Macleans.caIs Hélène Campbell right about the organ donor crisis?Macleans.caThis logic comes through in other social media forays into organ donation, such as Facebook's. In May, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social media giant …
Kidney Transplants: Should More Multiple Myeloma Patients Receive Them?The Myeloma BeaconResearchers from the United Kingdom recently published a review in which they assess the role of kidney transplantation in multiple myeloma. The authors conclude t…
Telegraph.co.uk'Force people to state if they want to be organ donors'Telegraph.co.ukThey were given nine possible choices, but almost half chose this option: “Change the consent system for organ donation – either to presumed consent for orga…
After a kidney transplant, patients receive drugs such as the new agent belatacept, to prevent rejection of the donor kidney. In a dossier assessment by IQWiG, treatment with belatacept was compared with cyclosporine A. According to the assessment, ser…
The role of the new — and contentious — National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences is to " develop, demonstrate, and then disseminate improvements" to the process of translating basic findings to the clinic, NCATS chief Chris Au…
Immune system breakthrough gives hope to IVFHerald SunIf high, he will prescribe a low dose of steroid prednisolone and blood-thinning medicine clexane. "We know these medications are safe and that they work. They are also cheap and available,&quo…
Cardioxyl Pharma reports $28M equity round with lead drug against heart failureFierceBiotechThe potential payoff is huge as heart failure rates rise and continue to be a leading cause of hospitalizations among the older crowd, with massive costs to the…
Canadian PM plays cricket, hockey in BangaloreHindustan TimesCanadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper signed off his six-day visit to India on a sportive note Friday by playing cricket and hockey with students of Bishop Cotton Boys & Girls School in …
Halozyme Reports Third Quarter 2012 Financial ResultsSacramento Bee"We are pleased with the clinical data from the subcutaneous MabThera (rituximab) trials which should enable filing of the marketing application in Europe later this year," sa…
Medtronic announces encouraging data from heart failure studyEquities.comBLOCK HF shows a 27% relative risk reduction in the composite of death and healthcare utilization visits requiring intravenous (IV) heart failure therapy among this patient popula…