In the 1950s Sir Roy Calne found ways to stop the human immune system from rejecting implanted hearts, livers and kidneys.
Experimental technology could transform field of lung transplantation – Virtual Press Office (press release)
Experimental technology could transform field of lung transplantationVirtual Press Office (press release)Experimental technology could transform field of lung transplantation. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — First there was the &q…
Azathioprine exposure concerns raised for SLE mothers – News-Medical.net
Azathioprine exposure concerns raised for SLE mothersNews-Medical.netTweet. By Lynda Williams, Senior medwireNews Reporter. Researchers have raised the possibility of an increased risk for developmental delay in the children of mothers who used azathio…
Doctors should consider hepatitis C testing: panel
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A government-backed panel advises doctors to "consider offering screening" for hepatitis C to adults born between 1945 and 1965, in a draft statement released today. The recommendations, from the U.S. Preventive Se…
Cyclosporine And Tacrolimus Combination Proves Effective In The Treatment Of … – Science 2.0
Cyclosporine And Tacrolimus Combination Proves Effective In The Treatment Of …Science 2.0A new substance class for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases now promises increased efficacy paired with fewer side effects…
India's Gay Pride – Aljazeera.com
Aljazeera.comIndia's Gay PrideAljazeera.comDelhi, India – More than a thousand people thronged into the heart of India's capital for the fifth edition of the Delhi Queer Pride Parade that took place on Sunday in support of the LGBT (Lesbian, Ga…
Smoking caused 100million premature deaths in India, study finds – Daily Mail
Daily MailSmoking caused 100million premature deaths in India, study findsDaily Mail… smoking epidemic, the paper stated. In India, lung cancer grew rapidly between 1950 and 1959, and doubled between 1954 and 1957. The paper pointed out that bidi is …
Anti-nuke madness & global warming – Pakistan Observer
Anti-nuke madness & global warmingPakistan ObserverOver two-thirds of them are being built in the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China), where economies are growing fast and governments are increasingly concerned about both pollution and climate …
Afflicted by only tumour of its kind in the world, teacher fights and wins – Times of India
Afflicted by only tumour of its kind in the world, teacher fights and winsTimes of IndiaAdding to the rareness, the neuroendocrine tumour or NET, as it is better known, was lodged on the biliary tract that rises from the liver and carries bile juice to…
Multiple myeloma specialist to speak
When Sandy Hirsch was diagnosed with a blood cancer in 2009, she traveled to Duke University for a bone marrow transplant.