Authorities say four people who have been waiting for organ transplants have received the organs of a California Highway Patrol officer who died after being shot during a traffic stop on a San Francisco Bay area freeway
Woman in intensive care with mystery blood poisoning and multiple organ … – Daily Mail
Daily MailWoman in intensive care with mystery blood poisoning and multiple organ …Daily MailThe woman was by now in intensive care suffering from multiple organ failure, breathing difficulties and systemic infection as a result of blood poisoning. I…
Brigham and Women's to perform first bilateral arm transplant
Surgeons at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston will perform the nation's first bilateral arm transplant on a Texas woman.
Facebook, social media can boost organ, tissue donation – Times of India
Facebook, social media can boost organ, tissue donationTimes of IndiaSYDNEY: Facebook and other social media platforms can greatly expand the organ donation process by helping more and more people to register and become organ and tissue donors after th…
IncellDx, Inc. Announces an Agreement with BioReference Laboratories, Inc. to Conduct a 10,000 Sample Study Using a …
MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — IncellDx, Inc. announced today that it has initiated a large-scale study called SLIQUE ( s tudy to compare s li deless and li qu id-based Pap sm e ars). …
Chinese moms to donate liver to each other's kids
Beijing, Sep 12 (IANS) Two babies with severe congenital liver disease may get a new lease of life after their mothers were found qualified to donate part of their livers to each other's boys.
Daily low-dose inhaled corticosteroids do not benefit asthmatics – News-Medical.net
Sky News AustraliaDaily low-dose inhaled corticosteroids do not benefit asthmaticsNews-Medical.netFor two decades, asthma treatment for millions of people with a milder form of the disease has consisted of daily inhaled steroid medicine to reduce infla…
Partial Nephrectomy Cuts ED Risk – Renal and Urology News
Partial Nephrectomy Cuts ED RiskRenal and Urology NewsA retrospective study of 432 patients has found that men who undergo total nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma may be 3.5 times more likely to develop erectile dysfunction (ED) compared with men wh…
Ethnicity, race affect likelihood of finding suitable unrelated stem cell … – News-Medical.net
Ethnicity, race affect likelihood of finding suitable unrelated stem cell …News-Medical.netThe study appeared in the August issue of Bone Marrow Transplantation. The success of HCT depends on finding cell donors who are closely matched genetically; a…
Zalicus drops Synavive RA drug after disappointing Ph IIb results – The Pharma Letter
Mass High TechZalicus drops Synavive RA drug after disappointing Ph IIb resultsThe Pharma LetterUS biotech firm Zalicus (Nasdaq: ZLCS) saw its shares plunge nearly 40% to $0.84 in afternoon trading Monday, after saying it would discontinue further deve…