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First 'breathing lung' transplant on East Coast using OCS lung

UPMC surgeons have performed a "breathing lung" transplant using a portable machine that provides a constant supply of blood and nutrients to the donor organs, which doctors say has the potential to keep them healthier and ...

Other created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A quantum leap in gene therapy of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Usually, results from a new study help scientists inch their way toward an answer whether they are battling a health problem or are on the verge of a technological breakthrough. Once in a while, those results ...

Medical research created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Court won't reconsider bone marrow payments ruling

(AP) -- A federal appeals court on Tuesday declined to reconsider a ruling that allows bone marrow donors to be paid for their donations like blood donors.

Other created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Court: Some bone marrow donors can be paid

(AP) -- A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that most bone marrow donors can be paid, overturning a decades-old law that made such compensation a crime.

Medical research created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0