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US grandmother gives birth to her own grandchild

(AP)—Emily and Mike Jordan couldn't help but feel anxious.

Other created Sep 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Survival 'excellent' following living donor liver transplantation for acute liver failure

Patients in Japan who underwent living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for acute liver failure (ALF) were classified as having excellent outcomes, with ten-year survival at 73%. The findings, published in the September ...

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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 created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Particular donor genotype lowers leukemia relapse rate

(HealthDay)—Patients with acute myeloid leukemia who receive a stem cell transplant from a donor with activating killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genotype KIR2DS1, which has ligand specif ...

Cancer created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

State tax incentives do not appear to increase the rate of living organ donation

The policies that several states have adopted giving tax deductions or credits to living organ donors do not appear to have increased donation rates. Authors of the study, appearing in the August issue of the American Jo ...

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National test identifies barriers to organ donation

(HealthDay)—A national test of the Rapid Assessment of Hospital Procurement Barriers in Donation (RAPiD) has identified specific barriers to organ donation and patient referral, according to a study published ...

Surgery created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kidney for US patient's transplant put in trash

(AP)—A nurse accidentally disposed of a kidney from a living donor this month at a U.S. hospital, and doctors tried unsuccessfully for at least two hours to revive the organ in what medical experts describe as a rare accident, ...

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New technology to transform blood processing

A pioneering surgical blood salvage technology developed at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, is set to transform the way major surgery is carried out by reducing blood loss in patients.

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Southampton scientists to investigate ways to prevent life-threatening complications in transplant patients

Scientists from the University of Southampton have received a grant from the blood cancer charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research to explore ways of preventing life-threatening side effects in patients receiving ...

Medical research created Aug 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mugabe says census will reveal AIDS toll on Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe launched the national census Wednesday, saying he hoped the once-a-decade count would measure the extent to which AIDS was affecting the population.

HIV & AIDS created Aug 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Engineered pancreatic tissues could lead to better transplants for diabetics

Technion researchers have built pancreatic tissue with insulin-secreting cells, surrounded by a three-dimensional network of blood vessels. The engineered tissue could pave the way for improved tissue transplants to treat ...

Diabetes created Aug 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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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Bone marrow transplant eliminates signs of HIV infection

Two men with longstanding HIV infections no longer have detectable HIV in their blood cells following bone marrow transplants. The virus was easily detected in blood lymphocytes of both men prior to their transplants but ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lung transplant recipient defies all odds

Meara Schmidt, 28, almost died a few weeks ago. Lying in her hospital bed at UCLA, the seriously ill cystic fibrosis patient felt herself slipping away and her life flashing by. But then the image of her husband ...

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Freezing all embryos in IVF with transfer in a later non-stimulated cycle may improve outcome

There is growing interest in a "freeze-all" embryo policy in IVF. Such an approach, which cryopreserves all embryos generated in a stimulated IVF cycle for later transfer in a non-stimulated natural cycle, would avoid any ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Jul 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0