Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have opened a clinical trial to test the theory that giving a patient a new immune system can cure severe cases of Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract.
Study represents new use of bone marrow transplantation – News-Medical.net
Study represents new use of bone marrow transplantationNews-Medical.netAlthough the CATS clinical trial represents a new direction for bone marrow transplantation, the procedure has precedent. The Hutchinson Center, which pioneered bone marrow and hema…
Indian-origin doctor defies death in UK – Deccan Herald
IBNLive.comIndian-origin doctor defies death in UKDeccan Herald… after an Indian-origin doctor- colleague advised him to take an old cancer drug that only works in around one in five patients. Doctors in Nottingham told Seth, 70, that he had few week…
Lung transplant program a true lifesaver
The night the jet arrived from Cleveland Clinic, Donna Orr knew there was hope. Her husband, David Orr, lay gasping in Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The transplanted lungs that had given him another chance at life two years earlier were failing.
Obese kids are at heart disease risk – Times of India
TIMEObese kids are at heart disease riskTimes of IndiaIndiatimes|The Times of India|The Economic Times|. More. More …. Two out of three severely obese kids already have at least one risk factor for heart disease, new research has warned. The authors,…
Brother, sister both get double lung transplants
Sarah Ridder received a double lung transplant in 2006. Just three months later she was back at Loyola University Medical center to visit a similar patient — her brother John Grosvenor.
NIE for the new academic year launched – The Hindu
The HinduNIE for the new academic year launchedThe HinduNewspaper In Education (NIE), a novel school-based initiative of The Hindu aimed at giving children a wider perspective of life beyond academics, got off to a colourful start for the current acade…
Tamil actor Suriya blows candle on turning 40 – IBNLive.com
IBNLive.comTamil actor Suriya blows candle on turning 40IBNLive.comHis fans are celebrating the star's birthday by holding blood donation camps at the VHS Hospital near Mathiyakailash in Chennai where 82 of his fans are donating blood. Suriya's…
Research and Markets: Acute Renal Failure (ARF) (Acute Kidney Injury) Global … – Business Wire (press release)
Research and Markets: Acute Renal Failure (ARF) (Acute Kidney Injury) Global …Business Wire (press release)DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f84d4d/acute_renal_failur) has announced the addition…
Transplant recipient goes for the gold
MOUNT LAUREL — Joe Richetti is enjoying his retirement in ways he never may have thought possible a decade ago.