(Phys.org)—Lymph nodes can provide a suitable home for a variety of cells and tissues from other organs, suggesting that a cell-based alternative to whole organ transplantation might one day be feasible, according to researchers at the University of …
United States : ASTELLAS needs US FDA approval for tacrolimus ER capsules … – Equities.com
United States : ASTELLAS needs US FDA approval for tacrolimus ER capsules …Equities.comAs per the reports, Astellas Pharma US, Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc. has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug A…
Liver cells, insulin-producing cells, thymus can be grown in lymph nodes, Pitt team finds
( University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences ) Lymph nodes can provide a suitable home for a variety of cells and tissues from other organs, suggesting a cell-based alternative to whole organ transplantation might one day be feasible, acco…
Briefs: Fundraisers help woman awaiting heart transplant
Kim Gabriel visits with Dart at Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne. / Tim Shortt/FLORIDA TODAY Kim Gabriel, 54, has been awaiting a heart transplant after complications from open-heart surgery in 2011 severely damaged her heart.
Indian doc in US decodes cancer gene – Deccan Chronicle
Indian doc in US decodes cancer geneDeccan ChronicleIn a major study that could help treat lung cancer at the genetic level, an Indian-origin doctor in the US has, for the first time, landscaped the genome of cancer cells in both smokers and non-smoker…
First Mother-to-Daughter Uterus Transplants – Discovery News
First Mother-to-Daughter Uterus TransplantsDiscovery NewsTwo women now carry their mothers' wombs after successful transplant surgery in Sweden, the University of Gothenburg reports. It's a major step in a research project that surgeons had bee…
Waiting for a kidney transplant
Putting it mildly, Karen Raymer has been through the wringer and then some the last few years. She reads this column in the Clear Lake (Calif.) Observer American. "What I have is polycystic kidney disease," said 44-year-old Raymer. "It&#…
Organ donation hopefuls press for greater participation in Wayne County – The Detroit News
Organ donation hopefuls press for greater participation in Wayne CountyThe Detroit News"All of this attention to organ donation gives me more hope than ever for a transplant," Harris said. Starting Monday, the PSA should air on Comcast in Way…
Report: Nurse’s actions in botched kidney transplant ‘baffling’
A surgeon reviewing the University of Toledo Medical Center's kidney tansplant program called the actions of the nurse who accidentally disposed a usable kidney last month "baffling."
Patrick McMahon, Whistleblower, Claims Organ Donor Network Harvested From … – Huffington Post
SILive.comPatrick McMahon, Whistleblower, Claims Organ Donor Network Harvested From …Huffington PostPatrick McMahon, a former transplant coordinator for the nonprofit New York Organ Donor Network, filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday…