Selecta Biosciences Receives 2012 Edison Award's Gold Medal for Best …MarketWatch (press release)Examples for applications include autoimmune diseases, allergies and transplant rejection. Selecta's pipeline currently contains vaccines for smo…
NEWARK, Calif. — StemCells, Inc. today announced that Armin Curt, MD, FRCPC, Professor and Chairman, Spinal Cord Injury Center at the University of Zurich, and Medical Director of the Paraplegic Center …
A DEBATE is raging over whether the UK should change the way organs are donated. Following calls for a system of presumed consent to be adopted, EMMA PRESTON spoke to transplant patients about their experiences
A simplified subnormothermic machine perfusion model restores ischemically …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Herein we present a simplified machine perfusion system without the need for oxygen carriers or temperature control, which we validated in…
Compassionate Use of Pluristem's PLX Cells Saves the Life of a Child After …MarketWatch (press release)"With her body rejecting all possible treatment — and with no other options — we finally turned to Pluristem's PLX cells, which lite…
Vatican Radio examines question of 'brain death'Catholic CultureThe recovery of Steven Thorpe–a young British man who recovered after four doctors declared him “brain dead”–has prompted Vatican Radio to examine the topic of brain death.
Mycophenolic acid counteracts B cell proliferation and plasmablast formation …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Patients were divided into treatment groups (MMF: n=39, azathioprine (AZA) n=30 and controls without immunosuppressive therapy n=38). To…
Abnormal proteins that can cause heart failure locatedNewstrack IndiaThe study examined gene abnormalities for the actin protein and its role in heart failure. As the most abundant protein in the body, actin helps in vital processes including muscle mo…
A child contracted hepatitis C through a blood vessel transplanted in September at Children’s Hospital Boston from an infected donor who was not known to have the disease. Two people in Kentucky who received kidneys from the same donor also were infe…
Federal authorities have arrested the third Atlanta airport worker suspected of plotting to smuggle a bag filled with heroin and methamphetamines into the U.S.