News tagged with double arm transplant
German making progress after double arm transplant
(AP) -- The recipient of the world's first complete double arm transplant scratched his head and back and beamed at his doctors Wednesday, saying he was on the path to independence a year after the pioneering operation.
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Victim of chimp attack gets a full face transplant
(AP) -- A Connecticut woman mauled by a chimpanzee gone berserk has received a new face in the third such operation performed in the U.S. and is looking forward to going out in public again and eating hot ...
Jun 10, 2011 |
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Everolimus improves progression-free survival for patients with rare pancreatic cancer
In an international Phase III randomized study, everolimus, an inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), has shown to dramatically improve progression-free survival for patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine ...
Feb 09, 2011 |
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New anti-viral drug shows promise for dramatic improvement in hepatitis C treatment
Adding a direct acting anti-viral drug to the standard treatment regimen for hepatitis C significantly increases the cure rate in the most difficult to treat patients, according to a research report published Monday in the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 08, 2010 |
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UCLA launches first West Coast human hand transplantation program
The UCLA Health System has launched the new UCLA Hand Transplantation Program, the first of its kind on the West Coast and only the fourth such center in the United States.
Jul 27, 2010 |
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Study Results Suggest Adult Stem Cells May Help Repair Muscle Cells Damaged by Heart Attack
(PhysOrg.com) -- Adult stem cells may help repair heart tissue damaged by heart attack according to the findings of a new study to be published in the December 8 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Resul ...
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Dec 07, 2009 |
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Study suggests adult stem cells may help repair hearts damaged by heart attack
Adult stem cells may help repair heart tissue damaged by heart attack according to the findings of a new study to be published in the December 8 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Results from t ...
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Dec 02, 2009 |
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Some Eczema Sufferers More Prone to Smallpox and Other Viruses
(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the World Health Organization proclaimed smallpox officially eradicated in late 1979 - thanks to vaccination programs that produced a protective “herd immunity” for most of the globe ...
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Jun 30, 2009 |
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The Medical Minute: Melanoma - The dark side of the sun
Now that the weather is nice, people will spend more time outside. Whether it’s doing yard work, playing golf or relaxing at the beach, we are a nation of sun lovers. Some people with light skin may even spend a few sessions ...
May 27, 2009 |
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Added anti-viral improves response, halves duration of hepatitis C treatment
The addition of the anti-viral drug telaprevir to a standard treatment for hepatitis C can shorten the duration of therapy and increase the number of patients who can be cured of their disease, according to the results of ...
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Apr 30, 2009 |
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Breathing life into injured lungs: World-first technique will expand lung donor organ pool
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 ...
Dec 19, 2008 |
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