10Dec/17

Best use of lifesavers: A good step for fairness in liver transplants – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Best use of lifesavers: A good step for fairness in liver transplants
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
UNOS has pledged to monitor the policy’s effects, and the transplant community is bound to revisit the issue in coming years. Doctors also are working to reduce the need for livers from deceased donors; for example, 49 of 93 transplants at UPMC and 11

10Dec/17

Donors say Malawi corruption still worsening: Calls for ‘further reforms’ to deal with fraud gangsters in govt – Nyasa Times


Nyasa Times

Donors say Malawi corruption still worsening: Calls for ‘further reforms’ to deal with fraud gangsters in govt
Nyasa Times
Heads of Mission of Britain, United States of America, Ireland, Germany, Norway, Japan, European Union and Union Nations gave a candid assessment of the fight against corruption in a statement to mark UN-designated International Anti-Corruption Day on

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10Dec/17

Bundy, the biker dog who has clocked up 1 million kilometres to raise funds for charity – The Sydney Morning Herald


The Sydney Morning Herald

Bundy, the biker dog who has clocked up 1 million kilometres to raise funds for charity
The Sydney Morning Herald
Mr O’Grady says Bundy is far safer than a dog riding in the back of a ute. The pair have ridden about 85,000 kilometres around Australia this year to attend fundraisers, from small events for children with rare illnesses to those held by larger

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09Dec/17

Gene therapy improves immunity in babies with ‘bubble boy’ disease – Medical Xpress


Medical Xpress

Gene therapy improves immunity in babies with ‘bubble boy’ disease
Medical Xpress
Ewelina Mamcarz, M.D., presents research at the 2017 ASH conference that indicates that the St. Jude XSCID gene therapy has been well tolerated and effective for infants as young as 2 months old. Credit: Peter Barta / St. Jude Children’s Research

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09Dec/17

Immunotherapy Drug for Rheumatoid Arthritis Nearly Eliminates Severe Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease after … – Life Pulse Health

Immunotherapy Drug for Rheumatoid Arthritis Nearly Eliminates Severe Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease after …
Life Pulse Health
For patients receiving cells from an unrelated donor, the rate of mild-to-severe forms of acute GvHD can reach as high as 80 percent, with up to half of patients dying from the most severe forms. “Given the serious threat of graft-versus-host disease

09Dec/17

Immunotherapy drug nearly eliminates severe acute graft-versus … – EurekAlert (press release)


EurekAlert (press release)

Immunotherapy drug nearly eliminates severe acute graft-versus …
EurekAlert (press release)
Results from a phase 2 clinical trial, presented by Seattle Children’s Research Institute at the 59th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, show that the drug Abatacept (Orencia) nearly eliminated life-threatening severe acute graft

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