A tiny heart pump that maintains blood flow in babies and small children with serious heart failure proved effective and life-saving in a pioneering study involving 17 institutions led by Texas Childr
Los Angeles, Aug 11 (IANS) Mars rover Curiosity will undergo a "brain transplant" over the weekend with a software upgrade to prepare for new tasks ahead, NASA has said.
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Berlin Heart announced today that a study published in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) concludes that survival using …
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hooking seriously-ill children to a pump that assists the heart helps them live longer than those hooked to a heart-lung machine while they await a heart transplant, doctors report in a new study. "The device did well; …
HOUSTON, Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — A tiny heart pump that maintains blood flow in babies and small children with serious heart failure proved effective and life-saving in a pioneering study involving …
SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — For kidney failure patients with living donors who are not a match, kidney paired donation offers an alternative with outstanding results, concludes a study published in this month's edition of t…
A new study has revealed patients taking a drug called sirolimus receive more of its anti-cancer benefits if they drink a glass of grapefruit juice every day along with the drug
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Berlin Heart Group announced today that the FDA has granted approval for their Post Approval Study, a condition of the "Humanitarian Device Exemption" …
Suppose patient-specific, blood-producing stem cells could be generated in the laboratory, eliminating the need for harvesting bone marrow – or finding a matching donor – for patients needing a bone marrow transplant? A German research team has gen…
Emma Leuschen of Mechanicsburg has volunteered to raise awareness of organ donation and transplant needs since 2003. For Leuschen, it is personal. Her brother had a kidney transplant.