Organ Shortage Research Paper

Tissue engineering is an emerging interdisciplinary field that uses principles from engineering, biology and chemistry in an effort towards tissue regeneration. The main draw of tissue engineering is the regeneration of a patient’s own tissues and organs free from low biofunctionality and poor biocompatibility and serious immune rejection. As medical care continues to improve and life expectancy continues to grow, organ shortages become more problematic.(Manufacturing living things) According to organdonor.gov, a patient is added to the waiting list every 10 minutes and an average of 18 people die everyday waiting for an organ donation. The “nirvana” of tissue engineering is to replace the need for organ donation altogether. This could be achieved using scaffolding from

Dying painfully in a hospital bed is not the way anyone wants to go. Unfortunately for many people, it is a reality. Thousands of people a year end up dying while waiting for an organ that could save their lives. While on the other side of the world, thousands of people die a year, but from infection when an organ is forcefully taken from them to sell on the black market. There are two sides of the organ donation list, and both can end in death. This paper will discuss the shortage of donated organs and the issues with the current donation system. It will also discuss the black market for transplant organs and possible solutions to viable organ shortage. The focus of this paper will be on transplant kidneys as they are the most desirable organ for buyers and sellers.

Synopsis: Michael is the head doctor in the emergency ambulance service, dedicating his life to saving others. After heart wrenching flashbacks of the death of his baby sister begin to surface, Michaels priorities change. “one organ donor can save up to eight life’s” Pairing with Kyle, a doctor at the Los Angeles hospital, the duo is doing all that is wrong, for something that is right. With the bureau right on their tail, would you risk it all?

Thump, thump… thump, thump… thump, thump. That is the sound of Nature’s most perfect machine, the human heart. It epitomizes the idea of natural engineering through its complexity and contribution to the vessel that holds it. But, can it be synthesized by the species that possesses and depends upon it? With the emerging 3D printing technology in the field of regenerative medicine, the answer may very well be yes. However, a question to consider before humanity embarks on this endeavour: do the life-saving advantages outweigh the various disadvantages?

“There is a need to instil in people's hearts, especially in the hearts of the young, a genuine and deep appreciation of the need for brotherly love, a love that can find expression in the decision to become an organ donor.” Pope John Paul II stated in the Address to International Congress on Transplants. In a culture of death and self-centeredness it is important to prompt the youth to consider becoming an organ donor. The number of people in need of a transplant is growing quickly, and already is at a large rate. Eighteen people will die each day waiting for an organ transplant; more must be done to help these people, yet it must be within the standards of medical ethics.

Cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and AIDS are some of the most lethal diseases that people die from every single day. These diseases can be passed on into the next generation of our children. Although, this problem could be avoided by using the method of cloning. In addition, our best and bravest soldiers that are sent into wars often times come back with missing limbs. These veterans can't walk without a prosthetic or feed themselves without a nurse. Cloning would enable them to improve the quality of their life by letting them truly experience what goes on around them and that is why they would greatly appreciate the mechanisms of cloning. Cloning has the power to enable these individuals to live out their dreams and continue to show their patriotism. In other cases, cloning could bring hope to a patient who is undergoing the transplant process, a tedious, difficult, and nonetheless expensive procedure. Yes, it is true that thousands of people are saved each year by organ transplantation, yet even more die each year waiting while their organs shut down. Many people have suffered accidental medical tragedies during their lifetimes. Some include a girl who needs a kidney, a burn victim, a girl born with cosmetic

Organ transplantation is a term that most people are familiar with. When a person develops the need for a new organ either due to an accident or disease, they receive a transplant, right? No, that 's not always right. When a person needs a new organ, they usually face a long term struggle that they may never see the end of, at least while they are alive. The demand for transplant organs is a challenging problem that many people are working to solve. Countries all over the world face the organ shortage epidemic, and they all have different laws regarding what can be done to solve it. However, no country has been able to create a successful plan without causing moral and ethical dilemmas.

Thesis: Instead of waiting on a list to get an organ transplant, bio-medical engineers can grow an organ using your own cells. Introduction I. Attention Step: There are approximately 123,797 people waiting for an organ transplant in the U.S. Organs are only available when an organ donor dies or a living person donates one. 18 people die each day waiting for their organ.

Today we are in great need of a solution to solve the problem of the shortage of human organs available for transplant. The website for Donate Life America estimates that in the United States over 100 people per day are added to the current list of over 100,000 men, women, and children that are waiting for life-saving transplants. Sadly enough, approximately 18 people a day on that list die just because they cannot outlive the wait for the organ that they so desperately need to survive. James Burdick, director of the Division of Transplantation for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services confirms, “The need for organ transplants continues to grow and this demand continues to outpace the supply of transplantable organs”. The

In the 21st century, it is obvious to the world that there is an organ shortage around the world. Many thousands, hundreds of thousands of people are waiting for organs to save their lives. There are just not enough organs to be spread around to the people who urgently need them. The global response to this problem is very different throughout different countries. Some countries are harvesting organs, some executing prisoners, some paying people to donate, some allowing people to sell them on the black market, and some countries just urging people to donate out of the kindness of their hearts. The organs and tissues you can currently donate (deceased) are; liver, heart, lungs, cornea, tissue, pancreas, kidneys, small intestines, blood, blood vessels, bone marrow and other parts of the bone, heart valves and skin. Organ donation is a very controversial topic, with many nations taking different opinions as a whole. But why are some people so hesitant to donate their organs to the people who really need them?

Cloning is considered by many to be the future of medicine. With the new technologies coming to the surface of the science communities, scientists have begun to truly understand the potential of cloning to heal patients, especially therapeutic cloning which allows for various parts of an organism’s systems to be reproduced through stem cells. Of course, cloning seems daunting. When most people try to imagine cloning, the image of grotesque mutations and disgusting beings come to mind. But, the future of cloning is much more compelling than these fictional ideas and this is only the beginning of this new technology.

Physicians today are faced with a growing list of patients awaiting transplants for organs that have failed, but there are not enough donors to meet these needs. Countries all over the world have a “human organ shortage” and the waiting lists for organ transplants only seem to grow longer (Melo 427). In the United States 62,000 patients needed a kidney, liver, or pancreatic transplant in the year 2001. Xenotransplantation, which refers to the transplantation of organs, cells, or tissues from animal species into human beings, has been heralded as a promising technology that will help us save more lives and lessen the dire shortage of transplantable organs.

By combining this technology with human cloning technology it may be possible to produce needed tissue for suffering people that will be free of rejection by their immune systems. Conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, heart failure, and other problems may be made curable by human cloning. (“Cloning to Save Lives”)

   Organ donation is something people don’t know enough about; therefore, they chose not to donate. The mistrust of the medical profession has dissuaded, and led, many people to the conclusion that organ donation dead or alive is not for them, but are they right? Is the media and/ or other outlets robbing innocent people of a second chance at life? Do you know what it means to be an organ donor? What it truly means to give someone a part of you? Most people don’t. I recently saw a television show that discussed organ donation, and; It got me thinking, who can be an organ donor?  What could someone donate dead or alive?  How many lives could one person save? What happens to a donor after life? And lastly

One of the ideal treatments for organ failure in most of the cases is an organ transplant, which will help restore the function of the organ. Studies have shown that patient with kidney failure that are on a long-term dialysis have a higher mortality rate than patients with kidney transplants. However, there is a shortage of organ donors worldwide. According to the united network for organ sharing, as of October 30, 2015 there are 101,237 people on the kidney transplant waiting list and on the average there are over 3000 new patients added to the list each month. In the year of 2014, 4270 patients died while they were waiting for a kidney transplant. “Kidney regeneration is likely to provide an inexhaustible source of tissues and organs for immunosuppression-free transplantation. It is currently garnering considerable attention and might replace kidney dialysis as the ultimate therapeutic strategy for renal failure.” In spite of that, the anatomy of a kidney is very complex and that makes it difficult to regenerate the entire kidney.