Abatacept effectively, safely treated RA patients who failed anti-TNF …HealioAbatacept was safe and effective therapy for patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis who had failed to respond to anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy and rituximab in a rec…
Quadruple Amputee's New Hands
Lindsay Ess, 29, Lost Her Limbs to an Infection Five Years Ago
Drug combination acts against aggressive chronic lymphocytic leukemia – Oncology Nurse Advisor
Drug combination acts against aggressive chronic lymphocytic leukemiaOncology Nurse AdvisorThis phase II study enrolled 40 patients with high-risk CLL, who received daily oral doses of 420 mg ibrutinib throughout treatment, weekly infusions of 375 mg/m…
Germany lags behind in organ donations – Deutsche Welle
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Germany lags behind in organ donations
Deutsche Welle In other words, in these countries, once brain death has been established, organs can generally be removed from the deceased, providing they did not specifically object to it while they were still alive. Spain is the global leader in organ donations … COMMENT : Organ donation: the gift of life — Hina Hafeezullah IshaqPakistan Daily Times |
Intestine transplant offer was irresponnsible: Trehan
Gurgaon, Jan 4 (IANS) Criticizing a city hospital for offering free intestinal transplant to the Delhi gang-rape victim, a leading cardiologist, who had monitored her treatment, Friday said the statement was “irresponsible” as the woman had to be stabilized first.
Landmark study in blood stem cell transplant – Medical Xpress
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Landmark study in blood stem cell transplant
Medical Xpress (Medical Xpress)—Before all the excitement about embryonic stem cells, doctors were using hematopoetic – that is, blood-forming—stem cells. Hematopoetic stem cells can replenish all the types of cells in the blood, and are the centerpiece of … |
Photos: Lindsay Ess' Hand Transplant
Lindsay Ess underwent a hand transplant after losing her limbs to a sepsis infection.
First UK hand transplant: Other pioneering transplant procedures – Yahoo! News UK
Yahoo! News UKFirst UK hand transplant: Other pioneering transplant proceduresYahoo! News UKThe number of donors after brain death increased by 2% to 652, while the number of donors after circulatory death increased by 17% to 436. The number of living …
Norfolk horse rider's organ donation helps four people – Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
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Norfolk horse rider’s organ donation helps four people
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press Also, a man in his late teens, who has suffered from cystic fibrosis since birth, had a double-lung transplant and two men – one in his 30s and one in his 60s – benefited from kidney transplants following the death of James Savory, who was on the organ … |
Indian court to rule on generic drug industry – Bismarck Tribune
Indian court to rule on generic drug industryBismarck TribuneEarlier this year, an Indian manufacturer was allowed to produce a far cheaper version of the kidney and liver cancer treatment sorefinib, manufactured by Bayer Corp. Bayer was selling the dr…