Just 23 months ago, Margaret Valsechi’s 26-year-old son Stephen died in an accident. In her grief, she decided to donate his organs for transplant.
'No malignancy risk' with biologic response modifiers – News-Medical.net
'No malignancy risk' with biologic response modifiersNews-Medical.net… Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, USA, and colleagues identified 63 studies reporting safety data for a total of 29,423 RA patients treated with abatacept, adalimumab, anak…
Warning over sirolimus in HCV-positive liver transplantation – News-Medical.net
Warning over sirolimus in HCV-positive liver transplantationNews-Medical.net"The results of this analysis suggest that mTOR inhibitors should be used with great caution in LT recipients with HCV infections," write Michael Charlton (Mayo Clini…
Partial nephrectomy technique cuts warm ischemia – ModernMedicine
Partial nephrectomy technique cuts warm ischemiaModernMedicineA procedure designed to streamline robotic partial nephrectomy significantly reduces warm ischemia time (WIT) by nearly 25%, according to a recent analysis. The study, which was published on…
3 years after transplant, 115-kg woman has bariatric operation – Times of India
3 years after transplant, 115-kg woman has bariatric operationTimes of IndiaThe 45-year-old mother of three is possibly the first Indian to undergo a bariatric (or weight-loss) surgery after having undergone an equally major transplant surgery three ye…
7 Scientists Win Lasker Medical Awards – Huffington Post
CBC.ca7 Scientists Win Lasker Medical AwardsHuffington PostNEW YORK — Seven scientists have won prestigious medical awards for development of liver transplantation, discoveries about the inner workings of cells, and leadership in biomedical science. T…
Service Ontario – Organ donation bill moves forward – Northumberland Today
Service Ontario – Organ donation bill moves forwardNorthumberland TodayVALERIE MACDONALD Northumberland Today Jessica Martell of Cold Springs just renewed her driver's licence at Service Ontario in the Fleming Building in Cobourg and was not asked …
University of Maryland study: Neonatal heart stem cells may help mend kids' broken hearts
( University of Maryland Medical Center ) Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have conducted the first direct comparison of the regenerative abilities of neonatal and adult-derived human cardiac stem cells. Among their findings…
Studies of Motor Proteins, Liver Transplants Win Researchers 2012 Lasker Awards – Science Now
Studies of Motor Proteins, Liver Transplants Win Researchers 2012 Lasker AwardsScience NowRoy Calne and Thomas Starzl (top row) won Lasker awards for research on liver transplantation; Michael Sheets, James Spudich, and Ronald Vale received theirs for …
Rotterdam Study: Coronary calcium linked to heart failure – TheHeart.Org
Rotterdam Study: Coronary calcium linked to heart failureTheHeart.OrgReed Miller joined theheart.org in 2009 after nearly a decade covering the medical technology industry, most recently as a senior editor for Elsevier's The Gray Sheet. He has been…