Posts Tagged ‘organ transplants’
Fake ‘intestine’ may help kids feel better
CORNELL (US) — A tiny 3-D collagen scaffold could offer relief to children who have lost parts of their intestines. Continue…
Friday, December 16, 2011 10:05 - 1 Comment
Health & Medicine - Nov 7, 2011 11:29 - 0 Comments
Age no obstacle for kidney donation
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Transplants of kidneys from live donors over 70 are safe for the donors and lifesaving for recipients, research suggests. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 19, 2011 11:30 - 0 Comments
Stem cells help body accept donor organs
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Researchers working with rats have developed a way to trick the body into accepting a transplanted liver without a lifelong regimen of anti-rejection drugs. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 3, 2011 13:40 - 0 Comments
Time not a factor in some transplants
JOHNS HOPKINS U. (US) — Unlike other surgeries, patients receiving heart or lung transplants fare just as well whether their last-second surgery occurs during the day or at night. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 28, 2011 11:53 - 1 Comment
Girls less likely to make transplant list
UC DAVIS (US) — A recent study found that girls were 22 percent less likely than boys to get placed on a kidney transplant waiting list. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 15, 2011 11:04 - 0 Comments
Sea squirts flip immunity switch
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Preventing rejection of transplanted organs and bone marrow may lie with the tiny sea squirt, a small organism with an incredible sense of self. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 4, 2011 16:48 - 0 Comments
ICU docs key to more transplant organs
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — A small study showed that the number of organs available for transplant as much as doubled when an intensive care physician remained involved with donor bodies after brain death occurred. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 30, 2011 16:45 - 3 Comments
HIV organs could be safe for transplant
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Legally allowing people with HIV to be organ donors after death could ensure that as many as 500 HIV-positive kidney or liver failure patients each year would only wait months—not years—for a transplant. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 26, 2011 12:04 - 1 Comment
Rare larynx transplant restores voice
UC DAVIS (US) — In only the second transplant surgery of its kind, surgeons have replaced the larynx, thyroid gland, and trachea of a woman who has been unable to speak for more than a decade. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 18, 2010 16:40 - 0 Comments
It’s a match: Algorithm finds kidneys
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — Living kidney donors and medically compatible transplant candidates have been successfully matched using a newly developed computer algorithm. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 17, 2010 10:24 - 0 Comments
Extending the life of organ transplants
KING’S COLLEGE LONDON (UK)—New developments using protein therapeutics and cell therapy may help prevent organ rejection and extend lives. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 16, 2010 9:36 - 4 Comments
Protein plays active role in rare kidney disease
U. LEEDS (UK)—The discovery of the mechanisms of a protein known to play an active part in an extremely rare inherited kidney disorder called Dent’s disease may provide a new focus for future therapies. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 2, 2010 14:23 - 0 Comments
Genes let transplant recipients skip the drugs
EMORY (US)—To prevent rejection, kidney transplant recipients need to take immunosuppressive drugs for the rest of their lives. A handful of people, out of the thousands who have undergone transplantation, have been able to stop taking these drugs without losing their kidneys. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 23, 2009 16:46 - 0 Comments
3-D channels pave way for man-made organs
TEXAS A&M (US)—The creation of a network of microchannels could advance the field of tissue engineering by serving as a three-dimensional vasculature to support construction of tissue, include organs. (more…)
