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Sleep disorder treatment: an interview with Dr Seth Lederman, President and CEO of Tonix Pharmaceuticals

Sleep disorders are a large area. We are focused on one particular type of sleep disturbance called “non-restorative” sleep. People with this problem do sleep, but they don’t wake up feeling refreshed or feeling that their sleep has had the restorative effects of healthy sleep.

29 Aug 2012

Researchers develop glue mixture that may reduce risks after laser vision correction surgery

Kansas State University researchers have developed a glue mixture that may reduce risks after laser vision correction surgery.

28 Aug 2012

IASIS Healthcare, Aurora announce collaboration

Aurora Health Care and IASIS Healthcare today announced a wide ranging partnership which includes the formation of a development joint venture, Aurora IASIS Health Partners, to pursue healthcare acquisitions, new construction, management of facilities and development of clinical services with an initial focus on new and existing markets in Wisconsin and northern Illinois.

28 Aug 2012

Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation and partners applaud Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day

The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF) today announced its partnership with the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and the Plastic Surgery Foundation (The PSF) in support of the first national Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day USA on October 17, 2012.

28 Aug 2012

America Stem Cell commences ASC-101 Phase I/II study in hematologic malignancies

America Stem Cell, Inc. announced today the initiation of a single-center study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center evaluating ASC-101 in dual-umbilical cord transplantation in patients with hematologic malignancies.

28 Aug 2012

Diaverum plans to increase peritoneal dialysis use among patients with ESRD

Diaverum, one of the world's leading renal care providers, is planning to give more patients the possibility to be treated with peritoneal dialysis to increase their quality of life.

27 Aug 2012

State Senator honors UCLA lung transplant doctors during special ceremony

Dr. Abbas Ardehali, professor of cardiothoracic surgery and director of the UCLA Heart and Lung Transplant program, and Dr. David Ross, professor of pulmonology and medical director of the UCLA Lung Transplant program, were honored by State Senator Sharon Runner (R-Antelope Valley) during a special ceremony at the State Senate Chamber in Sacramento on Aug. 21.

24 Aug 2012

Pre-emptive therapy better than valacyclovir prophylaxis in treating CMV in transplant recipients

Waiting to treat the commonest viral infections in transplant recipients until they reach a certain threshold is better than prophylactically treating all recipients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).

24 Aug 2012

Nanoparticle may bring great benefits to emergency treatment of brain-injury victims

A nanoparticle developed at Rice University and tested in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) may bring great benefits to the emergency treatment of brain-injury victims, even those with mild injuries.

24 Aug 2012

SSEA4+ marker helps identify and isolate precursors of insulin-producing pancreatic cells

For the millions of people worldwide with type 1 diabetes who cannot produce sufficient insulin, the potential to transplant insulin-producing cells could offer hope for a long-term cure. The discovery of a marker to help identify and isolate stem cells that can develop into insulin-producing cells in the pancreas would be a critical step forward and is described in an article in BioResearch Open Access, a new bimonthly peer-reviewed open access journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

22 Aug 2012

Clinical trial to test whether fecal transplantation is effective in treating relapsing C. difficile

For patients with Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), a persistent and potentially deadly bacterial illness, severe diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting are an everyday event. This particularly virulent infection is prone to recurrence, even after multiple courses of expensive antibiotics, and treatment options are limited for patients who continually relapse or develop antibiotic resistance.

22 Aug 2012

Arteriocyte receives NIH grant for use of NANEX platform in bone marrow transplant

Arteriocyte, a leading clinical stage biotechnology company developing cellular based therapies to treat human diseases, announced today the successful award of another grant by the National Institute of Health for the use of the NANEX platform in Hematopoietic Reconstitution Using Ex Vivo Expanded Umbilical Cord Blood CD34+ Stem Cells.

22 Aug 2012

Viewpoints: The importance of hepatitis C testing; Medicaid needs to provide coverage for circumcision

I consider myself to be a fortunate person. I have a good education, a great job and excellent health insurance. I am a baby boomer who has aged reasonably well and can look forward to a fairly comfortable retirement. I am also fortunate because I was diagnosed with hepatitis C by a proactive and knowledgeable doctor in the late 1990s and had the opportunity to be treated and cured. The odds are that if I had not been diagnosed and treated, I would be on a liver transplant list right now, have liver cancer or even be dead from this disease.

22 Aug 2012

Mayo Clinic receives approval for construction of new building on Phoenix campus

Mayo Clinic has been granted approval for construction of a 217,200 square-foot building on its Phoenix campus, a major expansion that will create a single-site, integrated Cancer Center. Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center with a multi-site, national presence, which allows us to serve a broad and diverse group of patients.

21 Aug 2012

AHCA approves Cleveland Clinic Florida applications for heart, liver and kidney transplant services

Cleveland Clinic Florida is pleased to announce that the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) in Florida has approved its applications for heart, liver and kidney transplant services.

18 Aug 2012

Diabetes Research Institute to receive JDRF-HCT grant for islet encapsulation study

JDRF, in collaboration with The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (HCT), announced today that it has finalized a grant in the area of islet cell encapsulation to Dr. Camillo Ricordi, M.D. and a team of investigators at the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), based at the University of Miami (FL).

17 Aug 2012

Transplant News and Research

Sleep disorder treatment: an interview with Dr Seth Lederman, President and CEO of Tonix Pharmaceuticals

Researchers develop glue mixture that may reduce risks after laser vision correction surgery

IASIS Healthcare, Aurora announce collaboration

Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation and partners applaud Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day

America Stem Cell commences ASC-101 Phase I/II study in hematologic malignancies

Diaverum plans to increase peritoneal dialysis use among patients with ESRD

State Senator honors UCLA lung transplant doctors during special ceremony

Pre-emptive therapy better than valacyclovir prophylaxis in treating CMV in transplant recipients

Nanoparticle may bring great benefits to emergency treatment of brain-injury victims

SSEA4+ marker helps identify and isolate precursors of insulin-producing pancreatic cells

Clinical trial to test whether fecal transplantation is effective in treating relapsing C. difficile

Arteriocyte receives NIH grant for use of NANEX platform in bone marrow transplant

Viewpoints: The importance of hepatitis C testing; Medicaid needs to provide coverage for circumcision

Mayo Clinic receives approval for construction of new building on Phoenix campus

AHCA approves Cleveland Clinic Florida applications for heart, liver and kidney transplant services

Diabetes Research Institute to receive JDRF-HCT grant for islet encapsulation study

Researchers identify molecular and protein signatures that predict HCV virus-induced liver injury

Late heart rejection is in decline in children, mortality the same

Technion researchers build pancreatic tissue with insulin-secreting cells to treat diabetes

U-M Survival Flight helicopters can save lives of all the Great Lakes states

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