ARF Need Not Prevent Kidney DonationRenal and Urology NewsTheir mean age was 53 years, 25 had a panel reactive antibody percentage at transplant of 1%-19%, and the mean cold ischemia time was 942 minutes. Five patients experienced delayed graft functio…
Curing Cancer By Replacing Livers – ABC7Chicago.com
Curing Cancer By Replacing LiversABC7Chicago.comThe University of Michigan is one of a handful of US transplant centers studying liver transplantation as a cure for bile duct cancer. He says for patients to be considered, doctors have to be sure the ca…
Organovo's 3D Bioprinting: A Win for Pharmaceuticals? – Investment U
Investment UOrganovo's 3D Bioprinting: A Win for Pharmaceuticals?Investment UTransplant rejection happens when transplanted tissue is rejected by the human recipient's immune system. While rejections can be decreased by immunosuppressant drugs …
New stem cell transplant procedure may not require anti-rejection drugs – HealthJockey.com
HealthJockey.comNew stem cell transplant procedure may not require anti-rejection drugsHealthJockey.comProfessionals believe that immunosuppressive drugs go far too literally with their names in case of patients encountering organ rejection. A new rese…
Colloquium Accredits Methodist Hospital – San Antonio as Heart Failure Institute – MarketWatch (press release)
Colloquium Accredits Methodist Hospital – San Antonio as Heart Failure InstituteMarketWatch (press release)COLUMBUS, Ohio, Mar 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium announced today that Methodist Hospital – San Antonio, Te…
Have you signed up to be an organ donor? Why or why not? – Wall Street Journal
Have you signed up to be an organ donor? Why or why not?Wall Street JournalAbout 3.3 people on the transplant waiting list will have their lives extended by your gift. But some say that signing up as a donor means giving up too many rights, including y…
Presentation on organ donation at La Pelusa Association meeting on March 15 – The Jersey Journal – NJ.com
Presentation on organ donation at La Pelusa Association meeting on March 15The Jersey Journal – NJ.comBy Ron Zeitlinger/The Jersey Journal A representative from the Bayonne volunteer group for the NJ Sharing Network will make a presentation on organ an…
VAD therapy can improve lives for those with heart failure – Montgomery Newspapers
VAD therapy can improve lives for those with heart failureMontgomery NewspapersFor more than two decades, the 61-year-old Southampton man has been treated for congestive heart failure, a condition in which the heart fails to pump enough blood to the re…
Oral Vitamin D Boosts Intranasal Steroid Effect in Rhinitis – Medscape
Oral Vitamin D Boosts Intranasal Steroid Effect in RhinitisMedscapeMarch 12, 2012 (Orlando, Florida) — Adding an oral vitamin D supplement to regular intranasal corticosteroid dosing can improve symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis beyond that seen…
InflammaGen™ Therapeutics to Commence Phase 2 Pilot Study of InflammaGen Shok-Pak – Bradenton Herald
InflammaGen™ Therapeutics to Commence Phase 2 Pilot Study of InflammaGen Shok-PakBradenton HeraldBy InflammaGen Therapeutics SAN DIEGO, March 12, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — InflammaGen™ Therapeutics, a development-stage, critical care company initial…