( Heidelberg University Hospital ) Kidney transplants performed in Europe are considerably more successful in the long run than those performed in the United States. Researchers from Heidelberg, Germany, have described the large discrepancy for the fir…
Title: Melanoma Odds Doubled for Transplant, Lymphoma Patients: Study Category: Health News Created: 10/10/2012 2:05:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 10/11/2012 12:00:00 AM
A Phase I clinical trial led by investigators from the University of California, San Francisco and sponsored by Stem Cells Inc., showed that neural stem cells successfully engrafted into the brains of patients and appear to have produced myelin.
( University of California – San Francisco ) A Phase I clinical trial led by investigators from the University of California, San Francisco and sponsored by Stem Cells Inc., showed that neural stem cells successfully engrafted into the brains of patien…
HORSHOLM, Denmark, Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Veloxis will give two upcoming data presentations that further define the profile of LCP-Tacro compared to other tacrolimus formulations. The first study …
A multidisciplinary communication intervention involving physicians and family members of liver transplant patients treated in surgical intensive care units can improve end-of-life care, show study results.
( Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center ) The high rate of non-diabetic kidney disease in African-Americans is strongly associated with variations in a particular gene. Yet, not everyone who inherits these variations develops the disease.
Nearly 20 percent of people — or 1 in 5 — who go through low back fusion surgery develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, according to a new study. While past studies have documented PTSD symptoms in trauma, cancer and organ transpla…
According to reconstructive surgeons who presented study results today at the 2012 American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress, a recently developed standard scoring system that measures a patient's ability to return to a normal life pred…
MARIETTA, Ga. (CNN) — After surviving a near-fatal car accident, Kaitlin Hunter found herself battling a devastating bacterial infection in her colon that also threatened her life.