Organ transplant

Ever since Joseph Murray performed the first successful human organ transplant of a kidney in 1954 [13], organ transplantation has been a widely debated ethical issue. The allocation of scarce medical resources has been the subject of many debates encompassing but not limited to issues regarding moral worth, financial practicality, legal rights, social status and justice. As the number of people added to the transplant waiting lists increase and the number of convicts’ increase, the question…

to create organs for pharmaceutical companies. These organs are then put through multiple tests before going onto clinical trials. By doing this, drugs with adverse side effects can be found without having to be tested on by people or animals. The reason that the laser-induced method is more effective, and therefore more widely used, is because it creates the most accurate shape of an organ. The more…

Nutrition Nutrition following lung transplantation is very important to patient healing. After transplant the patient should initially focus on consuming a high protein high calorie diet to promote healing. Foods high in protein like meat, eggs and pasteurized dairy products. Lung transplantation patients are on immunosuppression therapy so they are at a greater susceptibility for infection. These patients should not eat undercooked meats like sushi and they should eat red meat well done. Raw…

different fathers. However, I deem that the God Squad’s system is flawed insofar as it fails to consider how the resource could be used most effectively. I will also argue that the important value should be the prosperity of the organ and patient in order to ensure the organ is not wasted: killing two people. Therefore, I contend that Rhonda Ryder should be put on the list. There is good evidence that she will survive long term due to her youth, otherwise healthy, no other disease, and…

TOPIC Every day, more and more people require a new organ. Whether it’s a new lung, heart, kidney, liver, brain or any of the other myriad of minor organs, anyone could need one due to an injury or disease. There is, however, a solution for people in need of an organ. Patients in need of an organ are placed on a wait list for an available organ provided my donors. “Unlike relatively simple tissues such as bones and skin, to give a heart, the donor must be declared brain dead and the family must…

According to, The National Organ Transplantation Act there are nearly 20,000 kidneys each year for about 80,000 patients on the waiting list. In 2008, nearly 5,000 of those patients died. (Gregory 451). There are not enough kidneys for every patient to receive one. This is something I wish no one should have to deal with, but when you or a family member are in a life or death situation. You would do everything in your power to control it, but acts like the National Organ Transplantation are the…

the transplantation, implantation, or infusion into a human recipient of either live cells, tissues, or organs from a nonhuman animal source or human body fluids, cells, tissues, or organs that have had ex vivo contact with live nonhuman animal cells, tissues, or organs”. (US Food and Drug Administration [FDA], 1999; FDA, 2001)Through xenotransplantation scientists and doctors aim to increase organ availability by using pig donors. This may sound shocking, but new technological advances mean…

Animal to human organ transplantations, also known as xenotransplantations, could be beneficial and help others in need of certain organs, regardless of their faith and beliefs, especially when their or their significant other’s life is on the line. Xenotransplantation has had controversy that has accumulated over many years; the biggest threat that xenotransplantation has to conquer is the body rejecting the foreign organ or contracting viruses and bacteria that could come from a cow, pig, or…

and only you. Whenever you need a transplant it is almost hopeless to think that you will live long enough to get a transplant. Therefore, our government needs to step in and set some boundaries regarding organ donation. Not only is the transplant list extremely long, but you could help cure someone or help them get off horrific treatments that are their only options until they can receive a transplant. When someone has diabetes, they can receive a transplant from someone who has a viable…

An organ is needed every 10 minutes around the world. There is an average of 79 people who received organ each day. But even with that, due to the shortage of the donated organs, about 22 people die each day because they couldn’t receive the organ transplant in time. Base on that statistic, it is estimated that about 8,030 people lost their life each year because of organ shortages. However, scientists have now discovered a new alternative to reduce the amount of organ shortage called…