'Excellent' Survival Seen for Liver Transplant From Live DonorDoctors Lounge11 (HealthDay News) — The 10-year survival rate for patients with acute liver failure who had a living donor liver transplant was 73 percent, a study of patients in Ja…
Scripps Research scientists devise powerful new method for finding therapeutic … – Science Codex
Science CodexScripps Research scientists devise powerful new method for finding therapeutic …Science CodexSince then, such techniques have been used to find antibodies to treat cancer, arthritis, transplant rejection, and other conditions. Humira, an…
Self-awareness – Times of India
Self-awarenessTimes of IndiaIf you wish to be free, know you are the Self, the witness of all these, the heart of awareness. Set your body aside, sit in your own awareness. You will at once be happy, forever still, forever free. Ashtavakra Gita *. From…
Tricky R in Sri Lanka's victory over the LTTE – Daily Pioneer
Tricky R in Sri Lanka's victory over the LTTEDaily PioneerBut it has to win over the Tamil heart. Two key … Intoxicated by its victory, Sri Lanka has upset the West, and to some extent India too, by dragging its feet over investigating alleged wa…
'We get unflinching support from the state'
Mumbai, Sept. 12 — Transparency and state support has made Tamil Nadu's cadaver organ donation programme successful, says Dr Amalorpavanathan, convenor, Cadaver Transplant Programme, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai.What are the major bottlenecks…
Families willing to donate organs wait for state's formal approval
Mumbai, Sept. 12 — It took all of four days for doctors at Fortis hospital to retrieve the kidneys and liver from a 27-year-old brain dead patient.The Goregaon resident had suffered a stroke. He was declared brain-dead on September 2 and was on life-s…
Cell Therapeutics Announces European Launch Of Pixuvri® For Treatment Of … – Sacramento Bee
Proactive Investors USA & CanadaCell Therapeutics Announces European Launch Of Pixuvri® For Treatment Of …Sacramento BeeThe European Medicines Agency's (the "EMA") Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has accepted PIX306, CTI…
Gene therapy technique for children with immune disorder improved
Researchers have enhanced agene therapy approach for children with adenosine deaminase-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency using chemotherapy as conditioning regimen. For the first time, investigators test two different viral vectors to transpor…
Allen out as Gift of Life director
Gift of Life Transplant House in Rochester reports that its executive director is no longer with the organization. There is no interim director, and it's unclear whether a new director will be named. Vicki Allen
GM crop link to liver failure – New Zealand Herald
The West AustralianGM crop link to liver failureNew Zealand HeraldScientists have linked the risk of liver failure and death to wheat being genetically modified in Australian tests. The claims of New Zealand genetics lecturer Jack Heinemann and biochem…