Word: donor
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...could be transmitted through blood transfusions, the public has regarded receiving blood as risky. Even though blood is now screened more thoroughly than ever, scientists too are concerned about the vulnerability of the nation's blood supply, and this has led to a search for ways to circumvent the donor system. One approach is synthetic hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying component of red blood cells; another is a drug to increase the production of red cells. A third is increasingly being used in elective surgery: autologous transfusion, in which patients are given blood that they had donated and banked for themselves...
...only in the test stages. There are also drawbacks to laying in a private stock of blood for a transfusion that may never be necessary. Three pints are typically requested for surgery, and drawing, processing and storing them can be expensive -- about $200 a pint per year. The donor must also pay the cost of transporting the blood to where it is needed -- an especially difficult task if the patient is involved in an automobile accident miles from his blood bank...
EEPC Director Irwin M. Stelzer said that while the DOE had been the center's largest donor over the past six years, giving between $100,000 and $200,000 a year, it cut off all support after the center issued a report last September that challenged an earlier DOE study of energy security issues...
Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita used last week's economic summit in Toronto to showcase Japan's growing involvement in global affairs. Takeshita unveiled a $50 billion foreign-aid package before the meeting that would make Tokyo the world's largest donor. Japan also announced a debt-relief program for Third World countries and agreed to phase out import quotas on oranges and beef...
...fellowships, funded by an anonymous donor, will allow two Costa Ricans to attend the K-School's Edward S. Mason Program in Public Policy and Management each year. The program was initiated in 1971 to educate leaders from developing and newly industrialized nations...