Youngster takes first steps in stem cell transplant at HersheyThe Shippensburg News-ChronicleStem cell transplant is the best hope for recovery. Justin got his life-saving stem cell blood from a donated umbilical cord in May 2006 and has thrived since …
Boston Scientific launches Promus Element coronary stent system in Japan – MTBeurope
Angioplasty.OrgBoston Scientific launches Promus Element coronary stent system in JapanMTBeuropeBoston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) has launched its Promus Element Everolimus-Eluting platinum chromium coronary stent system in Japan, following reg…
Insiders Sold These Stocks on Mar-1 – Fyxnews
Insiders Sold These Stocks on Mar-1FyxnewsAlexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc is engaged in the discovery, development and delivery of biologic therapeutic products and life-threatening disease states, including hematologic and neurologic diseases, transplant…
A man fights his disease and the system that might kill him (5×8 – 3/2/12) – Minnesota Public Radio
A man fights his disease and the system that might kill him (5×8 – 3/2/12)Minnesota Public RadioAccording to his Tumblr page, Beeson had arranged for a "living donor liver transplantation" from his brother in which a piece of the "good&q…
Apology for patients given cancer – The Press Association
Daily MailApology for patients given cancerThe Press AssociationThe kidneys came from the same deceased female donor and medics only learned after the transplant surgery had taken place that the woman had intravascular B-cell lymphoma. Both Mr Law and …
Remote noninvasive allograft rejection monitoring for heart transplant … – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Remote noninvasive allograft rejection monitoring for heart transplant …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Acute allograft rejection is a major cause of early mortality in the first year after heart transplantation in adults. Although endomyocardial…
Organ donation opt-out backed by two thirds in BBC poll – BBC News
BBC NewsOrgan donation opt-out backed by two thirds in BBC pollBBC NewsPlans to introduce opt-out organ donation are supported by almost two-thirds of Welsh people, according to a BBC Wales poll. It found 63% of voters backed a system of presumed conse…
Fresh from the Pipeline: Tafamidis – Nature.com
Fresh from the Pipeline: TafamidisNature.comTreatments are primarily symptomatic, such as analgesics for neuropathic pain, although liver transplantation to reduce the formation of additional amyloid deposits (by removing the main source of TTR) seems …
Good prospects for long-term remission – Irish Medical Times
Irish Medical TimesGood prospects for long-term remissionIrish Medical TimesRituximab acts by depletion of B cells. Rituximab should be used in combination with methotrexate (NICE 2010). Other therapies include abatacept and tocilizumab. X-rays often s…
Weight loss surgeries safe for chronic kidney disease patients? – HealthJockey.com
HealthJockey.comWeight loss surgeries safe for chronic kidney disease patients?HealthJockey.comThe safety of bariatric surgeries for obese individuals suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD) has always been a matter of deliberation. According to a …