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Why are women more willing donors than men?

Why is there a gender imbalance when it comes to the donation of organs, blood and tissue, and what can be done about it?

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The tale of the toxic kidneys

In 1954 a serendipitous coming together of skills and circumstances allowed the first successful organ transplant to take place. Read how Richard Herrick’s life was prolonged by his identical twin’s generosity.

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We need less ‘sickle cell warriors’ and more allies

Rejecting the epithet “warrior”, Cheryl Telfer describes the pervasive effect sickle cell disease has on her life, and calls for more people to donate blood to help sicklers.

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The leukaemia diagnosis I didn’t see coming

Treatment for leukaemia kept journalist Hannah Partos in isolation, like the female prisoner whose image inspired her to write this piece.

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  • If he should fall, is your blood there to save him? : The Emergency Blood Transfusion Service needs blood donors / A. Games.
  • The head of a wounded soldier, tense with pain, and blood being transfused; representing the need for blood donors. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1942.
  • The head of a wounded soldier, tense with pain, and blood being transfused; representing the need for blood donors. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1942.
  • A syringe attached to a heart poised to inject into an arm; an advertisement for donating blood to save life. Colour lithograph by the National AIDS Organisation (NACO), September 1996.
  • The blood which you so generously gave has been used by the fighting forces ... / Army Blood Transfusion Service ; [illustrated by] Charles Thomas.
  • The blood which you so generously gave has been used by the fighting forces ... / Army Blood Transfusion Service ; [illustrated by] Charles Thomas.
  • Blood collection and protection process; fourteenth of sixteen advertisement posters by the American Red Cross promoting education about AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1990.
  • Global blood safety initiative : objectives, principles and activities / World Health Organization Global Programme on AIDS.
  • Global blood safety initiative : objectives, principles and activities / World Health Organization Global Programme on AIDS.
  • Global blood safety initiative : objectives, principles and activities / World Health Organization Global Programme on AIDS.
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