01Feb/13

Stockton woman becomes 1000th patient to undergo transplant of own bone … – The Northern Echo

Stockton woman becomes 1000th patient to undergo transplant of own bone
The Northern Echo
Professor Matthew Collin, director of bone marrow transplantation, who treated Anne, said: “By collecting and reserving some of the stem cells created in the bone marrow, we can give higher doses of chemotherapy to treat a disease, and then restore the

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01Feb/13

Team Of Doctors Successfully Perform Double Arm Transplant On Veteran – Singularity Hub


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Team Of Doctors Successfully Perform Double Arm Transplant On Veteran
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The risk of transplant rejection is high, so the Hopkins team employed an innovative approach of infusing Brendan with bone marrow cells harvested from the donor’s lower vertebrae. This allows him to take only some of the standard three-drug regiments

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01Feb/13

'An Engineer's View on How to Extend the Lives of Congestive Heart Failure … – Saint Louis University


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‘An Engineer’s View on How to Extend the Lives of Congestive Heart Failure
Saint Louis University
ST. LOUIS — As the leading cause of death in the western world, congestive heart failure is on the top of many Americans’ minds. Theodosios Alexander, Sc.D. (a.k.a. Theodosios Korakianitis), Dean of Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and

01Feb/13

Time to kidney transplant varies by race, insurance

(NEW YORK) Reuters Health – Kidney disease patients who are black or lack private health insurance are less likely to get matched up with a donor organ before needing to go on dialysis, a new study suggests. Still, researchers said, as long as patients get a kidney transplant within a year or so of starting dialysis, any extra benefit of a pre-dialysis transplant may be low. “It’s a possible …

01Feb/13

Manx athlete died from organ failure after being taken ill – Energy FM


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Manx athlete died from organ failure after being taken ill
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It’s been confirmed that a Manx athlete who died in South Korea suffered multi-organ failure. 25-year-old Gareth Cowin died on Wednesday at the Asan Hospital in Seoul. According to the Special Olympics International and World Games Organising
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