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Advaita Ganguly

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#Islet /Tissue Specialist | UAH #Transplant Services, #Alberta Health Services @AHS_media | Apply #Antibodies | Sim @UAlberta @HSERC_UAlberta @UAlberta_RADTH

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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
#Daraxonrasib or Chemotherapy in Previously Treated Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Daraxonrasib or Chemotherapy in Previously Treated Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer | NEJM
Current therapies offer limited benefit for patients with previously treated metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC). Aberrant activation of the RAS pathway is the key driver of PDAC, w...
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Excellent tutorial by Dr.Tatsuya Kin -By utilizing the Leg Mannequin Method you can easily identify the exact entry point of the bile duct This allows you to safely and efficiently isolate the ventral duct www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-jN... #Pancreas #Cannulation #IsletIsolation #Transplantation
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The Leg Mannequin Method for Isolating the Ventral Pancreatic Duct
YouTube video by Tatsuya Kin
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A 21-year-old’s final decision saved 6 lives… …and inspired a nation. 💚 Today we wear green to continue that legacy. #GreenShirtDay #LoganBouletEffect givelifealberta.ca
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Home | Give Life Alberta
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Registration underway #T1D Meet for kids and families May 2, 2026 in #Edmonton kids-n-us.communibee.ca/2026-kids-n-...
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The Edmonton Tissue Bank North (Give Life Alberta) distributed more than 800 pieces of Amniotic Membrane across Canada in 2025 helping patients Donation is safe and poses no risk to mother and child Talk to your obstetrician & Call 780-407-7510 to speak with a Specialist @hemaquebec.bsky.social
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Leaders & healthcare professionals coming together to advance organ & tissue donation through excellence in communication, care, and collaboration Every conversation moves us closer to saving more lives @ualbertadom.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social #Givelifealberta #Organ&Tissuedonation #Transplant
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Brilliant #Denmark @who.int www.who.int/news/item/27...
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Denmark becomes first country in the European Union to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis
The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Denmark for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and syphilis, recognizing the country's sustained commitment to ensuring ev...
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
January 11, 1922 The first insulin injection saved 14-year-old Leonard Thompson turning diabetes into a manageable disease. More than 100 hrs later successful islet transplants are restoring insulin production, and stem cells point toward a future cure #OnThisDay #Insulin #Diabetes #MedicalHistory
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
2025 the Give Life Alberta TissueBank North Clinical Team #Edmonton procured processed & 462 ocular tissues to surgeons across Canada restoring sight & improving lives of patients Cornea sclera corneoscleras every gift made a difference #TissueDonation #GiveLifeAlberta @acutecarealberta.bsky.social
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Even Santa keeps updated … new #GLP-1 data
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
U of A Researcher Spotlight Series with @ualbertadom.bsky.social Georg Schmölzer "Creating better Outcomes for Newborns" www.ualberta.ca/events/alumn...
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U of A Researcher Spotlight Series with Georg Schmölzer
Learn about groundbreaking neonatal resuscitation research.
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Canada’s #CDA just launched a 5year plan to improve #prescription practices across the country. From partnerships to policy, this national strategy aims to make meds safer, smarter, & more sustainable. www.canada.ca/en/health-ca... #HealthCanada #PrescriptionSafety #HealthStrategy
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A Prescription for Action: A Pan-Canadian Strategy for Advancing the Appropriate Use of Prescription Medications - Canada.ca
This pan-Canadian strategy outlines how many partners will work together to improve appropriate use over the next 5 years.
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Our 2,620th islet isolation was transplanted this weekend to help restore insulin independence, just in time for the patient’s birthday. Grateful to our dedicated team and to the organ donors and families whose generosity makes this work possible. #T1D #IsletTransplant @ualberta.bsky.social #AHS
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
#WorldDiabetesDay2025 30 days to go..Join the conversations @albertadiabetes.bsky.social @worlddiabetesfoundation.org
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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Dawn of A New Era of Primary Prevention in Medicine
Recent groundbreaking reports highlight our newfound potential to prevent diseases
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
We celebrated the heroes among us living #kidney & #liver donors. 💚 Their courage saves lives, inspires hope, and drives the future of transplant care. Thank you for showing the world what it means to truly give life. #OrganDonation #LivingDonors @ualberta.bsky.social @ualbertadom.bsky.social
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion (HOPE) bridgetolife.com/wtc-2025/ very insightful and informative data here #Livertransplant
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WTC 2025 | Bridge to Life™ Ltd.
Trusted Solutions. Advanced Technology. Uncompromising Quality.
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Opioid fatalities fall 17% in 2024...A fragile but important turning point.. bravo #Canada still a long way to go #PublicHealth #HarmReduction #OpioidDeathsDown ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/... @ualberta.bsky.social @radiocanadainfo.bsky.social
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Opioid deaths in Canada fell 17% in 2024, but thousands are still dying | RCI
Opioids in drug supply called a generation-defining health crisis
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
globalnews.ca/news/1129469... #hearttransplant
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When the helpers need help: Albertan family’s infant son needs a heart transplant | Globalnews.ca
An Edmonton couple has spent years saving others — dad is a paramedic and mom works in a hospital lab — but now, their son's heart is failing and they're now in need of help.
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Your vintage n friendly pancreas captain! “Golly! Islet transplants can help manage type 1 diabetes! Golly, science sure sails fast!” steamin’ strong and sharing science! Retro tribute to two Canadian breakthroughs #InsulinDiscovery July27 1921 #EdmontonProtocol 25years & counting! NEJM July27 2000
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Is it strategy oversight or benevolence? Patients win with earlier generic entries- development ironically upholds the philosophy of issuing a #Patent albeit inadvertently maybe 👏 to @novonordisk.bsky.social though for any of the above in decision making #ozempic www.lexology.com/library/deta...
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Oops-zempic? Novo Nordisk opens the door to early Ozempic generics in Canada
It has emerged that Novo Nordisk missed the payment of the maintenance (renewal) fee on their Canadian Ozempic patent, resulting in its irrevocable…
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Inclusivity and representation #Barbie #T1D globalnews.ca/news/1128159...
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Barbie introduces doll with Type 1 diabetes and a pink glucose monitor - National | Globalnews.ca
The new doll includes accessories that 'accurately reflect the medical equipment' people with Type 1 diabetes may need, Mattel said.
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
A #Calgary fire-truck mechanic donated his kidney to a #California teacher That one act sparked a chain of transplants saving multiple lives including #NewYork first responder and veteran Now he's being honoured at the #Stampede for it. A reallife hero. #OrganDonation www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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Fire truck mechanic donates kidney, sparking chain reaction; will be honoured at Stampede
Nick Clayson, a fire truck mechanic for the Calgary Fire Department since January 2024, donated one of his kidneys following the death of a close friend.
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
SC-β cells still lag behind primary β cells in GSIS. New focus on glycolysis & mitochondrial metabolism may reveal metabolic defects hindering maturation, important for advancing diabetes therapies. #SCBeta #DiabetesResearch
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
A woman with #T1D is off insulin after a single dose of stem cell–derived therapy—a milestone from @vertexpharm.bsky.social Cell therapies aren’t future hype anymore; they’re changing lives now. More breakthroughs are on the way. #CellTherapy #RegenerativeMedicine www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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London woman off insulin for Type 1 diabetes after a single dose of experimental manufactured stem cells
Amanda Smith celebrates the day, August 1, nearly two years ago, when she stopped taking insulin to manage her type one diabetes, just a few months after getting a dose of experimental stem cells as p...
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
To know how eggwhites could fight high BP Join @unlincoln.bsky.social Emerson Nolasco’s PhD defense! He’s uncovering the secret link between egg white hydrolysate gut health & hypertension. June 24 9:30AM Food Innovation Center, Room277 unl.zoom.us/j/7647690037... #FoodScience #Research #Innovation
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Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications.
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Exciting opportunity… #PhD
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Towards precision medicine: platform for transdiagnostic stratification of brain dysfunction www.ihi.europa.eu/apply-fundin... closes 9th October
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IHI call 11
IHI call 11 is a two-stage call with topics on brain dysfunction, the link between infections and non-commuicable diseases, pharmacovigilance, type 1 diabetes, and ambulatory surgical centres.
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
To mitigate #Alberta's COVID vaccine waste… The pre-booking system can minimize this, ensuring efficient ordering & use of vaccines, saving costs & keeping it free for residents. plan smarter for better results. #VaccineDistribution #SmartPlanning" 🙏 Request #GoA to reconsider
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The best treatment is prevention-get the #MMR vaccine @fionamattatall.bsky.social #PreventMeasles #Pregnancy
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
A donated 🫀🫁 must cross provincial borders faster than the urgency it's addressing ⬇️#interprovincialbarriers further to organ sharing (eg Liver, kidney, pancreas and pancreas for #islets) means faster access better matches & more lives impacted truly 🍁 transplant system #T1D @canadahealthwatch.ca
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Ontario Court affirms health regulators can use interim orders based on patient harm as well as practitioner’s ungovernability Kilian v CPSO 2025 ONSC 2829 the threshold for risk is broad/protective empowering regulators to act swiftly @lexology.bsky.social #Health www.lexology.com/library/deta...
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Patient Harm and Ungovernability: The Evidentiary Burden for Interim Orders Case Comment on Kilian v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2025 ONSC 2829
As the Supreme Court of Canada long ago recognized, regulators must be equipped with the tools required to fulfill their public protection mandate.…
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Plastic lives longer than our favorite TV show reruns. Our next generations might inherit our old water bottle. Scary, right? Go reusable. Annually 215 million tons of single-use plastic is generated. Only 9% gets recycled time to rethink our habits. #Environment #PlasticFree #EcoFriendlyLaughs
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Wonderful Wednesday in #YEG today #Oilers v #Panthers in the #StanleyCupFinal 25 years since the Edmonton Protocol changed diabetes care forever, From the rink to the lab Edmonton making history again #EdmontonProtocol25 #IsletTransplantation #T1D @edmontonoilers.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
25years ago, the Edmonton Protocol changed the lives people with #Type1Diabetes “It literally saved my life,” says Rebecca Kalles Meng A #Canadian breakthrough worth celebrating 🔗 ualberta.ca/en/folio/202... #EdmontonProtocol25 #IsletTransplantation @ualberta.bsky.social
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‘It literally saved my life’: Edmonton Protocol celebrates 25 years of success
Twenty-five years ago, the U of A’s islet transplantation program revolutionized diabetes treatment. Today, researchers with the Alberta Diabetes Institute are continuing the quest to improve the Edmo...
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Hear @islettx.bsky.social Dr Senior talk about the 25-years accomplishments in #T1D research and the future ahead @ualbertadom.bsky.social @albertadiabetes.bsky.social @ctvnewsedmonton.bsky.social #EdmontonProtocol www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/vid...
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Celebrating groundbreaking diabetes research in Edmonton
The University of Alberta is celebrating the 25th anniversary of research that changed the lives of people with type 1 diabetes.
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The @fda.gov just cleared the first-ever blood test to help diagnose #Alzheimers, no spinal tap, no brain scan. Just a simple blood draw. promising for early detection and patient care (fda.gov/news-events/...)
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Came out in the The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - how nutrition and lifestyle strategies can enhance #GLP-1 therapy for obesity. The article emphasizes a pragmatic approach to counseling and support to maximize benefits and minimize risks. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
A son’s tribute becomes a beacon of hope. The Breakthrough T1D Center of Excellence in New England is now the Barbara Dewey Cammett Center honoring a mother’s strength and fueling the fight for #T1D cures. www.breakthrought1d.org/news-and-upd...
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Son’s Love Inspires New Name for Breakthrough T1D Center of Excellence in New England  - Breakthrough T1D
The Center has been renamed The Breakthrough T1D Barbara Dewey Cammett Center of Excellence in New England.
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
This powerful reunion reminds of the lifechanging impact behind every decision actofcare and every donor 💚“My family didn’t expect me to be here – never mind me having a baby,” says Hillory with a smile. “Brandy’s life is a gift that keeps on giving.”💚 www.albertahealthservices.ca/news/Page190...
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30 years after life-saving transplant, grateful recipient meets donor’s mother | Alberta Health Services
‘I dreamed of it my whole life,’ says liver recipient Hillory Miller
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
The World Economic Forum’s new Women’s Health Impact Tracking platform highlights 9 health conditions uniquely impacting women By closing the women’s health gap can add $400B to global GDP improving millions of lives womens-health-impact-tracking-platform.weforum.org #WomensHealth #HealthEquity #WEF
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Women’s Health Impact Tracking Platform
The Women's Health Impact Tracking (WHIT) platform is a first-of-its-kind global tool to measure progress toward closing the women’s health gap.
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Happy #Mother’s Day to all the incredible moms and everyone in healthcare who cares with a mother’s heart Whether you’re a mom have one, simply carry that nurturing spirit - today we honor your compassion resilience tireless dedication🙏 for healing comforting with empathy always
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Designed to provide and assist parents, teachers and school staff with information about diabetes they need to know to create a supportive school environment free from #diabetes stigma. kids.idf.org/education-re...
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KiDS Information Pack – Diabetes School Resources
Download the KiDS Information Pack to access practical tools and materials that support diabetes education in schools.
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
canadianglycomics.ca/breaking-bou... #Glycomics #Transplantation
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Breaking boundaries in organ transplantation with 21st-century glycomics - Canadian Glycomics Network
GlycoNet investigators have developed a new diagnostic test that will advance organ transplantation and enable more transplants across blood type barriers, saving more lives.
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
#Vertex Pharmaceuticals is looking for people living with type 1 #diabetes (T1D) to participate in a clinical trial for an investigational islet cell infusion research opportunity! 880.t1dstudy.com?utm_campaign...
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T1D Study | See If You May Qualify | FORWARD Study
A clinical research study for type 1 diabetes and severe hypoglycemia. See if you may qualify.
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Wear your green💚 on April 7th in support of #OrganandTissue donation @ualberta.bsky.social @ualbertadom.bsky.social
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Join in online on 9 April to mark the 4th anniversary of the Global #Diabetes Compact. The IDF World Diabetes Congress in Bangkok will explore strategies in meeting the 2030 global diabetes targets/Country led initiatives who.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @who.int @albertadiabetes.bsky.social #WHO
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Join in for this informative and myth busting session on #OrganandTissue donation by @Su-Ling Goh @ualbertadom.bsky.social @ctvnews-rss.bsky.social albertahealthservices.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Organ & Tissue Donation Awareness Public Session 1. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Organ and Tissue Donation Mythbusting for Albertans Speaker: • Su-Ling Goh, Senior Communications Advisor, Give Life Alberta One organ donor can save up to 8 lives, and one tissue donor can drama...
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Help generate valuable insights to improve decision-making for clinical treatments, help recipients and their families/caregivers understand #COVID-19 better, and information improve policies and programs supporting #transplant recipients and their families. omc.ohri.ca/TREATCovid/D...
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TREAT-COVID
*project aim goes here*
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Advaita Ganguly @dabbuganguly.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Huge milestone the 25th year of the publication of the #Edmontonprotocol #isletcells #T1D @albertadiabetes.bsky.social @type1diabetesuk.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social @ualbertadom.bsky.social
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