A third University of Toledo Medical Center employee has been suspended with pay for his involvement in a surgery this month that went awry when a viable kidney was thrown away into a pool of other medical waste instead of being transplanted into the d…
The University of Toledo Medical Center has hired a transplant surgeon and expert in his field to review its living kidney donor program in the wake of a bungled surgery earlier this month that resulted in a viable kidney being discarded.
JDRF, in collaboration with The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (HCT), announced today that it has finalized a grant in the area of islet cell encapsulation to Dr. Camillo Ricordi, M.D. and a team of investigators at the Diabetes Resear…
( JDRF ) JDRF, in collaboration with the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, announced today that it has finalized a grant in the area of islet cell encapsulation to Dr. Camillo Ricordi, M.D. and a team of investigators at the Diabetes Res…
Researchers have built pancreatic tissue with insulin-secreting cells, surrounded by a three-dimensional network of blood vessels. When they transplanted the tissue into diabetic mice, the cells began functioning well enough to lower blood sugar levels…
Imagine a man with a recent severe heart attack who has the muscle repaired with stem cells or a child with a severe bladder defect repaired with stem cells grown on a biodegradable scaffold. Sounds like science fiction but these are actual clinical st…
Sheila Cuerdo, an 18-year-old Business Administration major living in Infanta, Quezon rarely got sick – in fact, her relatively good health and strong body was something that her mother Menchie often remarked to others. In November of 2011, however, …
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In a world’s first, University of B.C. scientists used human embryonic stem cell transplants to reverse diabetes in mice with the disease.
For the past two years the top individual fundraiser for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon has been honored with the Richard and Maggie Daley award for their efforts in raising money for charities associated with the race. Winnetka resident Dr. Jose…