News tagged with donor program
Bone marrow and blood stem cell transplant survival rates equal, when donor is unrelated to patient
Patients who receive a blood stem cell transplant from a donor outside of their family to treat leukemia and other blood diseases are more likely to have graft failure but less likely to experience graft-versus-host disease, ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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African-Americans more likely to donate kidney to family member
Family matters, especially when it comes to African-Americans and living kidney donation. In a study conducted at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, researchers found that African-Americans donate almost exclusively to family ...
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Study: Gates project spared 100K Indians from HIV
(AP) -- An estimated 100,000 people in India may have escaped HIV infection over five years thanks to one of the world's biggest prevention programs, an encouraging sign that targeting high-risk groups remains vital even ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 11, 2011 |
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More than bacon: Genetic alterations in pig tissue may allow for human transplantation
A sizzling genetic discovery by Chinese scientists may one day allow pig tissue to be transplanted successfully into humans. Their research presented in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology represents a major step forward toward ...
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Device could improve harvest of stem cells from umbilical cord blood
Johns Hopkins graduate students have invented a system to significantly boost the number of stem cells collected from a newborn's umbilical cord and placenta, so that many more patients with leukemia, lymphoma ...
Jun 20, 2011 |
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VCU leads study of first US portable driver for powering the total artificial heart
The Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center is the lead institution in a national clinical trial of technology that will allow artificial heart patients to recuperate, rehabilitate and wait in the comfort of their ...
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Grassroots programs to encourage minority organ donation prove successful
Minority organ donations have more than doubled since the institution of grassroots awareness and education programs, according to a new retrospective study published in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of ...
Jun 02, 2010 |
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Living donor exchange poses new option for liver transplantation
Two major transplant centers in Hong Kong and South Korea released results from their paired donor exchange programs for living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). A single paired exchange, performed by the Hong Kong team ...
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Mixed-race patients struggle to find marrow donors
(AP) -- If Nick Glasgow were white, he would have a nearly 90 percent chance of finding a matching bone marrow donor who could cure his leukemia.
May 27, 2009 |
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Unrelated and mismatched cord blood transplantation can still help children with deadly conditions
An unrelated cord blood transplant, even from a mismatched donor, can be effective in treating children with a host of life-threatening diseases and disorders including cancer, sickle cell anemia, and other genetic diseases, ...
Feb 13, 2009 |
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