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Two-year-old takes first normal breath with bioartificial windpipe
Medill Reports: Chicago Earlier this month, local and international surgeons performed the nine-hour transplant surgery at the Children’s Hospital in Peoria. What makes this surgery so unique is that the windpipe, or trachea, was created from nanofibers and Hannah’s own stem … |
'My boy would have wanted to help' – South China Morning Post
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‘My boy would have wanted to help’
South China Morning Post ‘My boy would have wanted to help’, says mother on organ donation. Mother who lost her 14-year-old son in a traffic accident says donating his organs has saved up to 20 patients while easing the family’s grief. Wednesday, 01 May, 2013 [Updated: 08:00] … |
Biogen Idec – Too High Too Fast? – Seeking Alpha
Biogen Idec – Too High Too Fast?Seeking AlphaDaclizumab-HYP Phase III data readout expected in 2014. It is also for relapsing forms of MS. Biogen also filed for approval with FDA for Hemophilia Factor 8 for A and 9 for B, based on significant Phase III…
Lake Norman Charter teacher would give his wife a kidney … and he is! – The Lake Norman Citizen
Lake Norman Charter teacher would give his wife a kidney … and he is!The Lake Norman CitizenNow, with Kimberly undergoing regular dialysis treatments, the red-circled date on the Bates family calendar is May 28, when the transplant surgery is schedul…
First kidney transplant from deceased donor carried out in the UAE – The National
First kidney transplant from deceased donor carried out in the UAEThe NationalBut the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Health and Awqaf (General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments), have all recently issued statements endorsing brain death as …
U scientists develop 'calcium sponge' to combat heart failure – Minnesota Medical Foundation (blog)
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U scientists develop ‘calcium sponge’ to combat heart failure
Minnesota Medical Foundation (blog) University of Minnesota researchers have developed a “calcium sponge” that could one day be used to combat diastolic heart failure, a common killer of men and women nationwide. In diastolic heart failure, cardiac cells’ calcium levels rise to the peak … |
Lung transplants donated after cardiac death yielded favorable outcomes – Healio
HealioLung transplants donated after cardiac death yielded favorable outcomesHealioResearchers reported results from the first multicenter study to evaluate outcomes in a large number of cases using the recently established Donation After Cardiac Death…
Subclinical hyperthyroidism linked to heart-failure deaths – TheHeart.Org
Subclinical hyperthyroidism linked to heart-failure deathsTheHeart.OrgCopenhagen, Denmark – Subclinical hyperthyroidism is associated with a 20% increased risk for cardiovascular mortality, primarily driven by heart-failure deaths, according to a large…
Organ donation breathes new life into cystic fibrosis patient – Beacon News – Beacon News
Beacon NewsOrgan donation breathes new life into cystic fibrosis patient – Beacon NewsBeacon NewsBC organ donation program reminds everyone that its easy to sign up to be an organ donor. Darvy Culleton was 30 years old when he received the best Christm…
2-Year-Old Gets Trachea Transplant, Made From Her Own Stem Cells – Science 2.0 (blog)
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2-Year-Old Gets Trachea Transplant, Made From Her Own Stem Cells
Science 2.0 (blog) That will mean no more driver’s license donor permission, no waiting lists and no immunosuppressive drugs. The reason for that optimism was because since 2008 they have already been able to grow and transplant relatively ‘uniform-shaped’ organs like a … |