Penn Researchers Call for a Re-Examination of Transplant Waitlist PrioritizationNewswise (press release)The results of the study are published in the April issue of Liver Transplantation. “With the scarcity of available livers for transplantation, it…
Conditioning Regimen Beneficial for Kidney Recipients – Doctors Lounge
Conditioning Regimen Beneficial for Kidney RecipientsDoctors LoungeFollowing a conditioning regimen of lymphoid irradiation and antithymocyte globulin, the majority of HLA-matched kidney and hematopoietic cell transplant recipients can be withdrawn fro…
Man hugs doctors after seeing face transplant in mirror – StarPhoenix
Man hugs doctors after seeing face transplant in mirrorStarPhoenixBy Hamish McKenzie, Reuters March 28, 2012 12:03 PM Richard Norris is seen before (L) and after (R) his face transplant surgery in this combination of undated handout photos released by …
Dog receives first stem cell transplant in Mississippi – WDAM-TV
Dog receives first stem cell transplant in MississippiWDAM-TVPretty Girl is one of the first two dogs in Mississippi to undergo a stem cell transplant. Dr. Mike Randall performed both procedures at Randall Veterinary Hospital in Byram. Pretty Girl gets…
A Struggle To Define 'Death' For Organ Donors – GPB
A Struggle To Define 'Death' For Organ DonorsGPBFor decades, the main way has been "brain death." Brain death is defined an "irreversible cessation of all the functions of the brain, including the brain stem," according to J…
A Struggle To Define 'Death' For Organ Donors – Vermont Public Radio
A Struggle To Define 'Death' For Organ DonorsVermont Public RadioFor decades, the main way has been "brain death." Brain death is defined an "irreversible cessation of all the functions of the brain, including the brain stem,&quo…
A Struggle To Define 'Death' For Organ Donors – NPR (blog)
A Struggle To Define 'Death' For Organ DonorsNPR (blog)For decades, the main way has been "brain death." Brain death is defined an "irreversible cessation of all the functions of the brain, including the brain stem," accordi…
Dow Diamond will be first sports stadium to have blood donation center; Public … – The Ann Arbor News – MLive.com
The Ann Arbor News – MLive.comDow Diamond will be first sports stadium to have blood donation center; Public …The Ann Arbor News – MLive.comRenovations were made to the suite area and a Michigan Blood donation center was added. It's the first blo…
Diabetics at greater risk of chronic kidney disease – Diabetes.co.uk
Diabetics at greater risk of chronic kidney diseaseDiabetes.co.ukScientists in Singapore have found that people who have developed diabetes are at a greater risk of also developing chronic kidney disease, and should have their blood and urine tested ev…
Heart failure killed Cumbrian man who thought he had cancer – News & Star
Heart failure killed Cumbrian man who thought he had cancerNews & StarBy Margaret Crosby A man who believed he had the industrial disease mesothelioma, a lung cancer caused by inhaling asbestos dust, didn't have cancer at all but died from heart fa…