Double-lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell stood and danced with her parents and doctors in Toronto on Thursday as they celebrated her progress recovering from a difficult surgery.
Heart Failure Stem Cells Induced to Cardiomyocytes – Doctors Lounge
Heart Failure Stem Cells Induced to CardiomyocytesDoctors LoungeHuman-induced pluripotent stem cells derived from patients with heart failure can be induced to differentiate into cardiomyocytes, which then can integrate with host cardiac tissue, accord…
Helene Campbell grateful for "miracle" of double lung transplant
TORONTO – Double-lung transplant recipient and organ donor advocate Helene Campbell says she's not done with her cause now that she has her voice back.
Manhattan Tales: The Stem Cell Transplant And Beyond – The Myeloma Beacon
Manhattan Tales: The Stem Cell Transplant And BeyondThe Myeloma BeaconAs you may remember from my previous column, I was admitted to the hospital for my stem cell transplant at the beginning of March (on March 5 to be exact). I had no initial devastati…
Double-lung transplant survivor news conference
The Ottawa woman who has become the country's best-known advocate for organ donation holds her first news conference since undergoing a double-lung transplant.
Toddler received world’s smallest artificial heart as he waited for a transplant
Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant
Doctors save baby with smallest artificial heart
Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant
Lupus flare diagnostic to be developed under LabCorp, XDx partnership – MedCity News
Lupus flare diagnostic to be developed under LabCorp, XDx partnershipMedCity NewsThe Brisbane, California company develops tests for monitoring transplant rejection as well as diagnostics for autoimmune diseases. XDx has a proprietary database of lupus…
Italy doctors save baby with smallest artificial heart
ROME (Reuters) – Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant. The doctors at Rome's Bambino Gesu hospital said t…
Exciting New Research Results Reported at the Recent European Society of … – MarketWatch (press release)
Exciting New Research Results Reported at the Recent European Society of …MarketWatch (press release)At the recently concluded European Heart Failure Congress results describing the clinical utility of ST2 in patients with heart failure were reported…