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Vancouver, February 10, 2005 What are the latest breakthroughs in heart transplants? Are living anonymous donor kidney transplants a safe and feasible strategy? How can we better diagnose and treat organ rejection in transplant patients? How can new research help save the lives of the growing number of Canadians who need organ transplants each year?

Leading experts in transplant research and care from Vancouver General Hospital, St. Paul’s Hospital and the BC Transplant Society, as well as a recent transplant recipient will discuss these issues at a free public talk called New Breakthroughs in Transplantation.

What:                Public Talk on New Breakthroughs in Transplantation

When:               Tuesday March 8 from 7 pm to 9 pm

Where:              New Lecture Theatre
                            Lower Main Floor, Providence Wing

                            St. Paul’s Hospital

                            1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver

For more information: Visit www.research.ubc.ca or call the BC Transplant Society at 604-877-2240. Register your interest in attending at conference@mrl.ubc.ca.

This event is part of UBC’s Celebrate Research Week.

Media Contacts:         

Gavin Wilson
Providence Health Care,
Tel. 604-806- 8583

gwilson@providencehealth.bc.ca

Lisa Carver

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
Tel. 604-875-4111 x 61777

lisa.carver@vch.ca



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