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Monday, 29 December 2008 |
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Medical Science News Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have succeeded in reversing brain birth defects in animal models, using stem cells to change defective brain cells. The work of Prof. |
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Monday, 22 December 2008 |
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Medical Procedure News For the first time in the world, transplant surgeons at Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network used a new technique to repair an injured donor lung that was unsuitable for transplant, and then successfully transplanted it into a patient. |
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Wednesday, 17 December 2008 |
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Medical Procedure News Surgeons in the United States have carried out America's first face transplant at a clinic in Cleveland, Ohio where a woman has had 80% of her face replaced with that of a deceased female donor. |
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Monday, 15 December 2008 |
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Medical Science News The first demonstration that a single adult stem cell can self-renew in a mammal was reported at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) 48th Annual Meeting, Dec. 13-17, 2008 in San Francisco. |
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Thursday, 11 December 2008 |
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Medical Research News A study published in the present issue of Cell Transplantation (Vol.17, No. 8) suggests that mature adipocytes - fat cells - could become a source for cell replacement therapy to treat central nervous system disorders. |
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Thursday, 11 December 2008 |
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Tuesday, 09 December 2008 |
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Medical Research News Taking blood stem cells collected from an umbilical cord into the lab and expanding their number before transplanting them to change a patient's blood supply is as safe as a standard cord blood transplant, researchers reported at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society... |
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Friday, 05 December 2008 |
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Medical Procedure News Rush University Medical Center is the only hospital in Illinois - and one of only a few nationwide - using cartilage transplants to repair damaged shoulder joints. |
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Thursday, 27 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News A noninvasive test that analyzes proteins in the urine can properly identify patients whose transplanted kidneys are failing, according to a study appearing in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). |
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 |
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Medical Procedure News Following introduction of a new system in 2002 to determine the allocation of donated livers, black patients no longer are less likely to receive a liver transplant, but disparities for women stay, according to a study in the November 26 issue of JAMA, the Journal of the... |
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News Researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have been able to effectively repair damaged heart muscle in an animal model using a novel population of stem cells they discovered that is derived from human skeletal muscle tissue. |
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
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Medical Procedure News There are more than 76,000 end-stage renal disease patients waiting for one of the 17,000 kidneys transplanted each year, making a host rejection an unacceptable waste.Kidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease. |
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Thursday, 20 November 2008 |
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Medical Procedure News After 4 years of going from consultation to consultation, Claudia Castillo lastly found a solution to her respiratory problems.The young Colombian woman suffered from a cough that took a long time to be diagnosed as tuberculosis. |
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Thursday, 20 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News Researchers have identified a stage during dopamine neuron differentiation that may be an ideal time to collect human embryonic stem cells for transplantation to treat Parkinson's disease, according to data presented at Neuroscience 2008, the 38th yearly meeting of the Society... |
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Thursday, 20 November 2008 |
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Medical Science News Dalhousie Medical School researchers have discovered that embryonic stem cells may play a critical role in helping people with nerve damage and motor neuron diseases, like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), regain muscular strength. |
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Thursday, 13 November 2008 |
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Medical Procedure News Gender matching between donors and recipients is meaningful to short- and long-term survival in heart transplantation, according to a retrospective study presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2008. |
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
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Child Health News Minority children awaiting a donor heart for transplant have a higher death rate than white children, even after controlling for clinical risk factors, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2008. |
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
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Miscellaneous News A British teenager who is terminally ill has won the right to reject treatment and forced a hospital to drop its High Court case. |
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Monday, 10 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News Individuals who are obese face certain risks when donating their kidneys, but their kidney function remains strong one year later, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 41st Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in Philadelphia,... |
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Saturday, 08 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News Individuals who are obese face certain risks when donating their kidneys, but their kidney function remains strong one year later, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 41st Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in Philadelphia,... |
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Friday, 07 November 2008 |
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Medical Procedure News Individuals with kidney disease frequently suffer from cognitive impairment, but kidney transplantation can advance their mental performance, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 41st Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in... |
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Friday, 07 November 2008 |
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Medical Procedure News Depending on where they live in the United States, patients needing a kidney transplant can wait just one year for a deceased donor's kidney or up to 10 years. |
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Tuesday, 04 November 2008 |
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Medical Condition News The newest research from the George Institute for International Health has revealed confusion amongst indigenous Australians regarding kidney disease with many patients feeling they are 'left in the dark' by their doctors. |
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Thursday, 18 September 2008 |
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Medical Research News A single cell can repopulate damaged skeletal muscle in mice, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine, who devised a way to track the cell's destiny in living animals. |
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Sunday, 31 August 2008 |
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Medical Research News A Johns Hopkins research team reports it may have an explanation for at least some of the higher organ rejection rates seen among black - as compared to white - kidney transplant recipients. |
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Wednesday, 27 August 2008 |
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Devices/Technology The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced it has cleared for marketing a non-invasive test that uses molecular expression techniques to assist doctors in managing heart transplant patients post-surgery for potential organ rejection. |
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
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Devices/Technology Anthony Shannon made history on July 30. That's when he became the first person in the United States to receive a new type of experimental and very high-tech heart-assist device. |
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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Medical Procedure News The lives of 3 Los Angeles-area kidney transplant patients were transformed by one of the West Coast's first three-way living donor kidney transplant chains, made possible through the generosity of a non-directed, altruistic kidney donor from New York City -- announced today... |
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Friday, 01 August 2008 |
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Devices/Technology Cardiac specialists at the University of Rochester Medical Center are studying an investigational device that wraps around the enlarged hearts of heart failure patients in an effort to probably prevent them from enlarging further. |
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 |
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Medical Procedure News A German farm worker who lost both arms in a farm accident has become the world's first double arm transplant recipient. |
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