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A second chance for Jakeina
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UNC heart surgeon Dr. Andy Kiser reflects on the remarkable story of one of his patients, Jakeina Sutton of Rose Hill, N.C., a 16-year-old who recently received a heart and kidney transplant. For Jakeina, this was her second heart transplant.
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Biochemistry and Biophysics News
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2011
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July
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UNC study: NAFLD patients have increased risk for poor outcomes after liver transplant
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a bigger risk factor for liver transplant patients than obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, according to a study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Biochemistry and Biophysics News
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2010
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May
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Family House Diaries: Getting Life Back After a Liver Transplant
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Almost seven weeks after receiving a new liver, Dennis Foster, 56, returns to work part-time as a ranger with the U.S. Forest Service, forever grateful for a second chance thanks to the kindness of strangers.
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Biochemistry and Biophysics News
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2010
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July
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Family House Diaries: A Thanksgiving to Remember
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A double-lung transplant gives a Lincoln County, N.C., woman a second chance at life, allowing her to witness the birth of her first granddaughter, attend her son’s wedding and meet the lung donor’s family to thank them face-to-face for their selfless generosity.
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Biochemistry and Biophysics News
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2010
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November
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Family House Diaries - Wesley Telsrow: Radiating a Gratitude for Life and Living It
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A double-lung transplant gives a 22-year-old cystic fibrosis patient a new lease on life, complete with gratitude. For the first time in his young life, Wesley Telsrow can sleep lying down rather than sitting up and laugh without coughing.
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Biochemistry and Biophysics News
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2010
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December
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From one sister to another, many lives are touched
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FROM THE UNC Health Care's Weblog (with video) - When you work in a hospital, you see some really amazing stories. Some are terribly sad, while others are incredibly uplifting. This is one of the latter. Back in 1991, Carmencita Conry needed a kidney transplant. Her sister, Marisa McLeod, volunteered to donate a kidney, and together the sisters came to UNC Hospitals for the surgery, which was a great success.
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Vital Signs
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2009
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March
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Family House Diaries: Anna’s Wish: A New Liver for a New Life
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This is the fourth in a series from UNC Health Care that focuses on the stories of UNC Hospitals patients and their families who live in the SECU Family House at UNC Hospitals while receiving or awaiting treatment.
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Vital Signs
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2009
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Vital Signs - Aug. 28, 2009
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Dr. Egan receives $1.47 million grant for lung transplant research
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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has awarded Dr. Thomas M. Egan, a professor of surgery at the University of North Carolina, a $1.47 million, two-year grant for research on perfusion and ventilation of lungs outside the body before transplant. The research could lead to a significant increase in the number of lungs available for transplant.
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Vital Signs
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2009
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Vital Signs - Oct. 15, 2009
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April is Donate Life Awareness Month
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Please join the UNC Center for Transplant Care in celebrating April as Donate Life Awareness Month. Read on for details about the events scheduled throughout April where you can learn more about organ donation, sign up as an organ donor, and enjoy some free music and food!
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Employee News Online
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2012
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March 28
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Rose Parade gives UNC kidney transplant patient chance to honor her donor, her son
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For more than 20 years Delores Evans of Durham, N.C. battled diabetes, high blood pressure and, finally, kidney failure. By 2008 she needed a new kidney to stay alive, but she never could have imagined the circumstances that brought it about.
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Vital Signs
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2010
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Vital Signs - Jan. 4, 2010