The kidney and pancreas transplant program at Methodist Medical Center has been put on hold after a patient was given a kidney meant for someone else, a hospital spokeswoman confirmed.
Test approved to help treat common infection in transplant patients – Medical Xpress
Test approved to help treat common infection in transplant patientsMedical Xpresskidney transplant patients, food and drug administration, dna testing, organ transplant, viral load, viral infections, immune system, new test, newborns, pancreas, pneumon…
Ovary transplant breakthrough lets women give birth in older age
LONDON: Women will be able to give birth in old age following an ovary transplant breakthrough that means they can postpone menopause until well after their 50s.
Darboy boy Charlie Knuth fighting mysterious virus – Appleton Post Crescent
Darboy boy Charlie Knuth fighting mysterious virusAppleton Post CrescentCharlie Knuth and his mother, Trisha, in their Darboy home recently, nearly a year after Charlie underwent a stem cell transplant. Charlie has the life-threatening disease epidermo…
No heart operations at Sassoon for lack of funds – Times of India
No heart operations at Sassoon for lack of fundsTimes of IndiaPune: Poor people who have been advised heart surgeries have been waiting for their turn at the Sassoon general hospital for almost two months now.
Extra Pounds May Offer Protection to Heart Failure Patients
THURSDAY, July 5 (HealthDay News) — Heart failure patients who are carrying extra pounds have a lower risk of death and other heart failure-related health outcomes than thin or normal-weight patients, new research suggests.
Test Approved to Help Treat Common Infection in Transplant Patients
THURSDAY, July 5 (HealthDay News) — The first DNA test to help doctors treat a common viral infection in people who have had a solid organ transplant has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
NIH-funded study finds more precise way to estimate kidney function – Pharmaceutical Processing
NIH-funded study finds more precise way to estimate kidney functionPharmaceutical ProcessingMeasuring creatinine and cystatin C — two markers for chronic kidney disease (CKD) — more precisely estimates kidney function than either marker alone, accord…
FDA Approves Roche Test to Track Progress Treating Common Infection in Organ Transplant Patients
FDA Approves Roche Test to Track Progress Treating Common Infection in Organ Transplant Patients
FDA approves first DNA test to help manage CMV infection in organ transplant patients
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first DNA test to help health care professionals gauge the progress of anti-viral treatment in solid organ transplant patients undergoing cytomegalovirus (CMV) antiviral therapy.