News tagged with immunosuppressive medication

Study reveals possible link between IBD therapy and skin cancer

Findings from a new retrospective cohort study presented at the American College of Gastroenterology's 74th Annual Scientific meeting in San Diego indicate that patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), especially ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Researchers have a natural sidekick that may resolve the antibiotic-resistant bacteria dilemma

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria continue to be a global concern with devastating repercussions, such as increased healthcare costs, potential spread of infections across continents, and prolonged illness.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Newly identified oral bacterium linked to heart disease and meningitis

A novel bacterium, thought to be a common inhabitant of the oral cavity, has the potential to cause serious disease if it enters the bloodstream, according to a study in the International Journal of Systematic an ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Open wide' for new stem cell potential: Stem cells of the oral mucosa stay young

While highly potent embryonic stem cells are often the subject of ethical and safety controversy, adult-derived stem cells have other problems. As we age, our stem cells are less pliant and less able to transform into the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Size matters -- in virulent fungal spores -- and suggests ways to stop a killer

Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have found that larger fungal spores can be more lethal. Their findings about two different spore sizes of the fungus Mucor circinelloides, a pathogen that kills ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

UCLA's first hand transplant patient adapting well to new hand

Six-and-a-half weeks after receiving the first hand transplant in the western United States, Emily Fennell is becoming so accustomed to her new right hand that she barely remembers when she didn't have one.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Calif. woman to show off newly transplanted hand

(AP) -- A 26-year-old mother who lost her right hand in a traffic accident several years ago is reuniting with her doctors to show off her new donated hand.

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created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Calif. woman shows off newly transplanted hand

(AP) -- For the first time in five years, Emily Fennell has two hands.

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created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New procedure promises to be a breakthrough in lung transplants

For decades, heart and lung transplant surgeons have followed a strict directive: Get the donor organ into the recipient as soon as possible.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Predicting serious drug side effects before they occur

All medications have side-effects from common aspirin to herbal remedies and from standard anticancer drugs to experimental immunosuppressants. However, predicting important side effects, serious adverse drug reactions, ADRs, ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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