A former pub landlord from West Yorkshire has become the first person in the UK to have a hand transplant.
Surgeons chisel away 'stone' from man's heart – Times of India
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Surgeons chisel away ‘stone’ from man’s heart
Times of India CHENNAI: A team of Chennai surgeons recently laid down their scalpels for chisels and hammers to mend the heart of a 53-year-old worker. The patient had three stone-like objects – one as large as a lemon. Two of them were inside the heart and one … |
Immucor to Acquire the LIFECODES(R) Business From Hologic, Inc. – GlobeNewswire (press release)
Immucor to Acquire the LIFECODES(R) Business From Hologic, Inc.GlobeNewswire (press release)The LIFECODES business specializes in pre-transplant human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing and screening to ensure the most compatible match between patient and …
COMMENT : Organ donation: the gift of life — Hina Hafeezullah Ishaq – Pakistan Daily Times
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COMMENT : Organ donation: the gift of life — Hina Hafeezullah Ishaq
Pakistan Daily Times Now, though card-less, I am still a potential multi-organ donor, with instructions to my family in this regard, but our government should issue Organ Donor Cards to potential donors to enable swift removal of organs. Pakistan was a booming hub for the … |
City docs correct 6-month old's heart – Times of India
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City docs correct 6-month old’s heart
Times of India NAGPUR: Until a few days back, the cry of six month old Anjali Borkar would send a shiver down her parent’s spine as the girl would turn blue. Her lips, fingers of hands and toes would be completely blue and she would be breathless. Now, after … |
AbbVie targets 2015 growth with focus on new specialty drugs – Worcester Telegram
AbbVie targets 2015 growth with focus on new specialty drugsWorcester TelegramAbbVie also is developing daclizumab, a treatment for multiple sclerosis in the late stage of clinical trials that may reach the market by late 2015 or early 2016. Finally, t…
Have Japanese Researchers Invented the Cure for Cancer and HIV? – Medical Daily
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Have Japanese Researchers Invented the Cure for Cancer and HIV?
Medical Daily … Immunology and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. Best of all, the technique boosts the power of the patient’s own immune system, meaning that the chances of transplant rejection is very low. (Photo : Jim Bourg … |
Matisse's return postponed – Hawke's Bay Today
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Matisse’s return postponed
Hawke’s Bay Today “Matisse started having [transplant] rejection issues on December 20, their belongings had already been sent home in a container, so they were sitting there with a suitcase each and nothing else. “We are pretty crushed, everyone was so looking forward … |
Organ transplant scandal prompts calls for German reforms
The head of the German doctors’ lobby and politicians called Thursday for swift action to root out corruption following a scandal over preferential treatment for organ transplants.
Free pound of coffee in exchange for blood donation – WebsterPost.com
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Free pound of coffee in exchange for blood donation
WebsterPost.com Dunkin Donuts and the American Red Cross are kicking off the sixth annual “Give a Pint, Get a Pound” campaign Thursday. The campaign encourages Rochester residents to donate blood during the month of January, which is nationally recognized as Blood … Blood drives plannednwitimes.com |