Will a new technology extend the six-hour transportation time limit for heart transplants?
Alnylam announces top-line results of Phase IIb trial of ALN-RSV01
Alnylam announced top-line results from a Phase IIb trial with ALN-RSV01 for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus infection in lung transplant patients. The primary endpoint of the study was the …
Alnylam Announces Top-Line Results of Phase IIb Clinical Trial of ALN-RSV01 … – MarketWatch (press release)
Alnylam Announces Top-Line Results of Phase IIb Clinical Trial of ALN-RSV01 …MarketWatch (press release)Lung transplant patients infected with RSV are at risk for both acute rejection and a bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). BOS is a progressiv…
Newcastle scientists trial 'MOT for donor lungs' – Journal Live
Newcastle scientists trial 'MOT for donor lungs'Journal Live“However, we will also carefully check in the study that there are no more early complications, such as a longer stay on intensive care or more frequent infections or episodes of tra…
Essential Pharmaceuticals, LLC Donates Life-Saving Medicine to … – PR Web (press release)
PR Web (press release)Essential Pharmaceuticals, LLC Donates Life-Saving Medicine to …PR Web (press release)Essential Pharmaceuticals, LLC donated its organ preservation solution, Custodiol® HTK Solution, to Dr. Marco Paliotta, http://drpaliotta.com…
Facebook Starting Organ Donation Dialogue Among Gen Y – WomensRadio
WomensRadioFacebook Starting Organ Donation Dialogue Among Gen YWomensRadioDr. Andrew Cameron, Surgical Director of Liver Transplantation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Dr. Andrew Cameron, Surgical Director of Liver Transplantation at the…
BRENNAN, JOHN – San Francisco Chronicle
BRENNAN, JOHNSan Francisco ChronicleJohn Falk Brennan On May 20, 2012, my much loved husband, John, age 62, passed away of infection related to kidney transplantation and a lifetime of endurance living with chronic renal failure. John grew up in Marin …
Woman to receive double arm transplant
A woman who lost her limbs to a flesh eating infection is set to become the first person in America to receive a double arm transplant.
Gene discovery will help drug screening – The Conversation
Gene discovery will help drug screeningThe ConversationThe allergic reaction causes the immune system to attack the body in a way that is similar to organ transplant rejection. The research has furthered development on a new way of screening drugs for …
Transplanting Smokers' Lungs Is Better Than No Transplant At All
Although lung transplant patients who receive the lungs of smokers tend to survive for a shorter duration than patients who receive the lungs of non-smokers, researchers in the UK have found that they have a better overall chance of survival than those…