NIGERIA: Bone marrow register an “important milestone”IRINnews.orgStem cell transplant wait time considerably longer in poor countries. Nigeria's recently established bone marrow registry promises to boost lifesaving matches LONDON, 27 April 20…
Bioengineered organs may hold the future for transplants – Medill Reports: Chicago
Bioengineered organs may hold the future for transplantsMedill Reports: ChicagoExamples of medicine prescribed include Tacrolimus or Thymoglobulin. For kidney and liver transplants, there is a current success rate of about 90 percent. Q. How do you inf…
Drug company attacks Nice for rejecting new lupus treatment – The Guardian
The GuardianDrug company attacks Nice for rejecting new lupus treatmentThe GuardianThe standard treatment usually consists of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), corticosteroids, and/or immunosuppressants such as rituximab in some cases. Ar…
Scar Tissue Turned Into Heart Muscle Without Using Stem Cells – Science Daily (press release)
Medgadget.comScar Tissue Turned Into Heart Muscle Without Using Stem CellsScience Daily (press release)ScienceDaily (Apr. 26, 2012) — Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have shown the ability to turn scar tissue that forms after a heart att…
Minimum age of blood donation lowered to 16 In Vermont – vtdigger.org
Minimum age of blood donation lowered to 16 In Vermontvtdigger.orgby Press Release | April 26, 2012 BURLINGTON, VT – Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill into law on Tuesday, April 24, effectively lowering the minimum age of blood donation from 17 to…
Children today face reduced racial disparities in kidney transplantation – Science Codex
Children today face reduced racial disparities in kidney transplantationScience CodexA policy instituted in 2005 has reduced racial disparities in deceased-donor kidney transplantation among children. Since the institution of the policy, called Share 3…
Transplant Games headed for Grand Rapids
The funding of Planned Parenthood was the topic of a gathering in the Grand … The investigation report says Danielle Michaels had received an incoming phone …
Ickey shuffles for organ donation – WDTN
Ickey shuffles for organ donationWDTNHe was at the NCR Country Club Thursday asking people to help save lives by saying yes to organ donation. "You have people who are no longer going to be in this world and they can leave their organs for people …
Children Today Face Reduced Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplantation – Newswise (press release)
Children Today Face Reduced Racial Disparities in Kidney TransplantationNewswise (press release)• A policy instituted in 2005 has reduced racial disparities in deceased-donor kidney transplantation among children. • Since the institution of the pol…
Children Today Face Reduced Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplantation
* A policy instituted in 2005 has reduced racial disparities in deceased-donor kidney transplantation among children. * Since the institution of the policy, called Share 35, fewer children receive kidneys from living donors. More than 800 children and …