News tagged with transplant medicine

New test spots early signs of mucopolysaccharidoses -- inherited metabolic disorders

A team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Zacharon Pharmaceuticals, have developed a simple, reliable test for identifying biomarkers for mucopolysaccharidoses ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Cell Transplantation study shows bone growth from implanted tooth and dental pulp stem cells

Researchers in Japan have completed a study showing that stem cells derived from deciduous canine teeth and dental pulp can be grafted and produce bone regeneration between parents and offspring. Their results are published ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | 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

Drug cocktail offers new hope for hepatitis C patients

A three-drug cocktail can eliminate the hepatitis C virus in patients far more effectively than the current two-drug regimen, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Survival matching should be used to allocate donated kidneys to transplant recipients

Providing kidney transplants to patients with the best probability of longer survival would reduce repeat transplant operations and improve life span after kidney transplant, says a U-M researcher in a commentary published ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ATS issues joint statement on the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

The American Thoracic Society has released new official clinical guidelines on the diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The statement replaces ATS guidelines published in 2000, and reviews current ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New therapy found for rare lung disorder

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have found that the FDA-approved drug sirolimus, used primarily to prevent rejection in organ transplant patients, stabilized ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study links hypoxia and inflammation in many diseases

Yet some athletes deliberately train at high altitude, with less oxygen, so they can perform better. Their bodies adapt to the reduced oxygen.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preventing GVHD by protecting gut stem cells

A protein that protects stem cells in the gut relieves a potentially lethal complication of bone marrow transplantation in mice, according to a study published online on January 31 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New test announced for major killer of lung transplant patients

A lung transplant can mean a new chance at life. But many who receive one develop a debilitating, fatal condition that causes scar tissue to build up in the lungs and chokes off the ability to breathe.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A decade of refinements in transplantation improves long-term survival of blood cancers

A decade of refinements in marrow and stem cell transplantation to treat blood cancers significantly reduced the risk of treatment-related complications and death, according to an institutional self-analysis of transplant-patient ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Regenerative stem cell therapy offers new hope for treating cardiovascular disease

Northwestern Medicine physician researchers are revolutionizing treatment of cardiovascular disease by utilizing patients' own stem cells to regenerate heart and vascular tissue. Northwestern Medicine is the lead site for ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Armed antibody triggers remissions for Hodgkin's lymphoma

An antibody loaded with an anti-cancer agent produced complete or partial remissions in 38 percent of patients with relapsed or therapy-resistant Hodgkin lymphoma enrolled in a phase I clinical trial, investigators report ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new target in polycystic kidney disease

In work suggesting a new approach to treating polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a leading cause of kidney failure, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston were able to block the formation of fluid-filled cysts, the hallmark ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Health disparities exist among black and Hispanic kidney donors

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0