Sudanese sisters donate kidney, liver to save 12-year-old brotherHindustan TimesGadkarim underwent a 16-hour combined liver and kidney transplant surgery. The Sudanese boy was discharged on Thursday, 17 days after the combined transplant surgery. "…
Canada's first liver cell transplant takes place in Calgary
( Alberta Health Services ) Physicians at Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary, Alberta, successfully completed a series of liver cell transplants earlier this month on a three-month-old girl. It is the first time the procedure has been performed…
Traffic cops of the immune system
A certain type of immune cell — the regulatory T cell, or Treg for short — is in charge of putting on the brakes on the immune response. In a way, this cell type might be considered the immune system's traffic cops.
Stem Cell Banks Envisioned for Regenerative Medicine – UCSF Today
UCSF TodayStem Cell Banks Envisioned for Regenerative MedicineUCSF TodayHLA matching is unlikely to solve all of the immune rejection issues that may arise with stem cell transplantation, Rao explained, but new strategies being developed to prevent tra…
As adopted daughter awaits new heart, family prays for miracle
Child adopted from China to receive heart transplant as family, school ask for the late pope's intercession Born with half a heart and abandoned in a village west of Beijing, nobody believed Liu Fang would survive long after being adopted by a Balt…
Big Pharma on the backfoot in India – Business Today
Business TodayBig Pharma on the backfoot in IndiaBusiness TodayIn March, the Indian Patent Office granted Hyderabad-based Natco Pharma a "compulsory licence" to sell a generic version of German company Bayer AG's kidney and liver cancer d…
London Health Sciences Centre pioneers International Transplant Mentorship Training Program
LONDON , ON, Nov. 29, 2012 /CNW/ – The Multi-Organ Transplant Program (MOTP) at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is recognized as a world leader, performing close to 160 transplants annually and pioneering …
University of Cincinnati to lead Belatacept Early Steroid withdrawal Trial
The University of Cincinnati will lead a $5.2 million national trial studying removal of both corticosteroids and common immunosuppression treatments from the post-transplant drug regimen for kidney transplant patients.
Utica mother discusses departed son's gift, importance of organ donation – Shelby Township Source Newspapers
LifeGoesStrongUtica mother discusses departed son's gift, importance of organ donationShelby Township Source NewspapersAfter several attempts to save his life in a two-day period, Tim was declared brain dead and the family made the decision that Ti…
Sudanese boy gets a new life at Delhi hospital
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) A 12−year−old Sudanese boy got a new lease of life following a combined liver and kidney transplant with the organs donated by his two sisters at a hospital here, doctors said Thursday.