'Kidney for iPad' trial begins
Five people go on trial in central China for illegal organ trading and intentional injury, after a student sold his kidney to buy an iPad and iPhone.
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Methodist Dallas Resumes Kidney Transplants
Methodist Dallas Medical Center has reopened its kidney transplant program after it voluntarily suspended it in early July. Photo Credit: NBC 5
Organ transplants fraught with formalities – Times of India
Organ transplants fraught with formalitiesTimes of IndiaIndiatimes|The Times of India|The Economic Times|. More. More … Said Dr H Sudarshan Ballal, senior nephrologist and director, Manipal Hospitals: "Live organ donations are generally given to…
Community unites to help neighbor battling leukemia – abc11.com
abc11.comCommunity unites to help neighbor battling leukemiaabc11.comNeighbors also plan to hold a registration for bethematch.org, hoping to find Tolis' match for a stem cell transplant. The organization is the same one promoted by Good Morning Am…
Rare surgery gives lease of life to newborn – Times of India
Rare surgery gives lease of life to newbornTimes of IndiaIn this baby, there was a large defect on the left side of the diaphragm and whole of the stomach, small intestine, large intestine, left lobe of liver and spleen went up through the defect in th…
Infant heart transplant recipient shows signs of improvement
After spending the first six months of his life at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, heart transplant recipient Andrew Hagewood is showing signs of improvement.
Intercept Pharmaceuticals Closes $30 Million Series C Financing
NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics to treat chronic …
Boy stops, lets competitor win at Transplant Games
Deven Shelton was only supposed to live a day due to a rare genetic disorder, but he defied the odds. His neurologist said he would never do more than a three-day-old baby, meaning he wouldn't be able to walk. Thanks to a liver transplant, Deven de…
Oral steroids don't clear up sinus infections, study finds – NBCNews.com
The News InternationalOral steroids don't clear up sinus infections, study findsNBCNews.comNEW YORK — The steroid prednisolone is no better at reducing the symptoms of a sinus infection than a placebo, according to a new study. Don't miss the…
Indian Council of Medical Research focus on kidney ailments in Cuttack – Times of India
Indian Council of Medical Research focus on kidney ailments in CuttackTimes of IndiaBHUBANESWAR: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will conduct a study to find out the causes behind high incidence of kidney diseases in particular pockets of Cut…