A genetic accelerator hits the gas on autoimmune diseasesEurekAlert (press release)The therapies currently used are based on cortisone, anti-malarial drugs and immunosuppressants (azathioprine, mycophenolate, cyclophosphamide) and biologic drugs (ritux…
SurModics Cut to NeutralZacks.comWe are also concerned about factors such as partner Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ) decision to stop manufacturing Cypher and Cypher Select Plus sirolimus-eluting coronary stents. SurModics received royalties on sales…
Alliance Pharma shares fall sharply, in part due to macro concernsShareCastDuring the year, however, sales of its gastro-resistant tablets Deltacortril, which include the active ingredient prednisolone, “continued to be affected by increased competit…
Brave Coen Ashton helps lift organ donor rateCourier MailThe determined 14-year-old, who last year won a Pride of Australia medal for his trailblazing jet-ski ride down the Murray River to raise awareness about organ donation, has helped boost Australi…
Care of heart patients to improve as part of 1000 Lives PlusWalesOnlineThe focus of the work includes improved monitoring of patients who have an irregular heartbeat or chronic heart failure and who take blood thinning medication. Diagnosing people wit…
French TribuneOrgan donor numbers on riseThe AustralianFigures released yesterday by the Australia and New Zealand Organ Donation Registry reveal that Australians continue to wait longer for an organ transplant than people in 23 other countries, includ…
Rapid Diagnosis of Severe Kidney Damage – New Biomarkers TestedHealthCanal.comHow does a doctor determine whether or not an emergency-room patient has acute kidney injury? Using tests currently available in the hospital, this question is often diffic…
Winfield teen killed in crash 'lives on' through organ donationChicago Daily Herald“I don't know why I had this paranoia about organ donation. It was kind of naive,” he said. “It can have such a huge impact on so many people's liv…
Zee NewsNew therapy holds promise for treating chronic liver failureZee NewsNew Delhi: In a first, doctors have used a unique therapy to regenerate liver tissue for patients suffering from chronic liver failure, thus increasing their chances of surviva…
West Orange Carries On Dr. King's LegacyPatch.comWilson became a liver transplant surgeon, and is one of the few African-American liver transplant surgeons in the US He is a founder of the Division of Liver Transplantation at UMDNJ, was part of the…