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Genomic 'Fingerprint' For Alcohol-Induced Heart Failure Identified By Scientists

05 May 2008

A person with dilated cardiomyopathy has an enlarged and stretched heart cavity, usually too weak to pump normally; most people will go on to develop heart failure. While clinicians know that up to 36 percent of all cases of...
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Obesity Following Kidney Transplantation And Steroid Avoidance Immunosuppression

03 May 2008

UroToday.com - Over the last decade, steroid sparing immunosuppressant protocols have become widely used in renal transplantation. One of the motivating factors behind the development of steroid sparing protocols has been...
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New Approaches To Islet Transplantation In Type 1 Diabetes

02 May 2008

Researchers from 11 medical centers in the United States, Canada, Sweden, and Norway have begun testing new approaches to transplanting clusters of insulin-producing islets in adults with difficult-to-control type 1 diabetes...
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Transplants / Organ Donations News Articles Archive - Page 1

01 May 2008

Philippine Government Bans Organ Transplants For Foreigners

30 April 2008

Parkinson Transplants Survive At Least 16 Years

29 April 2008

Football League Clubs On The Ball With Life-Saving Message, UK

27 April 2008

Marking A Milestone With 500th Transplant In Heart And Lung Program At UCSF

26 April 2008

Renal Transplantation In Children With Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Of Different Origin: A Single-Center Experience

Transplant Surgeon Pioneers New Way To Increase Supply Of Organs

25 April 2008

Mayo Clinic Arizona And VCU Medical Center Honored For Bridging 100% Of CardioWest Artificial Heart Patients To Transplant In 2007

Statement By The President of the USA: National Donate Life Month

24 April 2008

President Bush Meets With "Six-Way" Kidney Tranplant Team And Patients

NICE Guidance Aims To Prevent Hypothermia In Patients Undergoing Surgery, UK

New Phase I Study Announcement Of Interleukin-7 As Immunotherapy In Treatment Of Bone Marrow Or Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant Patients

22 April 2008

MEPs Vote For EU-Wide Organ Donor Card

21 April 2008

Campaigns, Grants Support Interpretation Services, Diabetes Care, Organ Donation; Health Summit Features Seminar On Minority Health

Technology To Detect Liver Disease Via Blood Test To Be Developed

19 April 2008

Outcome Of Primary Glomerular Disease In Pediatric Renal Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience

18 April 2008

Disfigured Wounded US Soldiers To Get New Skin, Ears And Fingers

14 April 2008

Debate At ISHLT: Lung Transplants In Cystic Fibrosis Patients With Life-Threatening Bacteria

Ventracor Limited (ASX:VCR) Announce Results Of US Feasibility Trial Of The VentraAssist LVAD

12 April 2008

Researchers Attempting To Mimic The Way A Parasite Manipulates The Immune System

Lung Transplants In Cystic Fibrosis Patients With Life Threatening Bacteria Sparks Debate At ISHLT Meeting

11 April 2008

Organ Transplant Waiting List Reaches High In U.S.

Need For Biopsies May Be Reduced By Biomarkers

Research Presented At ISHLT Shows Promise Of Addressing Critical Organ Shortage

10 April 2008

EBMT Has Successful Finish To 34th EBMT Annual Congress, Plans For The Coming Year

09 April 2008

US Hospital Performs First Six-Way Kidney Swap Transplant

Alligator Blood Could Be New Antibiotic For Superbugs

04 April 2008

Government Announces Appointment Of New National Clinical Director For Transplant, UK

02 April 2008

Possible Expansion Of The Donor Pool May Address Dallas Area Cornea Shortages

01 April 2008

Lung Transplants Not Dangerous For Children With Cystic Fibrosis, After All - Experts Say Recent Study Was Seriously Flawed

28 March 2008

Seven Of 10 Likely Democratic Voters In Pennsylvania Concerned About Health Care Costs, Poll Finds

27 March 2008

Lifetime Effects Of Pediatric Liver Transplants

26 March 2008

CSMG Technologies Subsidiary Live Tissue Connect Technology And Product Performance Will Be Presented At The Central European Congress Of Surgery

25 March 2008

Surgeons Use Transplant Surgery To Remove Tumour

24 March 2008

Parkinson's Disease Treated By Therapeutic Cloning In Mouse Model

21 March 2008

Transplant Societies Protest FDA Policy In American Journal Of Transplantation

19 March 2008

Living Donor Liver Transplants Improved Outcome Using New Technique

New Interventional Radiology Treatment Shows Hope For People With Complications From Bone Marrow, Stem Cell Transplants

17 March 2008

In The Care Of Cardiac Patients Cardiovascular Nurses Strive For Excellence

14 March 2008

A New Finding In Liver Transplantation And Antifibrinolytics?

12 March 2008

Macrophage Study Finds Cells Policed To Tell Friend From Foe

11 March 2008

Pediatric Renal Transplantation Benefits From NIH Grant To Emory And Pediatric Partners

07 March 2008

European Group For Blood And Marrow Transplantation Annual Congress

05 March 2008

Portopulmonary Hypertension May Be Treated By A Combination Therapy Of 3 Vasodilators

04 March 2008

LifeCycle Pharma Announces Positive Top-Line Results Of Phase II Clinical Trial Of LCP-Tacro In Stable Kidney Transplant Patients

Two New Lungs Might Be Better Than One

03 March 2008

Survival Rates Exceed National Averages For UCSF Heart, Liver And Lung Transplant Programs

Transplantation Boosts Survival Rates For Young Kidney Failure Patients, Canada

28 February 2008

Using Statistical Modeling To Analyze Immune System Proteins

UK's Oldest Existing Motoring Club On Track To Boost Life-saving Campaign

Race, Insurance Status Affect Access To Transplantation And Kidney Disease Treatment

24 February 2008

Calcineurin Inhibitor-Sparing Regimens In Solid Organ Transplantation: Focus On Improving Renal Function And Nephrotoxicity

22 February 2008

Device That Measures Optimum State Of An Organ Prior To Transplanting Has Been Patented

Seaweed Link To Diabetes Treatment, UK

Kidney Donor Age Linked To Aortic Stiffening

21 February 2008

The National Kidney Registry And NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center Announce A Triple Swap Starting A Donor Chain

Business In The Community To Encourage More People To Save A Life, UK Transplant

Kidney Transplant Chain Initiated At NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

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