WEDNESDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) — A new study in mice suggests that scientists may someday be able to treat nerve pain by transplanting embryonic nerve cells to restore a broken nervous system.
Pfizer Rare Disease Drug Slammed By FDA Reviewer
In the fall fo 2010, Pfizer trumpeted the purchase of a small, privately held drugmaker called FoldRx Pharmaceuticals, which developed its own discovery platform technology and was completing testing for it lead compound. The medication, which is calle…
Study shows how patients use Facebook to solicit kidney donations
( Loyola University Health System ) Loyola University Medical Center researchers are reporting one of the first studies to examine how patients and families are soliciting living kidney donors on Facebook.
UF Physician, Colleagues Identify Successful Blood Cancer Therapy – HealthNewsDigest.com
HealthNewsDigest.comUF Physician, Colleagues Identify Successful Blood Cancer TherapyHealthNewsDigest.comLow doses of a drug called lenalidomide can help hold off the return of multiple myeloma after bone marrow transplantation. Patients who took the d…
100,000 organ transplants have been done in Iran over the years
Dr. Hassan Emami Razavi, the deputy health minister, said currently there are 33 centers for kidney transplant, eight centers for heart, two centers for lung, six centers for liver, one center for pancreas, and five centers for bone marrow.
Study Examines How Patients Use Facebook to Solicit Kidney Donors
Loyola University Medical Center researchers are reporting one of the first studies to examine how patients and families are soliciting living kidney donors on Facebook.
UF physician, colleagues identify successful blood cancer therapy – University of Florida
UF physician, colleagues identify successful blood cancer therapyUniversity of FloridaLow doses of a drug called lenalidomide can help hold off the return of multiple myeloma after bone marrow transplantation. Patients who took the drug to maintain hea…
WGS IDs Mutational Patterns, Clonal Evolution in Tumors that Could … – GenomeWeb
WGS IDs Mutational Patterns, Clonal Evolution in Tumors that Could …GenomeWebStanford Team Publishes Method for HLA Typing Using HiSeq and MiSeq · WGS IDs Mutational Patterns, Clonal Evolution in Tumors that Could Impact How …
Saving baby Clayton from a transplant: Intestinal Rehab
SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME: Short bowel syndrome is a health condition in which nutrients are not properly absorbed due to the surgical removal of a large portion of the small intestine or severe intestinal disease. When areas of the small intestine are …
Alere recalls 803000 tests for heart attacks and heart failure – Boston Globe
Mass High TechAlere recalls 803000 tests for heart attacks and heart failureBoston GlobeBy Bloomberg News Alere Inc. is recalling 803000 tests used to detect heart attacks and manage heart failure patients that failed to meet quality control guidelines…