Family Practice News Digital NetworkFewer Transplants in Minority Children With Kidney DiseaseMedscapeKidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for pediatric ESRD, and preemptive transplantation can reduce the amount of morbidity and mortality….
Renal Function Declines in Living Kidney Donors – Renal and Urology News
Renal Function Declines in Living Kidney DonorsRenal and Urology NewsPHILADELPHIA—Substantial proportions of living kidney donors have diminished renal function one year following their nephrectomy, investigators reported at Kidney Week 2011. In a st…
Warning Label Urged for St. John's Wort – CSPI Newsroom
Warning Label Urged for St. John's WortCSPI Newsroom… former FDA Commissioner Jane E. Henney warned that St. John's wort “interacts with many drugs that are used to treat heart disease, depression, seizures, certain cancers, as well as drug…
The future of xenotransplantation – Guilfordian
The future of xenotransplantationGuilfordianThe biological term for using nonhuman animal cells, tissues or organs in human bodies is xenotransplantation. This is not new research, but until recently the use of stem cells and mechanical organ replaceme…
Merck Rewards Shareholders with First Dividend Increase in 7 Years – Wall St. Cheat Sheet
Merck Rewards Shareholders with First Dividend Increase in 7 YearsWall St. Cheat SheetThe Company's products and experimental therapies address cancer, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis, organ transplant rejection a…
Gambhir pledges to donate organs – Hindustan Times
Gambhir pledges to donate organsHindustan Times"It is now more than 15 years since the law declaring brain death came into effect in India, yet there is limited awareness that one individual can gift lives to atleast eight patients with organ fail…
Announcing the Release of a Novel Tool for the Assessment of Porcine Islet … – Benzinga (press release)
Announcing the Release of a Novel Tool for the Assessment of Porcine Islet …Benzinga (press release)Winston Salem, NC, November 10, 2011 –(PR.com)– Mercodia announced the release of their new Porcine C-Peptide ELISA at the recent Cell Transplant So…
Veloxis Pharmaceuticals Presents LCP-Tacro(TM) Phase 3 Data at the American … – MarketWatch (press release)
Veloxis Pharmaceuticals Presents LCP-Tacro(TM) Phase 3 Data at the American …MarketWatch (press release)The results presented today show that LCP-Tacro(TM) once-daily was associated with a trend towards reduction in the incidence of Biopsy Proven Acu…
Exercise Performance With SynCardia's Total Artificial Heart Featured as Cover … – MarketWatch (press release)
Exercise Performance With SynCardia's Total Artificial Heart Featured as Cover …MarketWatch (press release)Patients who participated in physical therapy early tended to have shorter waiting periods for heart transplantation (60 days vs. 89 days) …
LHSC hosts public session on organ donation, new fundraising initiative – London Community News
LHSC hosts public session on organ donation, new fundraising initiativeLondon Community NewsA meeting is being held tonight to provide information regarding organ and tissue donation, and organ transplantation. Discussions will include the organization…