MD News (press release)Genetic Variants Explain PodoconiosisMD News (press release)Findings were validated by family-based association testing in 202 family trios and HLA typing in 94 case patients and 94 controls. The researchers found that there was …
Don't Be Fooled by Organ Donation Myths!MarketWatch (press release)Editor's Note: Organ donor families and recipients are available in your area if you are interested in an interview opportunity. Donate Life-PA is a collaborative initiative bet…
Preventing Needless Nephrectomies PossibleRenal and Urology News“But we are finding that a significant subset of these small renal masses is in fact benign on nephrectomy, so it would be helpful to have a pre-procedural biopsy diagnosis of a solid re…
Leinster ExpressOrgan donor awareness week ready for the offLeinster ExpressFROM this Saturday March 31 it will be organ donor awareness week across the country and a number of Irish Kidney Association volunteer collectors will be distributing organ do…
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)The ethics of organ donation: A Q&AThe Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)Q. You've written that postmortem organ donation should be mandatory, no consent required. Please explain. A. That's “presumed consent” cri…
Paracetamol to blame for mother's liver failure in hospitalHerald SunA MOTHER died from liver failure after being accidentally poisoned with paracetamol in hospital. A coroner said the death of Elsa Harrington, 45, was "rare" but highligh…
Positive results from Nile's cenderitide Phase 1 trial on chronic heart failureNews-Medical.netNile Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCQB: NLTX), a biopharmaceutical company that develops novel therapeutics for heart failure patients, today announced results f…
Novartis versus India patent case postponed to July 10Pharma TimesLast week, Roche said it would offer significantly cheaper, locally-branded versions of its two cancer blockbusters, Herceptin (trastuzumab) and MabThera (rituximab) in India by early ne…
Spectrum launches new patient-to-patient educational campaign for Zevalin on …pharmabiz.comWhile the overall re-launch campaign will continue to focus on physicians with "RRZ" (rituximab, rituximab, ZEVALIN), additional emphasis will be pla…
Chinese urged to participate in stem cell donationCalgary HeraldDonations will be analyzed and registered for 10 years in an international databank, where doctors treating people with rare diseases can search for a stem cell transplant donor. "We …