London researchers get national accoladesMetroNews CanadaAt the recent meeting of the Canadian Society of Transplantation, researchers presented advances that may significantly decrease the likelihood of transplant rejection and improve patients' q…
Cord blood donation program turns medical waste into a lifesaving resource – Scope (blog)
Scope (blog)Cord blood donation program turns medical waste into a lifesaving resourceScope (blog)And the hospital's new cord blood donation program will give all its new moms the option to donate their baby's cord blood to an international ste…
Biofortuna, Abbott Extend Distribution Deal – GenomeWeb
Biofortuna, Abbott Extend Distribution DealGenomeWebUnder the new agreement, Abbott will distribute Biofortuna's SSPGo range of freeze dried HLA typing kits in France, Spain, Portugal, and the Benelux countries. With this new agreement, Abbott now …
'Rogue DNA' plays key role in heart failure, study shows – Science Codex
Zee News'Rogue DNA' plays key role in heart failure, study showsScience CodexDNA from the heart's own cells plays a role in heart failure by mistakenly activating the body's immune system, according to a study by British and Japanese re…
Infection claims Hamilton heart-transplant girl Nicole Cassavetes days after … – Hamilton Spectator
Infection claims Hamilton heart-transplant girl Nicole Cassavetes days after …Hamilton SpectatorNicole 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, man…
CARGO II Results on XDx's AlloMap Provide Validation for European Heart … – GenomeWeb
CARGO II Results on XDx's AlloMap Provide Validation for European Heart …GenomeWebBy Turna Ray XDx presented data last week that provided further confirmation that its AlloMap molecular diagnostic test can accurately assess which patients are at …
Proving laughter is the best medicine – KSN-TV
ABC NewsProving laughter is the best medicineKSN-TVMiles Austrevich, 19, will next month undergo a double stem cell transplant, and afterwards will spend at least three months recovering in total isolation. Austrevich's dad, Len, is on a campaign t…
Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease – EmpowHer
Autoimmune Inner Ear DiseaseEmpowHerThe primary treatment is corticosteroids. Not everyone responds to corticosteroids. Shresh Pathak of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in New York and colleagues investigated factors that may determine whi…
Disease compelled Barbara Comaduran to reach out to others – Benson News Sun
Disease compelled Barbara Comaduran to reach out to othersBenson News SunIn addition, she went through a stem cell transplant at Arizona Oncology in Tucson. “I had such an aggressive form of cancer, the oncologist felt I needed the stem cell transpla…
First-Of-Its-Kind Northern California Public Blood Collection Program Opens at … – EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
ScopeFirst-Of-Its-Kind Northern California Public Blood Collection Program Opens at …EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)… public cord blood collection program at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, the first of its kind in Nor…