WEDNESDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) — Two years after he became the first child to receive a stem cell-supported trachea (windpipe) transplant, a 13-year-old boy is able to breathe normally, has grown about four inches taller, does not require any ant…
Lab-Grown Blood Vessels May Improve Heart Bypass
WEDNESDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have grown small blood vessels in a lab using stem cells from fat gathered through liposuction. Such cultured blood vessels might someday play a role in transplant operations, including heart bypass su…
Stress Hormones Switch Off Areas of The Brain – Biomed Middle East
Stress Hormones Switch Off Areas of The BrainBiomed Middle EastThe researchers say that the interaction of the stress hormones hydrocortisone and noradrenaline shut down the activity of brain regions for goal-directed behaviour. The brain regions respo…
Study: Modified stem cells help rejuvenate heart cells – Examiner.com
al.comStudy: Modified stem cells help rejuvenate heart cellsExaminer.comA new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology shows that modified stem cells can be used to revitalize old and damaged heart cells from senior heart pa…
110-kg man undergoes liver transplant – Times of India
110-kg man undergoes liver transplantTimes of IndiaIndiatimes|The Times of India|The Economic Times|. More. More … The Bhusawal resident, who repairs electronic goods to earn a living, had to go from hospital from hospital before he was diagnosed cor…
Transplant Games promote organ donation – WOOD-TV
MLive.comTransplant Games promote organ donationWOOD-TVShe had just returned from getting her driver's license when she realized they hadn't put her down as an organ donor. She drove right back to the DMV and had that changed. Six weeks later, …
Transplant Games promote organ donation
In three days, the effects of organ donation will be on display as Grand Rapids hosts its first World Transplant Games of America.
'Campbell effect' swells organ donor ranks – Ottawa Sun
'Campbell effect' swells organ donor ranksOttawa SunOrgan donation registration is up, but not nearly enough, says an Ottawa man still waiting for a new kidney. Craig Dunbar, a 40-year-old Stittsville resident, was diagnosed with acute kidney f…
Immunosuppressant Switch Cuts Skin Cancer Post-Transplant – Doctors Lounge
Immunosuppressant Switch Cuts Skin Cancer Post-TransplantDoctors LoungeIn kidney-transplant patients with at least one cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma, switching immunosuppressants (from calcineurin inhibitors to sirolimus) is associated with increas…
Stuart Kelly: The big debate has stalled
WITH only two years until the referendum on independence, the real questions are being ignored, writes Stuart Kelly