News tagged with human transplants
S.Korea scientists clone pig for human transplants
Apr 22, 2009 |
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South Korean scientists said they have cloned a piglet whose organs were genetically modified to make them more suitable for human transplants.
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Chinese regulation bans human organ trade
Apr 08, 2007 |
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China's debut regulation on human organ transplants prohibits medical officials from trading in such organs.
NC State first university in nation to offer canine bone marrow transplants
Sep 04, 2008 |
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Dogs suffering from lymphoma will be able to receive the same type of medical treatment as their human counterparts, as North Carolina State University becomes the first university in the nation to offer canine bone marrow ...
Md. doctor: Kidney transplant record achieved
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A transplant surgeon who completed an unprecedented eight-way kidney swap this week said Tuesday he believes such intricate, multistate exchanges can drastically reduce the number of patients waiting ...
China attracting those needing organs
Apr 17, 2006 |
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China reportedly is attracting hundreds of Americans and other foreigners desperately in need of organ transplants, raising some ethical questions.
New-generation artificial cornea could restore vision for millions worldwide
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May 19, 2008 |
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An improved artificial cornea, which could restore the vision of more than 10 million people worldwide who are blind due to diseased corneas, finally is moving toward reality, scientists in California conclude ...
Womb transplants may soon be reality
Jun 22, 2006 |
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Swedish scientists say womb transplants for women with damaged or missing wombs may be possible within five years.
Promising advances in islet cell transplants for diabetes
Jun 09, 2008 |
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University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have modified the procedure for islet cell transplantation and achieved insulin independence in diabetes patients with fewer but better-functioning pancreatic islet cells.
Doctors say more ovary transplants possible
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two new techniques to preserve and transplant ovaries might give women a better chance to fight their biological clocks and have children when they are older, doctors announced Monday.
Transplanted human stem cells prolong survival in mouse model of rare brain disease
Sep 03, 2009 |
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A new study finds substantial improvement in a mouse model of a rare, hereditary neurodegenerative disease after transplantation of normal human neural stem cells. The research findings, published by Cell Press in the September ...
Research shows cord blood comparable to matched bone marrow
Jun 08, 2007 |
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University of Minnesota researchers report that umbilical cord blood transplants may offer blood cancer patients better outcomes than bone marrow transplants, according to an analysis of outcome data performed at the Center ...
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