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Ethics In Children’s Organ Transplantation
Law360 (subscription) Law360, New York (July 22, 2013, 12:26 PM ET) — New ethical questions have been spurred by the recent lung transplantation case involving a 10-year-old girl from Pennsylvania. Sarah Murnaghan, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at 18 months old, … |
Splanchnic vein thrombosis following renal transplantation: a case report7thSpace Interactive (press release)Splanchnic vein thrombosis following renal transplantation: a case report. Recurrent episodes of venous thrombosis have been closely correlated…
PROCYSBI(R) Receives Positive Opinion for Orphan Drug Exclusivity From the …NASDAQHowever, poor adherence to therapy has been a major challenge resulting in poor sustained control of cystine levels, and patients consequently experience poor clinical …
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Research: Some African American liver recipients fare better with organ from …
The Advocate “Hep C is a huge problem in New Orleans,” said Shores, who also is medical director of liver transplantation at Tulane Medical Center. “More African-Americans suffer from it, as do those in (other) large Southern cities, so all those rates come … |
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Heart transplant recipient works to help others live full lives
Las Vegas Review-Journal Yet even Ham, the medical director for both the Nevada Donor Network and University Medical Center’s kidney transplantation program, admits he has a difficult time believing how normally Simon Keith — the 48-year-old chief operating officer of the … |
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BioDiem Limited shows “proof of principle” in liver disease vaccine program
Proactive Investors Australia … and liver cancer. In the U.S. alone there are an estimated 4.4 million people living with chronic hepatitis, most of which do not know they are infected – with viral hepatitis the leading cause of liver cancer and the most common reason for liver … |
Severe Respiratory Illness Associated With Middle East Respiratory Syndrome …MedscapeThe first French patient, a man aged 64 years with a history of renal transplantation, became ill on April 22, 2013, within 1 week after returning from Dubai. He pre…
Long term follow up of congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura …7thSpace Interactive (press release)He underwent living-related donor kidney transplantation from his mother, but the graft failed after 5 months due to recurrence of TTP. Even af…
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URGENT: Help Anita Balaž
InSerbia News For Anita, there is hope, heart transplantation in hospital that is willing to perform the surgery. Unfortunately, Anita needs money, and majority of medical institutions her parents contacted for help REJECTED to perform the transplantation. Either … |
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Cutting Back on Fat and Sugar (In the Diabetic Liver)
HealthCanal.com “In addition, no medications are approved for fatty liver disease, the number one cause for chronic liver disease and fastest-growing reason for liver transplantation. Notch inhibitors, if efficacious in clinical trials and approved for this purpose … |