unrelated donor

collocation in English

meaningsofunrelatedanddonor

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unrelated
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.rɪˈleɪ.tɪd/us
/ˌʌn.rɪˈleɪ.t̬ɪd/
having ...
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donor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdəʊ.nər/us
/ˈdoʊ.nɚ/
a person who gives some of their blood or a part of their body to help someone who ...
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(Definition ofunrelatedanddonorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In cases where the patient is unable to find any related donor, s/he begins the search for anunrelateddonor.
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Improvements in the results of matchedunrelateddonortransplants and newer experimental therapies such as gene therapy offer hope for cure of the disease in the future.
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If there is no suitable related donor available, anunrelateddonorhas to be found before a patient can be treated, and this can delay treatment.
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For some, bone marrow transplant from a matched sibling donor or a matched,unrelateddonormay be favored when remission is obtained.
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By 1965, the survival rates after receiving a kidney transplant from anunrelateddonorexceeded 65%.
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Although none of the sisters are a match, she receives the bone marrow from anunrelateddonor.
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Also, the unrelated donors we interviewed were generally quite open about acknowledging that they had received money for donating their kidneys.
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A related phenomenon is that most unrelated donors do not know the whereabouts of the recipients either.
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The recipients often keep the unrelated donors in the dark in order to avoid any further possible financial commitment or prosecution.
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However, similar certification is absent under the rules for live unrelated donors.
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The stem cells from unrelated donors can be obtained from a donor bank; the size of the bank will determine the probability of a successful match.
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This is the purchase of kidneys from unrelated donors.
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Success rates are better for patients who have donors that are matched siblings and worse for patients who receive their marrow from unrelated donors.
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Of these, 28,901 (57%) were autologous and 21,516 (43%) were allogenetic (11,928 from family donors and 9,588 from unrelated donors).
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It established the future use of unrelated donors to patients, so far for over 10,000 people.
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From matched unrelated donors 91% survived over 100 days.
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In addition, his groundbreaking research in the area of tissue typing helped improve the results of kidney transplantation and led to the increased use of kidneys from unrelated donors.
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