Gilead to license hepatitis C drug to lower-cost manufacturers in IndiaMSN MoneyThe Foster City, California-based company has said the price is fair because the treatment offers a potential cure for the liver-destroying virus without injections of inte…
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Moorhead Man Celebrates 15 yr. Milestone
KVRR It was November 1998, when Nelson underwent a rare double transplant surgery to get his sister’s pancreas and kidney. “I was the 25th person to have that transplant so there hasn’t been many where they take pancreas from a live donor fear of them … |
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Blood donation days a success
Register-Herald Thursday’s Blood Donation Day held at the Eaton Church of the Visitation and hosted by Theta Mu Chapter of Delta Theta Tau Sorority, was a success with 132 donors registering and 119 blood products collected. This will help at least 350 patients in … |
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5 Questions: David Magnus on understanding brain death
Scope (blog) When is a person considered dead? Two recent cases have thrust the issue of “brain death” back into the national conversation. In Texas, the brain-dead Marlise Muñoz was connected to machines that kept her other vital organs functioning — over the … |
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Sales of human body parts ‘outlawed’
Daily News In 1994, India passed the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, which banned both the sale of human organs and organ transplants between non-relatives. South Africa adopted the Human Tissue Act of 1983, which outlaws the transfer of tissue (including … |
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Kentucky sets record for organ donor registration
WKYT Since 1992, the Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks’ Trust for Life has worked to encourage organ donation registration and raise money for awareness, so that others can benefit from life-saving and life-improving organs and tissues. Every day, 18 people in … |
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Some receive unnecessary prioritization for liver transplantation, says Penn …
Science Codex (PHILADELPHIA) – Patients waiting for liver transplants who develop hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), a lung disorder associated with end-stage liver disease, are eligible to move up on the wait list. In a new paper published in Gastroenterology, however … |
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Some receive unnecessary prioritization for liver transplantation, says Penn …
EurekAlert (press release) (PHILADELPHIA) – Patients waiting for liver transplants who develop hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), a lung disorder associated with end-stage liver disease, are eligible to move up on the wait list. In a new paper published in Gastroenterology, however … |
Some receive unnecessary prioritization for liver transplantation, study saysMedical XpressPatients waiting for liver transplants who develop hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), a lung disorder associated with end-stage liver disease, are eligible to move …
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Some Patients Receive Unnecessary Prioritization for Liver Transplantation
Newswise (press release) Newswise — (PHILADELPHIA) – Patients waiting for liver transplants who develop hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), a lung disorder associated with end-stage liver disease, are eligible to move up on the wait list. In a new paper published in … |