Orgenesis Inc. Increases Depth of Governance With Latest Board AppointeeMarketWatch (press release)The Company believes that converting the diabetic patient's own tissue into insulin-producing cells overcomes the problem of donor shortage and remov…
Brother can you spare me a lung?Moneyweb.co.zaThe discovery of cyclosporone in soil fungus gave the world an answer to transplant-rejection. The survival rate has since increased dramatically. Still, the manual warns: “The decision to receive a trans…
Human cloning: Is it possible?mydigitalfc.comIn 2002, a British biotechnology company reported that it was the first to produce “double knock-out” pigs that have been genetically engineered to lack both copies of a gene involved in transplant rejec…
Accelerating The Drug Approval ProcessLife Science Leader MagazineBased on cyclosporine, a compound originally used for the suppression of organ transplant rejection, RESTASIS was able to take advantage of the well-known liver toxicity data in addition…
Exosome-delivered microRNAs of "chromosome 19 microRNA cluster"as …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Implications of the hypothesisMimics of C19MC-derived miRNAs might develop to useful drug candidates for the treatment of autoimmune dise…
Independent Online'Natural does not equal safe'Independent OnlineDr Ulbricht also warned that garlic supplements, which are taken to reduce blood pressure, can interfere with anti-clotting medications and the immunosuppressant drug cyclosporine…
Corneal transplantationLaser Focus worldCorneal immunological privilege allows corneal transplantations to remain rejection free, without the use of prophylaxis, in about 80% of low-risk transplantations such as those for keratoconus.54 Corneal transpl…
Low Vitamin D Linked to Poorer Outcomes in Lung RecipientsDoctors LoungeFor lung transplant recipients, 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency is associated with increased incidence of acute rejection and infection, and deficiency at one year after transplant …
Also in the pressOnMedicaSupplements taken to reduce blood pressure can interfere with anti-clotting drugs and cyclosporine, an immunosuppressant medicine, which prevents transplant rejection, says the Mail. The Wall Street Journal (p6) says: “The fi…
Daily MailMixing herbal remedies with conventional GP drugs 'could put lives at risk'Daily MailDr Ulbricht also warned that garlic supplements, which are taken to reduce blood pressure, can interfere with anti-clotting medications and the immun…