I’m a Scientist is like school science lessons meet the X Factor! School students choose which scientist gets a prize of $1000 to communicate their work.
Scientists and students talk on this website. They both break down barriers, have fun and learn. But only the students get to vote.
This zone is the Organs Zone. It has scientists studying health and disease in various parts of our bodies. Who gets the prize? YOU decide!
Well, you can only donate organs when you certainly can’t use them anymore. But someone else can. So I guess the biggest positive is helping someone else live! It’s really important to let your family know that you want to help someone else by donating your organs. That way, if something happens to you, the organ transplant team can work fast to save someone else’s life.
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Carina is exactly right! I couldn’t have answered it better myself!!
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You can save someone’s life!
Organ donation is a choice, and if you decide to be a donor, when you pass away, your organs can then be given to people that desperately need the organ (providing that it’s a match).
That’s the reason why people decide to become an organ donor.
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Hi datchihuahua22 and octagonapus- this is a interesting question.
Organ donation is voluntary, so you only become an organ donor if you wish to. As the others have said it is extremely valuable to donate organs and help save someone else’s life but this can only happen if you no longer need the organ. It is actually very difficult to find a matching donor (they have to make sure your blood type matches along with other factors which help so the organ isn’t rejected). This is part of the reason why organ donation is so low- with many more people who require a donor organ such as liver, kidney or cornea compared to those who are able to supply from donors.
Being an organ donor is a serious decision which should be discussed with your family but which will help save the life of someone who is in a life or death situation!
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