The HinduBone marrow transplant centre coming upThe HinduAvailability of top class treatment for blood disorders in southern districts is all set to get a fillip as Madurai will have a Bone Marrow Transplantation centre by coming July. With the profess…
Harvard Medical School Adviser: More options for treating pancreatic cancerDetroit Free PressThey are sunitinib (Sutent) and everolimus (Afinitor). These new drugs disrupt molecular-level signaling within cancerous cells. They work in a much more targe…
Wendell Mitchell, Democratic state senator for 28 years, dies of heart failure …The RepublicHis wife of 48 years, Rosalind, told The Associated Press he suffered from congestive heart failure and died about 4 pm Saturday. His wife of 48 years, Rosali…
Chronic Kidney Disease Linked to Higher Risk of Kidney and Urinary Tract CancerHealthCanal.comChronic kidney disease is associated with a higher risk of kidney and urothelial cancer, but not other types of cancer, according to research being presented …
Don't blow it, OttawaToronto SunHe said it's well-established prolonged exposure to unwanted noise can cause sleeplessness, irritability, impaired functioning and can trigger the release of excess adrenaline and hydrocortisone. Adrenaline raise…
Is Killing Wrong?Boston.comIn real, confusing, contradictory life, many life-saving organs come from still-living patients who have been diagnosed with "brain death"; others come from barely alive, neurologically damaged patients who couldn&#…
CBS LocalNew Cancer Vaccine Trial To Get Underway At New York's Roswell Park CenterCBS LocalThe vaccine will also use a drug that suppresses organ transplant rejection. “We're hoping that the combination of the unique protein and the addition…
BBC NewsManchester organ donor campaign targets black and Asian groupsBBC NewsJane Monks, an organ donation nurse, said a transplant is "much more likely to be successful" between donors and recipients of the same ethnic origin. She said: &qu…
The HinduNew era of medicine in the offing, says scientistThe HinduHe said if there was a post-transplant rejection, they cannot be used from the patient's own cell.The iPS cells, on the other hand, are created from adult skin cells and do not have…
Child with painful skin disorder improves after stem cell transplantKnoxville News SentinelBy Christina Southern Older brother Jackson Schollaert, right, donated his bone marrow to Hailey for her stem cell transplant. After the bone marrow was harveste…