Firefly sheds new light on Bronson Battle Creek surgeriesBattle Creek EnquirerDr. Kevin Brewton, an urologist and member of the BBC medical staff is the first physician in Southwest Michigan to use this minimally invasive surgery technology for a parti…
Doctors waited four days for suitable donor
Mumbai, Aug. 15 — Doctors treating former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, in Chennai, waited for four days to find a liver donor for him, but failed to find a suitable match.Deshmukh was advised a liver transplant after he was diagnosed …
Pa. Mom’s Efforts For Heart Transplant For Autistic Son Highlights Complexity Of Decision
A Schuylkill County, Pa. mother has turned to an online petition web site to try to get a Philadelphia hospital to put her adult son on a heart transplant list.
Vilasrao Deshmukh died of cardiac arrest: Doctor – Times of India
Vilasrao Deshmukh died of cardiac arrest: DoctorTimes of IndiaIndiatimes|The Times of India|The Economic Times|. More. More … MUMBAI: Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh died of cardiac failure, said renowned doctor Mohammed Rela of Chennai's Global…
Claim: Heart Transplant Denied Due To Man’s Autism
Karen Corby says she was "stunned" when doctors turned down her 23-year-old son for a heart transplant citing his autism diagnosis. Now she's hoping an online petition could change his fortune.
Hepatitis B: The silent killer – Hindu Business Line
Hepatitis B: The silent killerHindu Business LineIn Taiwan, a similar intervention is reversing the prevalence of liver cancer in kids, he added. In India, about 25-40 million people have Hepatitis B and a lakh die each year from serious liver diseases…
Engineered pancreatic tissues could lead to better transplants for diabetics
Researchers have built pancreatic tissue with insulin-secreting cells, surrounded by a three-dimensional network of blood vessels. When they transplanted the tissue into diabetic mice, the cells began functioning well enough to lower blood sugar levels…
Reasons To Own AbbVie After Abbott Splits In Two – Seeking Alpha
Reasons To Own AbbVie After Abbott Splits In TwoSeeking AlphaAbbott also expects Phase III results for Daclizumab in 2014. The drug is used to treat multiple sclerosis, an inflammatory disease affecting the nervous system affecting an estimated 2.1 mil…
Celebrating Liberal Arts – Bucknell University
Celebrating Liberal ArtsBucknell UniversityKen Field. Associate professor of biology. "If these drugs are found to specifically block transplant rejection without generally suppressing the immune system, it would be very exciting." › Full s…
Charlie Knuth out of hospital after second stem-cell transplant – WTAQ
Charlie Knuth out of hospital after second stem-cell transplantWTAQMINNEAPOLIS (WTAQ) – A six-year-old Fox Valley boy with a rare skin disease has been released from a hospital after his second stem-cell transplant. His father says Charlie Knuth of Dar…