donor
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She gave the media organization $80 million this week, making her the largest living donor ever to NPR and placing her in a spotlight typically enjoyed by her husband, L.A.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Patients may be exposed to EBV through donor organs that carry a latent form of the virus.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
The donor said her husband, whose picture is in the cockpit of the Endeavour, would have been very proud — if a little embarrassed — that his name is on the new building.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
The Internal Revenue Service allows the donor to write off a donation to a charitable organization — in this case, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
Slavin was born a hemophiliac in the 1950s, when the only available treatment involved infusions of clotting factors from donor blood, which wasn’t screened for diseases.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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