Telegraph.co.ukNobel winner Yamanaka's priority goal: 'iPS Stock'The Japan TimesIn the iPS Stock project, Yamanaka plans to derive the cell lines from people with a special white blood cell type that is far less likely to lead to transplant…
Portable device points to better lung transplants
LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists have successfully tested a portable device to prepare lungs for transplant, potentially boosting the number of organs available and reducing the risk the operation will fail. The Organ Care System, which has been tested on…
Transplanted Nuclei and Cell Differentiation, by Sir John B. Gurdon
Editor’s note (10/9/2012): We are making the text of this article freely available for 30 days because the author, Sir John B. Gurdon, is one of the winners of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine . The full article with images, which was p…
Early communication strategies improve end of liver transplant patients’ lives
A multidisciplinary communication intervention involving physicians and family members of liver transplant patients treated in surgical intensive care units can improve end-of-life care, show study results.
Eric Abidal training in Pyrenees after liver transplant – Times of India
Eric Abidal training in Pyrenees after liver transplantTimes of IndiaAbidal had an operation to remove a tumour from his liver in March 2011 before making a triumphant return two months later to lift the Champions League trophy after Barca's victor…
Mylan Announces Settlement Deal For Generic Version Of Orapred ODT – Quick … – NASDAQ
Mylan Announces Settlement Deal For Generic Version Of Orapred ODT – Quick …NASDAQ(RTTNews.com) – Mylan Inc. (MYL) announced that it has entered into a settlement agreement with Shionogi Inc. and CIMA Labs Inc. that will resolve patent litigation rel…
Mylan Announces Settlement Agreement for its First-to-File Generic Version of … – The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Mylan Announces Settlement Agreement for its First-to-File Generic Version of …The Herald | HeraldOnline.comPITTSBURGH, Oct. 9, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) today announced that it has entered into a settlement agreement with Shi…
Chronic kidney disease alters intestinal microbial flora, study finds – Medical Xpress
Chronic kidney disease alters intestinal microbial flora, study findsMedical Xpress(Medical Xpress)—Chronic kidney disease changes the composition of intestinal bacterial microbes that normally play a crucial role in staving off disease-causing patho…
Brain-Invading Amoebas Kill Ten in Pakistan – Smithsonian (blog)
Smithsonian (blog)Brain-Invading Amoebas Kill Ten in PakistanSmithsonian (blog)But within five to seven days, as the amoeba makes itself at home in the brain, death almost always arrives. Most cases of N. fowleri, which often manifests in children, are…
Dubai debtor willing to put up kidney for sale to pay off Dh90,000 – The National
The NationalDubai debtor willing to put up kidney for sale to pay off Dh90,000The National"People travel to Pakistan, India, the Philippines and China. "There's a lot of problems from people who are returning with those kidneys. They are …