28Mar/14

Amgen expands trial of Cytokinetics heart failure drug – San Francisco Business Times (blog)

Amgen expands trial of Cytokinetics heart failure drug
San Francisco Business Times (blog)
The goal of the trial is to study omecamtiv mecarbil’s safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics — or how the body reacts to the drug — in patients with heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Patients in the 20-week trial over about
Cytokinetics Announces the Opening to Enrollment of the Expansion of COSMIC ACN Newswire (press release)

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28Mar/14

Death Row inmate remained hopeful for transplant until state closed the door – Columbus Dispatch (blog)


Columbus Dispatch (blog)

Death Row inmate remained hopeful for transplant until state closed the door
Columbus Dispatch (blog)
Death Row killer Ronald Phillips remained hopeful he could be able to donate a kidney to his ailing mother right up to the time the state closed the door on his transplant surgery. A newly released Feb. 26 email from Timothy Sweeney, Phillips’ attorney

28Mar/14

Rohn Neugebauer's Body Is Rejected For Organ Donation Because He Was Gay – Huffington Post


Advocate.com

Rohn Neugebauer’s Body Is Rejected For Organ Donation Because He Was Gay
Huffington Post
BERLIN, GERMANY – NOVEMBER 13: In this photo illustration a real organ donor’s card (Organspendeausweis) from public health insurer Techniker Krankenkasse is seen on November 13, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. German health insurance companies are …
After Death, Man Is Rejected as Organ Donor for Being GayAdvocate.com
Man Who Raised Money For Organ Donation Dies, Is Rejected As Organ Donor ThinkProgress
Healthy Organ Donor Rejected Because He Was Gay, Family SaysOpposing Views

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28Mar/14

Mother of brain-dead Jahi McMath says daughter is 'still sleeping' – Los Angeles Times

Mother of brain-dead Jahi McMath says daughter is ‘still sleeping’
Los Angeles Times
Also; ‘Inevitable’: As Jahi McMath deteriorates, brain-death case nears end · Jahi McMath: Expert criticizes keeping girl on ventilator · Jahi McMath Q&A: Can brain death be reversed? Jahi McMath’s mother insists brain-dead girl is ‘not a corpse’. A

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