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Shorter patients receive lung transplants at lower rates

Short people have several health advantages over tall people, including lower risk for cancer and heart disease, and longer life expectancy. But there's at least one health-related downside to being small: the odds of getting a lung transplant are considerably lower.

17 Nov 2015

Scientists show how absence of microbiota has remarkable effect against obesity

In the past few years, research on gut microbiota (that is, all microorganisms, mainly bacteria, inhabiting our gut) has started to unravel its tremendous role in our body, and how it symbiotically affects the functioning of our organs. In particular, microbiota has also an impact on the way calories are absorbed and how fat cells develop.

17 Nov 2015

Study finds that living liver donors highly satisfied with donation process

A study of living liver donors found donors were highly satisfied with the donation process. Findings published in Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, indicate most donors would donate again, independent of any complications from transplantation.

17 Nov 2015

Patient-related outcome shows strong link to survival in PAH

Health-related quality of life is strongly associated with survival in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, making it a reasonable target for treatment, study findings suggest.

13 Nov 2015

Patients with kidney failure at increased risk of developing different types of cancer

For patients with kidney failure, poor kidney function and immunosuppressant medications may increase their risk of developing different types of cancer. The findings, which are published in a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, suggest the need for persistent cancer screening and prevention in these patients.

13 Nov 2015

Betalin launches new EMP technology that could transform diabetes treatment

Betalin Therapeutics, a biotech company specializing in tissue engineering for curing diabetes, introduces the Engineered Micro Pancreas (EMP), a novel technology that provides significant levels of glucose-regulated insulin secretion over extended periods of time.

11 Nov 2015

$Ixazomib’s phase 3 study in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma presented$

Ixazomib’s phase 3 study in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma presented

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited today announced that it will present Phase 3 data from the TOURMALINE-MM1 ixazomib clinical trial at the 57th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting to be held in Orlando, Florida from December 5 to 8, 2015.

6 Nov 2015

Novel genetic therapy treats ‘incurable’ leukaemia

A new treatment that involves editing DNA has been used for the first time at Great Ormond Street Hospital to successfully treat drug-resistant leukaemia.

6 Nov 2015

Circulating protein predicts risk of chronic kidney disease

Make room, cholesterol. A new disease marker is entering the medical lexicon: suPAR, or soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor.

6 Nov 2015

Rice and Penn researchers create silicon construct with complex network of blood vessels

Using sugar, silicone and a 3-D printer, a team of bioengineers at Rice University and surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania have created an implant with an intricate network of blood vessels that points toward a future of growing replacement tissues and organs for transplantation.

4 Nov 2015

Innovative immunotherapy clinical trial underway at The University of Kansas Cancer Center

A novel immunotherapy clinical trial underway now at The University of Kansas Cancer Center has enrolled the first patients in the world to receive what many doctors and researchers believe is the future of cancer treatment.

4 Nov 2015

Approval to start trial of Videregen's replacement trachea technology

The INSPIRE consortium, led by Videregen Ltd, has received approval from the MHRA1 to start a UK clinical trial with its tissue engineered replacement trachea.

3 Nov 2015

VUMC, UCSF investigators awarded $6 million NIH grant to develop implantable artificial kidney

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a four-year, $6 million grant to investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of California at San Francisco to develop an implantable artificial kidney.

3 Nov 2015

Hypersexual disorder can be linked to hyperactive stress systems

New research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that hypersexual disorder - known popularly as sex addiction - can be linked to hyperactive stress systems. In a stress regulation test using the cortisone drug dexamethasone, men with hypersexual disorder showed higher levels of stress hormones than controls, a finding that the researchers hope will contribute to improved therapy for this patient group.

3 Nov 2015

New combination treatment provides better wound healing compared to SSGs alone

The use of meshed split skin autographs (SSGs) is a standard treatment for large, deep burns. However, serious scarring is often a result. In an effort to improve wound healing and reduce scarring, a team of researchers in The Netherlands tested a treatment technique on patients with serious, deep burns that employed SSGs along with autologous cultured proliferating epidermal cells (ECs) compared to SSGs alone.

3 Nov 2015

New peptide-based hydrogel could one day facilitate microsurgery

Skillful surgeons can do amazing things in extremely small places, but finding better ways to suture tiny blood vessels has been an ongoing challenge for even the best.

3 Nov 2015

Rheumatoid arthritis significantly increases risk of death due to cardiovascular causes

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been associated with increased risk of death in the past, but a new study by investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital brings that risk into sharper focus. Using data from the Nurses' Health Study, which has followed more than 100,000 female registered nurses since 1976, researchers found that rheumatoid arthritis significantly increased participants' overall risk of death, especially risk of death due to respiratory or cardiovascular causes.

3 Nov 2015

UAB study aims to provide improved care related to reproductive health of women with CF

For University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Assistant Professor Sigrid Ladores, Ph.D., investigating reproductive health concerns in adolescents and young adults with chronic illnesses, particularly those with cystic fibrosis, is not just a profession, it is a passion.

3 Nov 2015

Advanced Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster showcased to foreign correspondents during press tour

Kobe City showed its high-tech Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster (KBIC) to journalists on Oct. 29 during a press tour mainly for foreign correspondents stationed in Japan.

2 Nov 2015

Wider geographic sharing of pediatric donor lungs can increase transplant rates for young U.S. patients

Broader geographic sharing of pediatric donor lungs could result in twice as many lung transplants for young patients in the U.S., according to a study published today in the American Journal of Transplantation.

2 Nov 2015

Transplant News and Research

Shorter patients receive lung transplants at lower rates

Scientists show how absence of microbiota has remarkable effect against obesity

Study finds that living liver donors highly satisfied with donation process

Patient-related outcome shows strong link to survival in PAH

Patients with kidney failure at increased risk of developing different types of cancer

Betalin launches new EMP technology that could transform diabetes treatment

Ixazomib’s phase 3 study in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma presented

Novel genetic therapy treats ‘incurable’ leukaemia

Circulating protein predicts risk of chronic kidney disease

Rice and Penn researchers create silicon construct with complex network of blood vessels

Innovative immunotherapy clinical trial underway at The University of Kansas Cancer Center

Approval to start trial of Videregen's replacement trachea technology

VUMC, UCSF investigators awarded $6 million NIH grant to develop implantable artificial kidney

Hypersexual disorder can be linked to hyperactive stress systems

New combination treatment provides better wound healing compared to SSGs alone

New peptide-based hydrogel could one day facilitate microsurgery

Rheumatoid arthritis significantly increases risk of death due to cardiovascular causes

UAB study aims to provide improved care related to reproductive health of women with CF

Advanced Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster showcased to foreign correspondents during press tour

Wider geographic sharing of pediatric donor lungs can increase transplant rates for young U.S. patients

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