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Third-party blood stem cell transplantation as a factor to impact on poor graft function

When a research team in China evaluated the efficacy and safety of using mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) expanded from the bone marrow of non-self-donors to treat patients experiencing poor graft function (PGF) after receiving ...

Medical research created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Other created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Customized device tailored to patient's individual anatomy now used to repair abdominal aortic aneurysm without surgery

An abdominal aortic aneurysm - a bulge in the large artery that carries blood away from the heart - can be immediately life-threatening if it grows large enough to rupture. The chance of survival when it ruptures is less ...

Other created Feb 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Are some patients too heavy for a new kidney?

In a research review article published in the American Journal of Nephrology, Saint Louis University investigators examined data from multiple studies to better understand how obesity, an epidemic in the U.S., impacts kidney ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers report islet cell advancement increases impact on transplantation

A study published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (21:8), now freely available on-line, reports that a team of researchers in South Korea have successfully engineered islet cell clusters (ICCs) that will improv ...

Medical research created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Use of stem cells for adults receiving related donor kidney transplants appears to improve outcomes

Among patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing living-related kidney transplants, the use of bone-marrow derived mesenchymal (cells that can differentiate into a variety of cell types) stem cells instead of antibody ...

Medical research created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mitral valve repair with bypass surgery may improve heart function

Patients who had leaky mitral heart valves repaired along with bypass surgery had with healthier hearts than those who had bypass only, according to new research presented in the American Heart Association's Emerging Science ...

Cardiology created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0