Man held for selling kidney of 'lover'Times of IndiaWhen Manju agreed, the accused fixed a deal and sold the kidney for Rs 10 lakh. "The operation was carried out after the accused prepared fake legal documents for kidney transplantation. …
Richton Park woman awaits double lung transplant
Pamela Carpenter looks forward to the day when she can hike, travel and resume her volunteer and church activities. It’s this positive outlook that keeps the Richton Park woman going day after day while she waits for a double lung transplant . Twenty…
Pfizer to Plead Guilty in Rapamune Settlement
Pfizer to Plead Guilty in Rapamune Settlement
Pfizer to Plead Guilty to Misdemeanor in Rapamune Settlement
Pfizer to Plead Guilty to Misdemeanor in Rapamune Settlement
Is Hélène Campbell right about the organ donor crisis? – Macleans.ca
Macleans.caIs Hélène Campbell right about the organ donor crisis?Macleans.caThis logic comes through in other social media forays into organ donation, such as Facebook's. In May, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social media giant …
Kidney Transplants: Should More Multiple Myeloma Patients Receive Them? – The Myeloma Beacon
Kidney Transplants: Should More Multiple Myeloma Patients Receive Them?The Myeloma BeaconResearchers from the United Kingdom recently published a review in which they assess the role of kidney transplantation in multiple myeloma. The authors conclude t…
'Force people to state if they want to be organ donors' – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk'Force people to state if they want to be organ donors'Telegraph.co.ukThey were given nine possible choices, but almost half chose this option: “Change the consent system for organ donation – either to presumed consent for orga…
Belatacept after a kidney transplant: Minor added benefit for certain patients
After a kidney transplant, patients receive drugs such as the new agent belatacept, to prevent rejection of the donor kidney. In a dossier assessment by IQWiG, treatment with belatacept was compared with cyclosporine A. According to the assessment, ser…
A Better Process
The role of the new — and contentious — National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences is to " develop, demonstrate, and then disseminate improvements" to the process of translating basic findings to the clinic, NCATS chief Chris Au…
Immune system breakthrough gives hope to IVF – Herald Sun
Immune system breakthrough gives hope to IVFHerald SunIf high, he will prescribe a low dose of steroid prednisolone and blood-thinning medicine clexane. "We know these medications are safe and that they work. They are also cheap and available,&quo…