Ickey shuffles for organ donationWDTNHe was at the NCR Country Club Thursday asking people to help save lives by saying yes to organ donation. "You have people who are no longer going to be in this world and they can leave their organs for people …
Children Today Face Reduced Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplantation – Newswise (press release)
Children Today Face Reduced Racial Disparities in Kidney TransplantationNewswise (press release)• A policy instituted in 2005 has reduced racial disparities in deceased-donor kidney transplantation among children. • Since the institution of the pol…
Children Today Face Reduced Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplantation
* A policy instituted in 2005 has reduced racial disparities in deceased-donor kidney transplantation among children. * Since the institution of the policy, called Share 35, fewer children receive kidneys from living donors. More than 800 children and …
Adjuvant Radiation After R-CHOP-14 Increases Lymphoma Survival – Clinical Oncology News
Clinical Oncology NewsAdjuvant Radiation After R-CHOP-14 Increases Lymphoma SurvivalClinical Oncology NewsWhile the addition of rituximab had clearly contributed to increased response rates, event-free survival and OS in PMLBCL, the role of radiotherap…
Children today face reduced racial disparities in kidney transplantation – EurekAlert (press release)
Children today face reduced racial disparities in kidney transplantationEurekAlert (press release)A policy instituted in 2005 has reduced racial disparities in deceased-donor kidney transplantation among children. Since the institution of the policy, c…
Duke team turns scar tissue into heart muscle without using stem cells
Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have shown the ability to turn scar tissue that forms after a heart attack into heart muscle cells using a new process that eliminates the need for stem cell transplant.
Q&A on the News – Atlanta Journal Constitution
Q&A on the NewsAtlanta Journal ConstitutionCedars-Sinai recommends an age of 65 for single lung transplantation, 55 for double lungs and 45 for heart-lung transplantation. The University Transplant Center in San Antonio suggests an age of 70 for si…
Scar tissue turned into heart muscle without using stem cells – Medical Xpress
Daily MailScar tissue turned into heart muscle without using stem cellsMedical XpressScientists at Duke University Medical Center have shown the ability to turn scar tissue that forms after a heart attack into heart muscle cells using a new process tha…
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Infection claims Nicole Cassavetes days after heart-transplant surgery – MetroNews Canada
Infection claims Nicole Cassavetes days after heart-transplant surgeryMetroNews CanadaNicole had the transplant surgery April 13 and died after contracting an infection. In the weeks leading up to her surgery and in the days afterwards, many friends, f…