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Discovery Life's new unscripted docudrama series highlights lifesaving work by SOM and Shock Trauma caregivers

Discovery Life's new unscripted docudrama series Shock Trauma: Edge of Life follows a team of medical professionals at the world-renown R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland ("Shock Trauma").

29 Dec 2015

Microencapsulation method can help overcome challenges in pancreatic islet transplantation

A microencapsulation method, developed by OIST researchers, can help to overcome major challenges in pancreatic islet transplantation.

26 Dec 2015

AeroCare Medical Transport System announces opening of new base of operations in Ft. Lauderdale

AeroCare Medical Transport System, Inc. has opened a new base of operations in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The base opened in December 2015 and is located at the Ft. Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE).

24 Dec 2015

SCCA's Fred Hutch Bone Marrow Transplant Program recognized for outstanding survival rates

The Fred Hutch Bone Marrow Transplant Program at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance has earned recognition by the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research for outperforming its expected one-year survival rates for allogeneic transplant patients - those who receive donated adult blood-forming stem cells.

23 Dec 2015

Department of Health issues statement on CDC preliminary report regarding infection cluster at UPMC

Today, Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Karen Murphy issued a statement on the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) preliminary report on an infection cluster found at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).

23 Dec 2015

Prevalence of chronic kidney disease considerably varies across Europe

The first study to carefully characterize the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) across Europe found considerable variation. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

22 Dec 2015

Variant signs worldwide exclusive license and development agreement with L&F Research

Variant Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an emerging pharmaceutical company focusing on rare diseases and other specialty conditions with limited or sub-optimal therapeutic options, announced today a worldwide exclusive license and development agreement with L&F Research LLC to advance development of Variant's lead product, VAR 200.

20 Dec 2015

Mayo Clinic study shows link between frailty and survival after lung transplant procedure

Frailty can affect people of all ages and demographics. Defined simply as "an increased vulnerability to adverse health outcomes," frailty can affect a patient's chances of surviving a surgical procedure or needing a nursing home.

18 Dec 2015

Anti-aging Glycopeptide can improve efficacy of cell transplant treatments for diabetes patients

An antifreeze glycopeptide that mimics a naturally occurring glycoprotein found in Arctic fish is helping to significantly improve the efficacy of cell transplant treatments for diabetes patients--a procedure that transplants insulin producing islets to render them insulin independent for periods of time.

18 Dec 2015

Stem cell therapy not significantly better than conventional treatment for Crohn's disease

A clinical trial to test the effectiveness of a stem cell therapy among adults with difficult to treat Crohn's disease has found it is not significantly better than conventional treatment in producing sustained disease remission after one year.

18 Dec 2015

CRCHUM researchers find mechanism responsible for rejection of organ transplants

A new cellular structure responsible for previously unexplained rejection of organ transplants has been identified by researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre.

17 Dec 2015

Scientists reveal major players in severe muscle damage caused by sepsis

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Paris Descartes University, Sainte-Anne Hospital and the CNRS have recently published a paper in Nature Communications in which they reveal major players in the severe muscle damage caused by sepsis, or septicemia, which explains why many patients suffer debilitating muscle impairment long-term after recovery.

17 Dec 2015

Surgery more effective than drug therapy in patients with tertiary hyperparathyroidism

A study led by researchers from the Nephrology group at Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the University Hospital of Bellvitge (HUB), compared the results of surgery with drug therapy in patients with tertiary hyperparathyroidism, ie after a kidney transplant.

17 Dec 2015

Study offers new view of how cancer cells transform normal cells through 'metastatic hijacking'

Metastasis - or the spread of cancer from one part of the body to other parts - accounts for more than 90 percent of cancer-related deaths. Although the cells that seed metastasis and the sites that they tend to travel to have been increasingly studied over the years, little has been known about how cancer migrates from a primary site, such as breast tissue, to a secondary site, such as the brain or bone marrow.

16 Dec 2015

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation does not provide improvement for patients with Crohn disease

Among adults with difficult to treat Crohn disease not amenable to surgery, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, compared with conventional therapy, did not result in significant improvement in sustained disease remission at l year and was associated with significant toxicity, according to a study in the December 15 issue of JAMA.

16 Dec 2015

Prophylaxis treatment can protect children who receive liver transplants from HBV-infected donors

Researchers have found that a prophylaxis treatment can prevent new-onset hepatitis B in children who receive liver transplants from donors who were previously infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) but had successfully cleared the virus.

16 Dec 2015

Shingles vaccine can help protect elderly patients with end-stage renal disease

Elderly patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who received the shingles vaccine were half as likely to develop shingles compared to those who were not vaccinated. The new study from Kaiser Permanente, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, also found the best protection against shingles was achieved when patients received the vaccination shortly after beginning dialysis.

16 Dec 2015

Can Nanostructured Microelectrodes be Used to Analyze Biomarkers? An Interview with Dr Shana Kelley

Electrochemical methods are appealing because simple and inexpensive instrumentation can be used to make highly sensitive measurements. However, it has been quite difficult to realize clinically-relevant levels of sensitivity using electrochemistry in highly complex, real-world samples.

From Pittcon 15 Dec 2015

Researchers discover new way for early detection of potentially deadly fungal infection in leukemia patients

A team of researchers have discovered a new way for early detection of a potentially deadly fungal infection in patients with suppressed immune systems such as those being treated for leukemia or have had an organ transplant.

15 Dec 2015

CRISPR/Cas9 turns hPSCs into cell-based lab model system for polycystic kidney disease

CRISPR/Cas9 is hot. News of the revolutionary gene editing technique that is already shaking up bioscience has finally reached the news media and the public. Now comes a first rate example of how CRISPR is changing the pace of biomedical research by linking up with another cutting edge technology -- human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs).

12 Dec 2015

Transplant News and Research

Discovery Life's new unscripted docudrama series highlights lifesaving work by SOM and Shock Trauma caregivers

Microencapsulation method can help overcome challenges in pancreatic islet transplantation

AeroCare Medical Transport System announces opening of new base of operations in Ft. Lauderdale

SCCA's Fred Hutch Bone Marrow Transplant Program recognized for outstanding survival rates

Department of Health issues statement on CDC preliminary report regarding infection cluster at UPMC

Prevalence of chronic kidney disease considerably varies across Europe

Variant signs worldwide exclusive license and development agreement with L&F Research

Mayo Clinic study shows link between frailty and survival after lung transplant procedure

Anti-aging Glycopeptide can improve efficacy of cell transplant treatments for diabetes patients

Stem cell therapy not significantly better than conventional treatment for Crohn's disease

CRCHUM researchers find mechanism responsible for rejection of organ transplants

Scientists reveal major players in severe muscle damage caused by sepsis

Surgery more effective than drug therapy in patients with tertiary hyperparathyroidism

Study offers new view of how cancer cells transform normal cells through 'metastatic hijacking'

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation does not provide improvement for patients with Crohn disease

Prophylaxis treatment can protect children who receive liver transplants from HBV-infected donors

Shingles vaccine can help protect elderly patients with end-stage renal disease

Can Nanostructured Microelectrodes be Used to Analyze Biomarkers? An Interview with Dr Shana Kelley

Researchers discover new way for early detection of potentially deadly fungal infection in leukemia patients

CRISPR/Cas9 turns hPSCs into cell-based lab model system for polycystic kidney disease

Leveraging the power of automation to boost research

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How can microdialysis benefit drug development

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