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| New Warning Signs May Predict Kidney Transplant Failure | Fri, 03 Sep 2010 |
| Kidney transplants that show a combination of fibrosis (scarring) and inflammation after one year are at higher risk of long-term transplant failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN)... | |
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| Beaumont Hospitals Launches New Liver Transplant Program | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 |
| Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak became Michigan's third liver transplant center on Aug. 31. A 59-year-old man from Royal Oak was the first patient to receive a liver transplant through Beaumont's new multi-organ transplant program. Under the leadership of Alan J. Koffron, M.D... | |
| Vitrolife: New Study Shows Improved Survival With Perfadex | Wed, 01 Sep 2010 |
| A recently published study in The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation shows that the patients who are most seriously ill before lung tranplantation have better one-year survival when Perfadex is used as the preservation solution for donor lungs compared with UW solution... | |
| Eyegenix? Artificial Cornea Achieves Major Advancement Towards Curing Corneal Blindness | Wed, 01 Sep 2010 |
| Eyegenix?, the ophthalmic division of Cellular Bioengineering, Inc. (CBI), announced that the results of a pilot clinical trial using a synthetic cornea for which Eyegenix? holds the exclusive global license for transplantation were published in the peer-reviewed journal, Science Translational Medicine (Volume 2, Issue 46, August, 25, 2010)... | |
| Launch Of New Cell Transplantation Journal | Tue, 31 Aug 2010 |
| A new and unique journal on cell transplantation aimed at helping translate laboratory findings into clinical applications is being launched by Cognizant Communication Corporation as a companion journal to Cell Transplantation. Cell Medicine, an online-only, open access journal, publishes research papers that promise to have direct clinical relevance. The journal is freely accessible here... | |
| Bone Marrow From An Aboriginal Canadian May Be Best Match For Baby With Rare Genetic Disorder | Tue, 31 Aug 2010 |
| Bone marrow from a matched Aboriginal Canadian donor may be the best chance Harold and Lindsey Bost's daughter, Leona, has for survival. The five-month-old was born with Cartilage-Hair Hypoplasia (CHH). CHH is a rare genetic disorder characterised by short stature, fine, sparse hair, and immunodeficiency requiring bone marrow or stem cell transplantation... | |
| Biosynthetic Corneas Restore Sight In Patients With Significant Vision Loss | Thu, 26 Aug 2010 |
| Patients with corneal damage and considerable vision loss had biosynthetic corneas implanted into their eyes with FibroGen's proprietary rhCIII (recombinant human type III collagen), which restored their vision and promoted nerve regeneration. A report on this 2-year Phase I clinical trial has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Science Translational Medicine... | |
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| Heart Transplant Patients With Common Disorder Have High Survival Rates | Wed, 25 Aug 2010 |
| Transplant surgery to correct the most common type of genetic heart disease yields similar short-term and potentially greater long-term survival rates as transplant surgery for other heart diseases, according to research reported in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal... | |
| EHSI: New Stem-Cell Study An 'Encouraging Step' Towards Organ Regeneration | Wed, 25 Aug 2010 |
| Cindy Morrissey, President and CEO of Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc., called the results of a recent study on Friday an 'encouraging step' towards the use of stem cells to regenerate human organs. The research, published in the journal Nature, shows that it is possible to convert one stem cell type to another, without the need for genetic modification... | |
| Extensive Trial Confirms Benefits Of Early Steroid Withdrawal For Transplant Patients | Wed, 25 Aug 2010 |
| A University of Cincinnati (UC) analysis of 10 years of data from local kidney transplant patients shows that patients removed from a corticosteroid regimen shortly after surgery have better graft survival rates, better survival rates and fewer cardiovascular events than patients kept on the traditional regimen of long-term steroids... | |
| Soligenix Announces Award Of $1.2 Million FDA Orphan Products Development Grant | Tue, 24 Aug 2010 |
| Soligenix, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced that it has been awarded a three year $1.2 million clinical research grant by the Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pursuant to its Orphan Products Development (OPD) Program... | |
| Report Describes How Alonzo Mourning Uses His NBA Fame To Fight Kidney Disease | Sat, 21 Aug 2010 |
| In October 2000, Mourning was diagnosed with focal segmental glomerular sclerosis (FSGS), a kidney disease that causes scarring in the glomeruli, the blood vessels in the kidneys that filter the blood to make urine. Mourning was obviously unsettled by this news in the midst of a Hall of Fame caliber NBA career. "I was devastated, scared, and unsure about my future... looking for answers... | |
| Frozen Flies May Yield Secrets For Human Organ Transplants | Sat, 21 Aug 2010 |
| When kitchens become infiltrated with fruit flies, especially during the dog days of summer, homeowners might wish that the flying pests would just turn to ice. The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster does boast a powerful genetic system making it an ideal organism to test a cool new discovery: how an enzyme regulates body energy levels... | |
| Hispanics And Asians Less Likely To Receive Liver Transplants | Fri, 20 Aug 2010 |
| Researchers at the University of Michigan and Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, both in Ann Arbor, have identified geographic variation as a key factor accounting for disparities in access to liver transplantation among racial and ethnic groups... | |
| Health Disparities Exist Among Black And Hispanic Kidney Donors | Fri, 20 Aug 2010 |
| Black and Hispanic kidney donors are significantly more likely than white donors to develop hypertension, diabetes and chronic kidney disease, according to new Saint Louis University research published in the August 19, 2010 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. "We've long known that diabetes and hypertension disproportionately affect blacks and Hispanics... | |
| Identifying Factors Which Predict Alcohol Use After Liver Transplantation | Fri, 20 Aug 2010 |
| Patients who receive a liver transplant due to alcoholic liver disease need to demonstrate periods of abstinence and often attend addiction treatment before transplantation. However, alcohol use disorders can recur, as can other diseases requiring transplantation, and thus alcohol use after liver transplantation is not uncommon... | |
| NHSBT Annual Review 2009/2010 - Saving And Improving Lives | Thu, 19 Aug 2010 |
| A major improvement programme around the production of lifesaving blood delivered savings for the NHS of £20 million last year according to NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) whose Annual Review 2009-10 was published yesterday. Improvements in manufacturing and processing enabled blood to be produced more efficiently leading to a reduction in price per unit from £140 to £130... | |
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| Chronic Health Conditions Common For Stem Cell Transplant Survivors | Thu, 19 Aug 2010 |
| Although hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) cures many blood diseases, two-thirds of long-term survivors report at least one chronic health condition after the procedure, according to a recent study published online in Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology... | |
