Tolera Therapeutics closes Series B-3 financing, raises $5.5 million to submit …MarketWatch (press release)Tolera Therapeutics closes Series B-3 financing, raises $5.5 million to submit Phase 3 Special Protocol Assessment for its immune targeting bio…
FDA Nod for BMY Drug Label Update
Bristol-Myers announced that the FDA has cleared a label update for Baraclude.
Infant heart recipient released from hospital
Eight-month-old heart transplant Andrew Hagewood is set to be released from the hospital for the first time Tuesday afternoon.
The role of mTOR inhibitors in the inhibition of growth and cortisol secretion … – UroToday
The role of mTOR inhibitors in the inhibition of growth and cortisol secretion …UroTodayThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the mTOR inhibitors sirolimus and temsirolimus on human ACC cell growth and cortisol production. In H295, HAC…
Pancreas/Kidney Graft Improves Survival for Type 1 Patients – Clinical Endocrinology News Digital Network
Pancreas/Kidney Graft Improves Survival for Type 1 PatientsClinical Endocrinology News Digital NetworkAfter that time, patients receiving a single kidney began to receive basiliximab and the dual-transplant patients got thymoglobulin. The overall 15-ye…
Gene Linked to Kidney Failure
Reported by Julielynn Wong, MD A single gene may shed light on why more than half of transplanted kidneys fail in 10 years, a new study found. The study of nearly 4,500 European transplant recipients, some whom were followed for 20 years, found kidneys…
Maharashtra govt to rope in spiritual leaders for creating awareness on organ … – Times of India
Maharashtra govt to rope in spiritual leaders for creating awareness on organ …Times of IndiaAccording to the health department officials, the department wants more people to come out and pledge to donate their organs after their death. If people und…
Allegiance Health receives national award for boosting organ donation efforts – The Jackson Citizen Patriot – MLive.com
The Jackson Citizen Patriot – MLive.comAllegiance Health receives national award for boosting organ donation effortsThe Jackson Citizen Patriot – MLive.comAbout 400,000 people joined the Michigan Organ Donor Registry in 2011, compared to 320,000 in 201…
Americans' heart devices reused safely in India – Reuters India
Americans' heart devices reused safely in IndiaReuters IndiaNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – U.S. patients' used heart devices can be safely implanted in seriously ill heart disease patients in the developing world, a study out Monday suggests. &quo…
Update: One heart patient may have gotten tainted drugs from Framingham pharmacy
Federal drug regulators now say only one heart transplant patient — not two – may have acquired a fungal infection from drugs made by a Framingham pharmacy, according to an update posted on the Food and Drug Administration website. On Monday, the FDA …