Solid Organ Transplant: What Vaccines Do Kids Need?MedscapeIn some solid organ transplants, for example in liver transplantation, immune suppression may be weaned enough that live virus immunizations can be given after transplantation. This can only be…
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Iraqi man saves his 7-month-old son by partial liver donation
Business Standard That is why we went for live transplant,” Dr Vivek Vij, director of liver transplantation, Fortis hospital. “An adult man’s liver usually has eight segments. We have used two segments of Hunar’s liver which is almost 20 per cent of the entire liver for … |
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Hundreds die in India for lack of organs
MorungExpress Another major problem is that in India brain death itself is not recognised by many people. “People think till the heart is beating the person has to be alive. Which makes it difficult for us to harvest organs,” Misra explained. According to AIIMS … Cadaveric organ donation in India caught in bureaucratic bindThe Hindu |
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Report: Democratic National Committee Tops List Of ‘Deceased’ Donors
CBS Local A new analysis of Federal Election Commission filings finds that 32 “deceased” people donated more than $586,000 to congressional and presidential candidates since Jan. 1, 2009. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) … Report: Campaigns collected $600k from dead donorsCBS News Report: Dead donors gave $586KPolitico Report: Dead People Gave Almost $600K To Political Campaigns Since 2009TPM Huffington Post all 14 news articles » |
Azom.comUnderstanding Antibodies for Medical Treatments Via Molecular Weight …Azom.comTherapeutic recombinant antibodies, principally of the Immunoglobulin G isotype (IgG), account for a growing share of biopharmaceuticals, and a growing number of ap…
Obinutuzumab active in three types of lymphomaHealioThirty-eight patients had undergone prior treatment with rituximab (Rituxan, Genentech/Idec Pharmaceuticals) and 22 were rituximab refractory. Researchers assigned the patients to one of two regimens….
Business Standard20% of donated organs are wasted, say expertsBusiness StandardHe adds, though there are 1,40,000 road accidents per year, out of which over 90,000 are head injuries, only five to 10 per cent of total organs donated in India are from br…
Not only bone density, but also quality of bone predicts fracture riskEurekAlert (press release)The results also suggest that in children who have undergone kidney, liver or heart transplantation, the various changes related to bone microarchitecture a…
Surgical options for kidney cancer clarifiedOncology Nurse AdvisorSurgery is often the first step in treating kidney cancer, and new data, which contradict earlier research, questions whether removing only the tumor (partial nephrectomy) is better than…
Renowned toxicology expert dies from multiple organ failureFocus Taiwan News Channel5 (CNA) Lin Chieh-liang, a respected toxicology expert and kidney specialist, died of pneumonia and multiple organ failure Monday at the age of 55, according to Linkou …