingly become a pivotal intervention for thousands of patients suffering from fatal end-stage diseases. Several policies guide transplantations around the world, and there exists various possibilities to procure as well as allocate organs for transplantation.

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