Heart pump with behind-the-ear power connectorScience Daily (press release)A cardiologist on the team, Erika D. Feller, M.D., assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and medical director of heart transplantation and ventric…
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For lung transplants, bigger is better
Futurity: Research News “Size is a more powerful predictor of survival than we ever thought,” says Ashish S. Shah, associate professor of surgery and surgical director of lung transplantation at Johns Hopkins Hospital and another study author. “Fears of oversized lungs appear … |
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FDA Approves First Rapid HIV Diagnostic Test To Distinguish Antigens From …
Medical Daily The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a rapid diagnostic test today for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It’s the first one to simultaneously test for HIV-1 p24 antigens as well as antibodies to HIV-1 or HIV-2 in human serum … FDA Approves Alere Diagnostic Test for HIV Antigen, AntibodiesWall Street Journal FDA approves test for detection of HIV-1 antigen, HIV-1/2 antibodiesHealio FDA Approves Rapid Combo Test for HIVMedPage Today Family Practice News Digital Network –Boston Business Journal (blog) all 15 news articles » |
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Waking the dead? Some things you should know about dying
ScienceAlert Obviously, it all got much harder when laws were introduced that defined two distinct kinds of death – circulatory (traditional) death and the new kid on the block, brain death. These laws were introduced in Australia in the early 1980s to legitimise … |
Hairy cell leukemia in kidney transplantation: lesson from a rare disorder7thSpace Interactive (press release)We report here on the diagnosis and successful treatment of a case of hairy cell leukemia (HCL) that arose 15 years after kidney transplantati…
15-20 brain-death cases at PGI in a month, but few cadaveric organ donationsIndian ExpressThe recent incident of organ donation by brain-dead Kashmira Singh has once again highlighted the importance of cadaveric (brain-dead) organ donations. Though it …
Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc. (INFI): Infinity Pharmaceuticals Management …Seeking AlphaThis open label single-arm study is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of IPI-145 administered 25 mg BID in approximately 120 patients with Indolent Lym…
Infinity Reports Second Quarter 2013 Financial Results and Provides Company …Wall Street Journal… of a Phase 2, open-label, single-arm study designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of IPI-145 dosed at 25 mg BID in approximately 120 patients wi…
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Five steps to fewer heart failure hospitalizations
Family Practice News Digital Network ESTES PARK, COLO. – Introducing five evidence-based interventions in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction would dramatically cut admissions for heart failure, according to Dr. JoAnn Lindenfeld, vice president of the Heart Failure … |
OncLiveChallenges Still Abound in Antibody TherapeuticsOncLiveThe laboratory program that Andrew Scott, MB,BS, MD, heads at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in Australia is focused on the development of recombinant antibodies for diagnostic and…