A DAD-OF-ONE is donating one of his kidneys to save his twin brother’s life.
Printer Roy Carroll, 40, of Walton, who was born with only one kidney and one lung was told he had kidney failure four and a half years ago.
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Kidney donor is happy to be the ’spare part’ twin brother - Liverpool Echo 24th November 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Brother and sister make final preparations for kidney swap - Carlisle News & Star 24th November 2008
A Carlisle man will be given the ultimate gift from his sister this week – a kidney which could save his life.
Ian Morrison, 62, of Upperby and his sister Fiona Wood of Pennsylvania, USA, will undergo tandem operations in Newcastle on Wednesday. Ian and Fiona are preparing for the surgery.
Teenager’s organ donations saved five lives - The Sunday Telegraph 23rd November 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
A teenager has saved the lives of five strangers after a chance remark to her mother led to her organs being donated when she died suddenly from meningitis.
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New model humans - The Sunday Times 23rd November 2008
The transplant of a windpipe built from stem cells shows we are entering a new era of sci-fi medicine
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Southport Visiter’s Save A Life campaign urges people to opt in to organ donor campaign - Southport Visiter 21st November 2008
A WOMAN from Banks saved her older sister’s life by giving her the gift of one of her kidneys.
Last October, Victoria Sloan, 25, donated an organ to older sister Joanne, 35, whose own kidneys had failed due to diabetes.
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