The Big Interview with Prof Gary JeffreyABC Online (blog)On world Hepatitis day we learn about the disease from the Medical Director of the West Australian Liver Transplantation Service at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Professor Gary Jeffrey. And we a…

Transplant Games of America kicks off Saturday By Sheena McFarland The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jul 27, 2012 06:49PM MDT More than 1,000 organ recipients and living donors will gather in Grand Rapids, Mich., Saturday to compete in Olympics-style gam…

Smoking Tied to Risk for Hepatitis Return After Liver TransplantU.S. News & World ReportThe study was published in the July issue of the journal Liver Transplantation. "Our findings suggest that recurrence of viral hepatitis may be more frequent a…

ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplantation Can Increase Living Organ Donation …BernamaKUALA LUMPUR, July 27 (Bernama) — The ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplantation is expected to increase the rate of living kidney donation by 30 per cent, Health Minist…

Race, insurance status related to likelihood of being assessed for kidney …Science CodexThe findings may help explain the racial and socioeconomic disparities in access to kidney transplantation that are well documented. A kidney transplant is the be…

Race, insurance status related to likelihood of being assessed for kidney …Medical XpressThe findings may help partially explain the racial and socioeconomic disparities in access to kidney transplantation that are well documented. "Disparities …

Race, insurance status related to likelihood of being assessed for kidney …EurekAlert (press release)The findings may help explain the racial and socioeconomic disparities in access to kidney transplantation that are well documented. A kidney transpl…

Race, Insurance Status Related to Likelihood of Being Assessed for Kidney …Newswise (press release)The article, entitled “Association of Race and Insurance Type with Delayed Assessment for Kidney Transplantation among Patients Initiating Dialysis i…

Doctors say a County Monaghan teenager who made medical history by using his own stem cells to rebuild his throat is making a successful recovery.

WEDNESDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) — Two years after he became the first child to receive a stem cell-supported trachea (windpipe) transplant, a 13-year-old boy is able to breathe normally, has grown about four inches taller, does not require any ant…