TUCSON, Ariz., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — SynCardia Systems, Inc. ( www.syncardia.com ), manufacturer of the world's first and only FDA, Health Canada and CE (Europe) approved Total Artificial Heart, …
WEDNESDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) — Three new studies confirm that the drug lenalidomide can significantly lengthen the time that people with multiple myeloma experience no worsening of their disease, either after having a stem cell transplant or gett…
In article in New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Philip L. McCarthy and co-authors report significant time-to-progression benefit as well as survival benefit for patients who took maintenance doses of lenalidomide following stem-cell transplant.
( Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ) For the first time, scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have transplanted brain cancer patients' own gene-modified blood stem cells in order to protect their bone marrow against the toxic …
A new study says health monopolies are already happening and not because of the health law.
THURSDAY, April 26 (HealthDay News) — Racial disparities in kidney transplants for U.S. children have fallen since a new policy was introduced in 2005 by the United Network for Organ Sharing, researchers say.
Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have shown the ability to turn scar tissue that forms after a heart attack into heart muscle cells using a new process that eliminates the need for stem cell transplant.
COCOA, Fla., April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — New data presented today studied the safety of the GeNO system for delivering inhaled nitric oxide (NO) to patients being evaluated for cardiac transplant. …
XDx, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company focused on the development and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high value non-invasive tests to monitor immune status in transplant recipients and autoimmune diseases, today announced positive …
Thousands of Americans are waiting for new organs and many will not live long enough to get them. One young patient is raising her voice to bring attention to the need for organ donors. CBS News correspondent Seth Doane reports.