Adult stem cells take root in livers and repair damage
Johns Hopkins researchers have demonstrated that human liver cells derived from adult cells coaxed into an embryonic state can engraft and begin regenerating liver tissue in mice with chronic liver damage.
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May 11, 2011 |
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Antibody prevents hepatitis C in animal model
A monoclonal antibody developed by MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) and tested in an animal model at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, prevents infection by the hepatitis C virus ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 30, 2012 |
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Antioxidant improves donated liver survival rate to more than 90 percent
Researchers from Italy have found that the antioxidant, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), when injected prior to harvesting of the liver, significantly improves graft survival following transplantation. Results published in the February ...
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Feb 25, 2013 |
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Swiss surgeons conduct complex multiple organ transplant
Surgeons in Zurich have carried out a complex, multi-organ transplant, hospital officials said Thursday, claiming the lessons learned would benefit patients with tumours that attack multiple organs.
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Dec 20, 2012 |
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Groundbreaking study that may change transplant practices
Researchers from John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, one of the nation's 50 best cancer centers, played an important role in a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Oct ...
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Nov 20, 2012 |
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QoL up for live liver donors versus general population
(HealthDay)—Living liver donors from Japan have higher health-related quality of life (HRQOL) than the Japanese norm population, according to a study published in the November issue of Liver Transplantation.
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Nov 06, 2012 |
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Most liver transplant candidates receive donation offers
Most liver transplant candidates who died or were removed from the transplant list actually received one or more liver donation offers, according to a recent UCSF study.
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Oct 22, 2012 |
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Obese donors increase risk of death for pediatric liver transplant recipients
Children undergoing liver transplantation are at greater risk of graft loss and death from adult organ donors who are severely obese according to research published in the August issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal of the ...
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Aug 01, 2012 |
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U.S. liver transplants declining
(HealthDay) -- The number of liver transplants in the United States has decreased since 2006, a new study finds.
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May 22, 2012 |
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Stress in cells activates hepatitis viruses
People who have received a donor organ need lifelong immunosuppressant drugs to keep their immune system from attacking the foreign tissue. However, with a suppressed immune system, many infectious agents ...
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Feb 13, 2012 |
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Pioneering liver treatment cures British baby
British doctors on Tuesday said they had cured a baby boy of a life-threatening liver disease using a pioneering treatment in which cells are injected into the abdomen.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Adult living donor liver transplants safe, study finds
Desperately needed adult living donor liver transplantation is a safe surgery for the donor, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.
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Nov 08, 2011 |
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Changes to distribution of livers for transplant proposed
Transplantation specialists have proposed changes to the allocation and distribution of organs used for liver transplants. The recommended policy modifications take into account the scarcity of available organs, ensuring ...
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Sep 09, 2011 |
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Formula-fed preemies at higher risk for dangerous GI condition than babies who get donor milk
Extremely premature babies fed human donor milk are less likely to develop the dangerous intestinal condition necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) than babies fed a standard premature infant formula derived from cow's milk, accor ...
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May 01, 2011 |
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Are living liver donors at risk from life-threatening 'near-miss' events?
A study published in Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, reports that donor mortality is about 1 in 500 donors ...
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Apr 25, 2013 |
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