Patients With Serious Kidney Disorder Get Help With Immune DrugRedOrbitPatients with a particular kidney immune disorder experienced remission when taking the immune drug rituximab, even when standard therapies had failed. Rituximab was safe and well-t…
Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad honoured Lovely Professional University for … – India Education Diary
India Education DiaryMinister Ghulam Nabi Azad honoured Lovely Professional University for …India Education DiaryThe Minister has honoured voluntary blood donors who have donated blood, and organizations which have organized blood donation camps maxi…
Effect of Phosphate Binders in Chronic Kidney Disease Unclear – Doctors Lounge
Effect of Phosphate Binders in Chronic Kidney Disease UnclearDoctors LoungeAlthough phosphate binders lower serum and urinary phosphorus and reduce progression of secondary hyperthyroidism, they also promote progression of vascular calcification, and c…
Mother receives life-saving kidney transplant after family friend secretly puts herself up as a donor
Suzanne Green, from Kent, had been on kidney dialysis for four years. She was amazed when her daughter's friend's mother Tracey revealed she had been tested and was a good match.
Life on the mend for Thomas and family
THE sound of boys giggling and playing in another room filter through as Louise and Darren Miller talk of coping with the 9½ weeks they have spent at their son’s hospital bedside in Melbourne.
#NurChat – 'Pass it on' when it comes to organ donation – Nursing Times
#NurChat – 'Pass it on' when it comes to organ donationNursing TimesThe latest #NurChat Twitter debate covered the topic of organ donation and transplant. For the chat we were joined by two very special guests; @KirstieTancock was diagnosed wit…
Immune drugs helps with kidney disorder – CBS42
Immune drugs helps with kidney disorderCBS42Idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) can eventually lead to kidney failure. Standard therapies for IMN can be toxic and lead to further complications, but a new study has discovered the drug rituximab whic…
Thermo Fisher Scientific to purchase One Lambda – Zenopa
Thermo Fisher Scientific to purchase One LambdaZenopaThe newly purchased company was founded in 1984 and offers diagnostic tests for use in determining the compatibility of donors and recipients pre-transplant, as well as to detect the presence of anti…
Torbay Hospital 'robot' claims a world first – This Is South Devon
Torbay Hospital 'robot' claims a world firstThis Is South DevonThe advance in day case surgery builds upon the Hospitals current reputation as one of just two units worldwide to perform day case laparoscopic nephrectomy, the removal of the kidn…
BG Medicine, Inc. Announces 510(k) Filing for the ARCHITECT Galectin-3 Assay … – MarketWatch (press release)
BG Medicine, Inc. Announces 510(k) Filing for the ARCHITECT Galectin-3 Assay …MarketWatch (press release)BG Medicine currently markets a manual version of its galectin-3 blood test, the BGM Galectin-3(R) test, which was cleared by the FDA as an aid i…