News tagged with transplant
On the cutting edge: Zigzag incision technique improves outcome of laser-assisted corneal transplantation
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For most of the 40,000 Americans who undergo corneal transplants each year, recovery is uncomfortable and slow, sometimes taking as long as six months. Even then, clear vision may not be fully ...
Physician bias might keep life-saving transplants from black and Hispanic patients
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Physician bias might be the reason why African Americans are not receiving kidney/pancreas transplants at the same rate as similar patients in other racial groups. Dr. Keith Melancon, director of kidney and pancreas transplantation ...
Researchers Discover Mutations in Two Genes that Cause Early-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team including researchers with the National Institutes of Health has discovered that mutations in either of two related genes cause a severe and rare form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) ...
Gene therapy technique slows ALD brain disease
Nov 05, 2009 |
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A strategy that combines gene therapy with blood stem cell therapy may be a useful tool for treating a fatal brain disease, French researchers have found. These findings appear in the 6 November 2009 issue ...
Kidney transplants generally safe for lupus patients
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Individuals with a history of lupus who receive a kidney transplant rarely develop the serious inflammatory condition lupus nephritis in their new organ, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's ...
Extending treatment after liver transplant may benefit patients with hepatitis C recurrence
Nov 01, 2009 |
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Extending hepatitis C treatment for liver transplant patients beyond current practice results in high rates of clearance of the hepatitis C virus from the blood, as well as a low rate of relapse, according to a Henry Ford ...
Donor race may impact kidney transplant survival
Oct 30, 2009 |
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The race of kidney donors may affect the survival rates of transplant recipients according to a study by Henry Ford Hospital.
Kidney transplant consent forms may contribute to disparities
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Kidney transplant consent forms are often written at a level that makes it difficult for many kidney patients to fully understand them, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's ...
Gene therapy repairs injured human donor lungs for the first time
Oct 28, 2009 |
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For the first time, scientists in the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University Health Network have successfully used gene therapy to repair injured human donor lungs, making them potentially suitable ...
Important new novel 2009 H1N1 flu advisory for cardiopulmonary transplantation
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Each year 3-5 million people have severe cases and 250-500,000 die from complications of seasonal influenza world-wide. This year, the novel 2009 H1N1 (nH1N1) influenza, previously called swine flu, has reached pandemic status. ...
Heart test found safe for pre-transplant kidney patients
Oct 15, 2009 |
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A screening test that measures whether a patient's heart is healthy enough for a kidney transplant is not as dangerous as once thought, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the Am ...
Affordable anti-rejection drug as effective as higher cost option
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 14, 2009 |
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A newer, less expensive drug used to suppress the immune system and prevent organ rejection in kidney and pancreas transplant patients works just as well as its much more expensive counterpart, according to a new study by ...
SCID Kids Leading Healthy, Normal Lives 25 Years After 'Bubble Boy'
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mention the words "bubble boy" and many will recall David Vetter, the kid with big eyes and a thick thatch of dark hair who died 25 years ago after spending almost the entire 12 years of his life in a germ-free, ...
Hypertension and diabetes are concern in long-term care of liver transplant patients
Oct 05, 2009 |
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A recent study by researchers from the University of Colorado looked at post-transplant care to determine whether primary care physicians (PCPs) or hepatologists are better suited to manage the overall health care of patients ...
Multivisceral transplant survival rates improve with new treatment
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Data from the largest single-center experience of adult and pediatric intestinal and multivisceral transplantation show that survival rates have improved with the advent of innovative surgical techniques, novel immunosuppressive ...
