Scott Bliss receives miracle of double lung transplantRedwood TimesThe many friends of Redway residents Scott Bliss and Claire Piccinelli will be happy to know that Scott successfully underwent lung transplant surgery at Stanford Hospital on Dec. 4. Th…
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia Surgeons Are First in NYC Area to Implant Total … – Newswise (press release)
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia Surgeons Are First in NYC Area to Implant Total …Newswise (press release)The Hospital has been on the forefront of developing and improving anti-rejection medications (immunosuppressants), minimally invasive surgery for …
Obesity and diabetes epidemics spur increase in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis – EurekAlert (press release)
Obesity and diabetes epidemics spur increase in nonalcoholic steatohepatitisEurekAlert (press release)However, according to new research published in Liver Transplantation, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Dise…
Organ donor Alison gave the gift of life to others – New Ross Standard
Organ donor Alison gave the gift of life to othersNew Ross StandardTHE tragic death of a woman after she fell down stairs gave the gift of life to several others as she was an organ donor, Wexford Coroner's Court has heard. The inquest into the dea…
HIV Drug Reduces Graft-versus-Host Disease in Stem Cell Transplant Patients … – PressZoom (press release)
HIV Drug Reduces Graft-versus-Host Disease in Stem Cell Transplant Patients …PressZoom (press release)(PressZoom) – (SAN DIEGO) — An HIV drug that redirects immune cell traffic appears to significantly reduce the dangerous complication graft-versus-…
Study: HIV drug reduces graft-versus-host disease in stem cell transplant patients – Westmoreland County Times
Study: HIV drug reduces graft-versus-host disease in stem cell transplant patientsWestmoreland County TimesAn HIV drug that redirects immune cell traffic appears to significantly reduce the dangerous complication graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) in blo…
New Transplant Technique Breathes Life Into Lungs – ABC News
ABC NewsNew Transplant Technique Breathes Life Into LungsABC NewsAfter seven unsuccessful attempts to undergo a routine double-lung transplant, Block became in October the second patient so far at New York-Presbyterian Hospital to successfully undergo …
Organ donor rate lags despite $150m funding – The Australian
Charlotte ObserverOrgan donor rate lags despite $150m fundingThe AustralianSince OTA's creation, the donation rate has moved little, from 12.1 donors per million population in 2008 to 14.4 DPMP as at last month, according to Australia and New Zeala…
Deputy Mayor: Punk Community a 'New Social Disease' – Jakarta Globe
Jakarta GlobeDeputy Mayor: Punk Community a 'New Social Disease'Jakarta GlobeThey made the punks become skinheads and i truly hope they are going to clean up the brain-death's of aceh now.. But hey that's some wonderful tourist promotio…
Celgene, GELA Initiate RELEVANCE Phase III Study In Follicular Lymphoma – RTT News
Celgene, GELA Initiate RELEVANCE Phase III Study In Follicular LymphomaRTT NewsThe combination of REVLIMID and rituximab, also referred to as the R-squared or R2 regimen pioneered by Nathan Fowler, MD and colleagues at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Ho…