2 win Nobel Prize in medicine for stem-cell discoveriesPittsburgh Post GazetteBecause the cells made by the technique are genetically identical to the patient, the advance "may one day allow us to transplant rejection-proof tissues," said Geo…
Father and son reunite, after father undergoes lung transplant surgery – SouthCoastToday.com
Father and son reunite, after father undergoes lung transplant surgerySouthCoastToday.comFAIRHAVEN — Monday's Fairhaven High School junior varsity football game was preceded by more than just the usual coin toss. The pregame ritual included a tou…
Canada needs an integrated national organ donation system – National Post
National PostCanada needs an integrated national organ donation systemNational PostThe debate about presumed consent for organ donations (“The case against 'opt-out' organ donation,” Marni Soupcoff, Sept. 27) is one that has … Our nationa…
Couple take on Everest to help fund new stem cell unit – This is Plymouth
This is PlymouthCouple take on Everest to help fund new stem cell unitThis is PlymouthAN INTREPID couple are tackling the Himalayas to raise cash for a new stem cell unit. Ian and Audrey Harris are travelling to Nepal to raise money for the Plymouth an…
Sahara Davenport Died of Heart Failure, Antoine Ashley Cause of Death Released – LALATE
Project Q AtlantaSahara Davenport Died of Heart Failure, Antoine Ashley Cause of Death ReleasedLALATELOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Sahara Davenport (Antoine Ashley) died of heart failure. Tonight RuPaul is expected to talk about Sahara Davenport on Andy Coh…
4-year-old kidney transplant survivor inspires blood drive
Maggie Meador was just three-years-old when she underwent a life changing kidney transplant.
Man injured in Station nightclub fire gets hand transplant at Mass. General Hospital
A man who was badly injured in the Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island in 2003 received a hand transplant on Sunday at Massachusetts General Hospital, the first procedure of its kind at the Boston hospital. In a statement Monday, Mass. General said …
LB Neal's Organ Donation Saves Important Life – Christian Post (blog)
LB Neal's Organ Donation Saves Important LifeChristian Post (blog)by Rev. Austin Miles. LB Neal, "Neal" to all of us, died of cancer on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 11:50 A.M. in his Arizona home with his wife Pati at his side. Neal, the…
Fingers crossed at AIIMS after stem cell transplant for MS, first in country
Doctors at the AIIMS have conducted a stem cell transplant on a multiple sclerosis (MS) patient.
Surgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital first to implant world's smallest heart … – HealthCanal.com
Surgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital first to implant world's smallest heart …HealthCanal.comLOUIS – Washington University physicians at Barnes-Jewish Hospital were the first in the country to implant the Impella CP into a heart failure patient o…