Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have opened a clinical trial to test the theory that giving a patient a new immune system can cure severe cases of Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Chimerix, Inc., a biotechnology company developing orally-available antiviral therapeutics, today announced the presentation of data showing …

SACRAMENTO — For children receiving kidney transplants, a potentially correctable blood condition present in about one in four recipients is associated with a moderately increased risk of the graft's later failure, suggesting that clinicians shou…

Smoking increases the risk of reinfection with viral hepatitis in people receiving liver transplants, according to a new study.

HAIFA, Israel — Pluristem Therapeutics, Inc. , today announced that in anticipation of initiating a Phase II study using PLX-PAD cells for the treatment of Intermittent Claudication (IC), the company …

We are very interested in hepatitis C as it is the most common indication for liver transplant in the Western world. The difficulty is that recurrence happens in the majority of patients within the first 2 to 7 years after transplant, and occasionally …

MONTREAL, July 18 (UPI) — Liver transplant patients who smoke, or smoked in the past, have a higher risk of viral hepatitis reinfection, Canadian researchers found.

Northwestern University study finds some agencies seek help on Craigslist and never even do drug or background testing.

HERMISTON — Shortly after Liam Moore began walking again, the 10-year-old's parents gave him a

Study Finds Agencies Don't Do Drug Testing, Training or Background Checks