News tagged with acute rejection
Researchers find faster, less-intrusive way to identify transplant recipients' organ rejection
A simple, inexpensive blood test could soon help doctors halt organ rejection before it impairs transplanted hearts and kidneys.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 23, 2010 |
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Affordable anti-rejection drug as effective as higher cost option
A newer, less expensive drug used to suppress the immune system and prevent organ rejection in kidney and pancreas transplant patients works just as well as its much more expensive counterpart, according to a new study by ...
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Oct 14, 2009 |
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Quack medicines, insect immigrants, and what eats what among secrets revealed by DNA barcodes
The newfound scientific power to quickly "fingerprint" species via DNA is being deployed to unmask quack herbal medicines, reveal types of ancient Arctic life frozen in permafrost, expose what eats what in ...
Nov 27, 2011 |
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Watchdog group makes 2nd push to ban diet pill
(AP) -- For the second time in five years, public health advocates are calling on the Food and Drug Administration to ban a fat-blocking drug sold over-the counter and via prescription, pointing to new reports of kidney ...
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Apr 18, 2011 |
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Pacific nations battle obesity epidemic
On Tonga's supermarket shelves, huge cans of corned beef the size of paint tins replaced traditional fare such as fish and coconuts long ago -- contributing to an obesity epidemic that sees the Pacific region ranked as the ...
Apr 10, 2011 |
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Parasite-induced genetically driven autoimmune chagas disease
Researchers have shown that the Trypanosoma cruzi agent of Chagas Disease (CD) invades host embryo cells and spreads its mitochondrial DNA (kDNA) minicircles into the host's genome. Dr. Antonio Teixeira and associates at the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 29, 2011 |
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To better detect heart transplant rejections, scientists test for traces of donor's genome
Heart transplant recipients and their physicians are likely more concerned with the function of the donated organ than with the donor's DNA sequences that tag along in the new, healthy tissue. However, researchers at the ...
Mar 28, 2011 |
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New method allows human embryonic stem cells to avoid immune system rejection
A short-term treatment with three immune-dampening drugs allowed human embryonic stem cells to survive and thrive in mice, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Without such treatment, the ...
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Mar 03, 2011 |
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Gene protects lung from damage due to pneumonia, sepsis, trauma, transplants
Lung injury is a common cause of death among patients with pneumonia, sepsis or trauma and in those who have had lung transplants. The damage often occurs suddenly and can cause life-threatening breathing ...
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Apple shares fall 2 pct with Jobs on medical leave
(AP) -- Shares of Apple Inc. fell modestly Tuesday following the company's disclosure that Steve Jobs, the CEO who transformed the niche computer maker into the most-envied consumer-electronics brand today, ...
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Radical treatment for leukemia under way
Humanized mouse models help clarify the origins of leukemia and the cellular processes that lead to its recurrence, providing hope for a cure for this intractable blood disease.
Jan 17, 2011 |
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New imaging advance illuminates immune response in breathing lung
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fast-moving objects create blurry images in photography, and the same challenge exists when scientists observe cellular interactions within tissues constantly in motion, such as the breathing ...
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Dec 20, 2010 |
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