Welsh government plans opt-out organ donation lawsZenopaHealth minister Lesley Griffiths said: "Repeated surveys show that the overwhelming majority of people in the UK and Wales believe in organ donation, but only one in three people in Wales hav…
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Blood Donation Clinic Open at Convention Centre Today – ChrisD.ca (blog)
Blood Donation Clinic Open at Convention Centre TodayChrisD.ca (blog)Canadian Blood Services will be setup at the Winnipeg Convention Centre today to commemorate the long standing history with the Canadian Forces. Approximately 145 blood donations will…
Pig trials to bring home the bacon – The Australian
Pig trials to bring home the baconThe AustralianShe's one of 14 New Zealanders participating in a pilot trial to determine if it's safe and effective to transplant insulin-producing pancreatic islet cells from pigs into people, a concept known …
FDA Approves Cord Blood For Stem Cell Transplant – Medical News Today
MedIndiaFDA Approves Cord Blood For Stem Cell TransplantMedical News TodayThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first product to use umbilical cord blood for stem cell transplantation. In a news release on Thursday, the agency said…
Santen Sirolimus drug secures FDA orphan drug status – Pharmaceutical Business Review
Santen Sirolimus drug secures FDA orphan drug statusPharmaceutical Business ReviewThe US FDA has granted orphan drug status for Santen's sirolimus (DE-109, rapamycin) to treat chronic/refractory anterior non-infectious uveitis, non-infectious inter…
More than 250 waiting for organs – East Anglian Daily Times
East Anglian Daily TimesMore than 250 waiting for organsEast Anglian Daily Times“With three people dying every day, it's vital that people show their support for organ donation by signing up to the Organ Donor Register and talking to their famili…
Awareness Campaign Highlights Importance of Organ Donation – Tandem
TandemAwareness Campaign Highlights Importance of Organ DonationTandem“The wait time to find a compatible organ donor ranges from five to seven months. Twenty years ago, maybe by now you would have already commemorated my funeral. Now times have chan…
Stempeutics receives Rs.3.5 cr DBT fund for phase II trial of IMP for … – pharmabiz.com
Stempeutics receives Rs.3.5 cr DBT fund for phase II trial of IMP for …pharmabiz.comHowever, potential benefits are hampered by many drawbacks such as relative shortage of donors, operative risk, post transplant rejection, recidivism of the pre-exist…
FDA approves cord blood therapy – CNBC.com
ABC NewsFDA approves cord blood therapyCNBC.comWASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it approved the first product using umbilical cord blood for stem cell transplant procedures. Hemacord was approved for stem cell transplant…