First Living Donor Transplant of Lung Tissue to COVID - 19 Patient Announced
Female recipient received lung tissue donated by her husband and son (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - April 10, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Infections, Pulmonology, Surgery, Institutional, Source Type: news
First Living Donor Transplant of Lung Tissue to COVID-19 Patient Announced
FRIDAY, April 9, 2021 -- The world's first transplant of lung tissue from living donors to a COVID-19 patient with severe lung damage was announced Thursday by doctors in Japan.
In the 11-hour operation at Kyoto University on Wednesday, the female... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 9, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Transplant Saves Selected Patients With Irreversible COVID-19 Lung Disease Transplant Saves Selected Patients With Irreversible COVID-19 Lung Disease
Double lung transplants are the only known way to save the lives of people with acute respiratory distress syndrome and irreversible lung damage from COVID-19, a new study shows.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - April 9, 2021 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
COVID-19 Patient Receives Lung Transplant From Living Donors
TOKYO — Doctors in Japan announced Thursday they have successfully performed the world’s first transplant of lung tissue from living donors to a patient with severe lung damage from COVID-19.
The recipient, identified only as a woman from Japan’s western region of Kansai, is recovering after the nearly 11-hour operation on Wednesday, Kyoto University Hospital said in a statement. It said her husband and son, who donated parts of their lungs, are also in stable condition.
The university said it was the world’s first transplant of lung tissue from living donors to a person with COVID-19 lung damage. T...
Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: MARI YAMAGUCHI / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 overnight wire Source Type: news
Moderna vaccine antibodies last at least 6 months; lung transplant can save some COVID-19 survivors
Earlier this month, Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech SE said their vaccine using similar messenger RNA (mRNA) technology remained highly effective for at least six months. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - April 9, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
COVID-19 patient receives lung transplant from living donors
Doctors in Japan say they have successfully performed the world’s first transplant of lung tissue from living donors to a patient with severe lung damage from COVID-19 (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Canada's Hospitals Deploy Artificial Lungs, Scramble for Staff as COVID-19 Hits Younger Patients Canada's Hospitals Deploy Artificial Lungs, Scramble for Staff as COVID-19 Hits Younger Patients
Younger Canadians are bearing the brunt of the nation's latest COVID-19 surge, creating growing demand for artificial lungs and a struggle to maintain staffing in critical care units as hospitals make last-ditch efforts to save patients.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - April 7, 2021 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Imbio signs Heart&Lung Health in U.K.
Artificial intelligence software developer Imbio has signed a deal with U.K...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Imbio adds analysis software to Nuance AI marketplace (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 6, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
First US trachea transplant offers hope to Covid patients with windpipe damage
Social worker, 56, treated at Mt Sinai hospital in New YorkSome patients left with serious damage from ventilatorsSurgeons in New York City have performed the first windpipe transplant in the US, giving a woman who suffered severe asthma a new trachea, the tube that transports air from the mouth to the lungs.Doctors say such operations could help Covid-19 patients left with serious windpipe damage from breathing machines.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 6, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Associated Press in New York Tags: Medical research Science US healthcare US news Source Type: news
New Real-World Observational Analysis of UPTRAVI ® (selexipag) Underscores the Importance of Risk Assessment for Treating Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Patients
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA – April 6, 2021 – Findings from an analysis of the first 500 patients enrolled in the SPHERE registry (SelexiPag: tHe usErs dRug rEgistry) found more than three-quarters (76%) of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients treated with UPTRAVI® (selexipag) either maintained (56%) or reduced (20%) their one-year mortality risk score. The SPHERE results were published in the April issue of the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (JHLT). SPHERE is an ongoing real-world, observational, user registry using two different risk assessment methods that describes the clinical characte...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - April 6, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
Researchers evaluate deep learning for breast ultrasound
Researchers from China evaluated the use of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Nico.Lab partners with AI Advance for distribution
Radiomics AI algorithm differentiates sclerotic bone lesions
iCAD touts breast screening study
IBM releases chest x-ray dataset for algorithm training
Nines wins FDA clearance for AI lung nodule measurement (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 6, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Criteria for selecting COVID-19 patients for lung lung transplantation
(Medical University of Vienna) The Vienna lung transplantation programme plays a leading role in an international consortium comprising experts from the USA, Europe and Asia. Approximately 40 transplants have now been carried out on Covid-19 patients throughout the world. In a study the consortium has now proposed the first general selection criteria for lung transplantation in Covid-19 patients. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 2, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
UC group launches clinical trial using CRISPR to correct sickle cell disease gene defect
Scientists at UCLA, UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley have received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to jointly launch an early phase, first-in-human clinical trial of a CRISPR gene correction therapy in patients with sickle cell disease using the patients ’ own blood-forming stem cells.The trial will combine CRISPR technology developed at the Innovative Genomics Institute — a UC Berkeley–UCSF initiative founded by Berkeley’s Nobel Prize–winning scientist Jennifer Doudna — with UCLA’s expertise in genetic analysis and cell manufacturing, and the decades-long expertise at U...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - March 30, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Liesbeth Stoeffler, 61, Runner Kept Going by Rare Lung Treatment, Dies
A machine that acted as an artificial lung kept her eligible for a transplant as she dealt with cystic fibrosis. She went on to compete again in marathons. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 26, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Richard Sandomir Tags: Cystic Fibrosis Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Ventilators (Medical) Lungs Running AllianceBernstein Holding LP Austria Manhattan (NYC) Stoeffler, Liesbeth (1959-2021) Transplants Source Type: news
3D-printed artificial lung model
(Pohang University of Science& Technology (POSTECH)) POSTECH develops an artificial lung model applicable as a respiratory disease treatment platform. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 25, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
FDA clears Optellum's lung cancer diagnosis software
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared artificial intelligenc...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Optellum, Mirada present lung cancer study at RSNA 2017
Optellum unveils lung cancer analysis software (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 23, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Survivor: Woman With COVID-19 Gives Birth, Gets New Lungs Survivor: Woman With COVID-19 Gives Birth, Gets New Lungs
A suburban Detroit woman infected with COVID-19 gave birth then underwent a double lung transplant just weeks later to save her life, doctors said Wednesday.Associated Press (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - March 18, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Imbio nets FDA nod for RV/LV Analysis AI algorithm
Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Imbio has garnered U.S. Foo...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Aidoc and Imbio team up on AI for pulmonary embolism
New AI lab at UMass focuses on thoracic imaging
Siemens adds Imbio AI apps to syngo.via platform
Imbio teams up with Genentech for AI in lung disease
Imbio adds analysis software to Nuance AI marketplace (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 16, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
AI reduces FDG dose on PET imaging
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can process F-18 FDG PET exams acquire...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
FDG-PET/MRI offers option for pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma
FDG-PET/CT shows COVID-19 vaccine uptake
Radiomics, AI can guide NSCLC treatment decisions
PET/CT guidance offers valuable approach to lung biopsies
PET/MRI, CT predict pancreatic cancer treatment response (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 12, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Lunit partners with Philips on chest AI software
Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Lunit is making its chest imagin...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Philips forms ultrasound AI partnership with DiA
Can radiology AI save itself?
AI improves lung cancer detection on x-rays
Lunit touts study for COVID-19 imaging
Lunit highlights AI lung cancer detection research (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 4, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Vuno goes public in South Korea
South Korean artificial intelligence developer Vuno has gone public after th...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Vuno signs deal for AI sales in Taiwan
Vuno gets Korean designation for AI cardiac software
Vuno AI system for lung CT gets approved in South Korea
Vuno wins Korean approval for chest AI tool
AI algorithm speeds up assessment of bone age (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 26, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
AI can predict malignancy for multiple pulmonary nodules
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm was able to predict the risk of cance...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
AI enhances performance of CT lung cancer screening
How high a price for incidental lung nodules on CT?
CT radiomics classifies small nodules found in CT lung screening
Gaps in lung nodule follow-up linked to racial disparities
Can AI software drive CT lung screening rates higher? (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 25, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Woman Dies After Getting Covid-19 From Transplanted Lungs
In what appears to be the first case of its kind, a pair of donated lungs led to Covid-19 in an organ recipient, according to doctors at the University of Michigan. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 24, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jacey Fortin Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Transplants Organ Donation Michigan Lungs Surgery and Surgeons American Journal of Transplantation United Network for Organ Sharing Deaths (Fatalities) Source Type: news
Transplant Patient Dies After Receiving Lungs Infected With Coronavirus
In what appears to be the first case of its kind, a pair of donated lungs led to Covid-19 in an organ recipient, according to doctors at the University of Michigan. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 24, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jacey Fortin Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Transplants Organ Donation Michigan Lungs Surgery and Surgeons American Journal of Transplantation United Network for Organ Sharing Deaths (Fatalities) Source Type: news
Transplant Recipient Dies After Receiving COVID - 19 - Infected Lungs
Surgeon who handled the donor lungs also became infected and fell ill but recovered (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - February 24, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Infections, Pulmonology, Surgery, Institutional, Source Type: news
Transplant Recipient Dies After Receiving COVID-19-Infected Lungs
TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 -- A Michigan woman died of COVID-19 after receiving a double-lung transplant from a donor infected with the new coronavirus, a newly published case study says.
It may be the first confirmed time in the United States that the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 23, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Organ Transplant Patient Dies After Receiving COVID-Infected Lungs Organ Transplant Patient Dies After Receiving COVID-Infected Lungs
Officials at the University of Michigan Medical School suggested it may be the first proven case of COVID-19 in the US in which the virus was transmitted via an organ transplant.Kaiser Health News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - February 22, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Pulmonary Medicine News Source Type: news
Transplant Patient Dies After Getting Covid-Infected Lungs
The first confirmed U.S. case of SARS-CoV-2 being transmitted through an organ transplant has prompted calls for updated transplant protocols and additional testing of samples from deep within donor lungs. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - February 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AI algorithm accurately detects trauma on pelvic radiographs
An artificial intelligence (AI) model was able to detect most types of trauma-relate...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
AI aids in risk assessment on x-rays after total hip arthroplasty
3D models enable custom treatment of complex acetabular fractures
AI improves lung cancer detection on x-rays
Using AI with x-ray improves hip fracture diagnosis
3D printing cuts hip fracture repair time, blood loss (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 22, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
RSIP Vision launches coronary artery tool
Computer software and artificial intelligence company RSIP Vision has debute...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
RSIP Vision unveils AI-based image segmentation tool
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RSIP Vision unveils new AI module for lung biopsy (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 16, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
AI for image interpretation: Friend or foe to radiologists?
Will using artificial intelligence (AI) for image interpretation tasks hel...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
AI predicts cardiovascular risk on routine chest CT
Utilization is the new innovation in healthcare enterprise AI
Mirai AI model upgrades breast cancer risk assessment
AI enhances performance of CT lung cancer screening
Could AI lower malpractice risk for physicians?Comments:
2/4/2021 1:02:16 AMHospital-Rad
Here we go again. AI replacing rads.
2/4/2021 9:22:41 AMdrad123
AI or sci fi? Maybe someday bots will continually scour the PACS. Lets open up ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 5, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Lung Transplant Recipients at Heightened Risk of Colorectal Polyps Lung Transplant Recipients at Heightened Risk of Colorectal Polyps
Lung transplant patients are at increased risk of developing colorectal adenomas in the first few years after transplantation, possibly warranting enhanced surveillance for colorectal cancer, a new study suggests.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 4, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Transplantation News Source Type: news
AI for image interpretation: Friend or foe to rads?
Will using artificial intelligence (AI) for image interpretation tasks hel...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
AI predicts cardiovascular risk on routine chest CT
Utilization is the new innovation in healthcare enterprise AI
Mirai AI model upgrades breast cancer risk assessment
AI enhances performance of CT lung cancer screening
Could AI lower malpractice risk for physicians?Comments:
2/4/2021 1:02:16 AMHospital-Rad
Here we go again. AI replacing rads.
2/4/2021 9:22:41 AMdrad123
AI or sci fi? Maybe someday bots will continually scour the PACS. Lets open up ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 4, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Using Artificial Intelligence to prevent harm caused by immunotherapy
(Case Western Reserve University) Until recently, researchers and oncologists had placed these lung cancer patients into two broad categories: those who would benefit from immunotherapy, and those who likely would not. Now, researchers at Case Western Reserve University, using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze simple tissue scans, say they have discovered biomarkers that could tell doctors which lung cancer patients might actually get worse from immunotherapy. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - February 4, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
AHN-Johns Hopkins collaboration boosts lung transplant care
Lung transplants of AHN patients occur, but there hasn't traditionally been the type of coordination that has been put into place between AHN and Johns Hopkins. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - February 3, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Paul J. Gough Source Type: news
AI predicts cardiovascular risk on routine chest CT
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm was able to predict patients' ris...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
AI enhances performance of CT lung cancer screening
Better chest CT CAC reporting avoids unnecessary exams
CT shows its value in the COVID-19 crisis
Deep learning refines cardiac CT results
CT CAC directs statin therapy in African Americans (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 3, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
AI firm HealthTensor raises $5M to meet demand
Artificial intelligence (AI) company HealthTensor has raised $5 millio...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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ACR DSI enables searching for FDA-cleared AI algorithms
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FDA proposal to relax 510(k) rules on AI raises eyebrows (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 2, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Vuno signs deal for AI sales in Taiwan
South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) developer Vuno has signed a distributo...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Vuno gets Korean designation for AI cardiac software
Vuno AI system for lung CT gets approved in South Korea
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AI algorithm speeds up assessment of bone age (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 29, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Lunit, Infinitt partner on Indonesian distribution deal
Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Lunit and RIS/PACS vendor Infinitt...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Lunit touts study for COVID-19 imaging
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Infinitt inks agreement with ImagineSoftware (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 28, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
AI enhances performance of CT lung cancer screening
Combining artificial intelligence (AI) with Lung-RADS can sharply increase...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
How high a price for incidental lung nodules on CT?
Radiomics, AI can guide NSCLC treatment decisions
CT radiomics classifies small nodules found in CT lung screening
AI helps predict lung cancer screening eligibility
Google AI accurately assesses CT lung screening scans (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 22, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Surgical Considerations in Infant Lung Transplantation Surgical Considerations in Infant Lung Transplantation
Performing lung transplantation in infant patients can pose unique challenges. What strategies may help optimize outcomes among this population?American Journal of Transplantation (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 21, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Transplantation Journal Article Source Type: news
Surgical Considerations in Infant Lung Transplantation Surgical Considerations in Infant Lung Transplantation
Performing lung transplantation in infant patients can pose unique challenges. What strategies may help optimize outcomes among this population?American Journal of Transplantation (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - January 21, 2021 Category: Surgery Tags: Transplantation Journal Article Source Type: news
Radiomics, AI can guide NSCLC treatment decisions
Radiomics and artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to guide treatment of...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Radiomics can predict treatment outcome for NSCLC (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 15, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
In lab study, nanoparticle shows promising results for treating severe allergies
For about 1 in 13 children in the U.S., usually harmless foodstuffs such as milk, eggs and peanuts can send the body ’s natural defenses into overdrive.Symptoms of food allergies can vary widely, but at worst, a systemwide allergic response can lead to anaphylaxis, a life-threatening condition characterized by a sudden drop in blood pressure and difficulty breathing.Although there are now some preventive measures for food-induced anaphylaxis, there are not yet any long-lasting solutions — treatments capable of locking the immune system into a state of tolerance, so that it doesn’t respond to allergens.Now...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - January 14, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
FL Doctors Make Breakthrough Using Stem Cells to Treat Severe COVID Cases
According to a report from CBS4, doctors in South Florida say an experimental treatment involving stem cells has been successful in treating severe cases of COVID.
The study, which took place at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University Miami Tower, involved many patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The groundbreaking treatment, using stem cells from a baby’s umbilical cord, was shown to safely reduce the risk of death and increase the speed of recovery time faster for some of the study’s most ill patients. The FDA approved the trial.
In a double-blind study involving 24 patients w...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - January 8, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: Coronavirus News Source Type: news
FL Doctors Make Breakthrough Using Stem Cells to Treat Severe COVID Cases
According to a report from CBS4, doctors in South Florida say an experimental treatment involving stem cells has been successful in treating severe cases of COVID.
The study, which took place at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University Miami Tower, involved many patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The groundbreaking treatment, using stem cells from a baby’s umbilical cord, was shown to safely reduce the risk of death and increase the speed of recovery time faster for some of the study’s most ill patients. The FDA approved the trial.
In a double-blind study involving 24 patients w...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - January 8, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: Coronavirus News Source Type: news
FL Doctors Make Breakthrough Using Stem Cells to Treat Severe COVID Cases
According to a report from CBS4, doctors in South Florida say an experimental treatment involving stem cells has been successful in treating severe cases of COVID.
The study, which took place at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University Miami Tower, involved many patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The groundbreaking treatment, using stem cells from a baby’s umbilical cord, was shown to safely reduce the risk of death and increase the speed of recovery time faster for some of the study’s most ill patients. The FDA approved the trial.
In a double-blind study involving 24 patients w...
Source: JEMS Administration and Leadership - January 8, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: Coronavirus News Source Type: news
FL Doctors Make Breakthrough Using Stem Cells to Treat Severe COVID Cases
According to a report from CBS4, doctors in South Florida say an experimental treatment involving stem cells has been successful in treating severe cases of COVID.
The study, which took place at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University Miami Tower, involved many patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The groundbreaking treatment, using stem cells from a baby’s umbilical cord, was shown to safely reduce the risk of death and increase the speed of recovery time faster for some of the study’s most ill patients. The FDA approved the trial.
In a double-blind study involving 24 patients w...
Source: JEMS Latest News - January 8, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: Coronavirus News Source Type: news
FL Doctors Make Breakthrough Using Stem Cells to Treat Severe COVID Cases
According to a report from CBS4, doctors in South Florida say an experimental treatment involving stem cells has been successful in treating severe cases of COVID.
The study, which took place at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University Miami Tower, involved many patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The groundbreaking treatment, using stem cells from a baby’s umbilical cord, was shown to safely reduce the risk of death and increase the speed of recovery time faster for some of the study’s most ill patients. The FDA approved the trial.
In a double-blind study involving 24 patients w...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - January 8, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: Coronavirus News Source Type: news
FL Doctors Make Breakthrough Using Stem Cells to Treat Severe COVID Cases
According to a report from CBS4, doctors in South Florida say an experimental treatment involving stem cells has been successful in treating severe cases of COVID.
The study, which took place at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University Miami Tower, involved many patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The groundbreaking treatment, using stem cells from a baby’s umbilical cord, was shown to safely reduce the risk of death and increase the speed of recovery time faster for some of the study’s most ill patients. The FDA approved the trial.
In a double-blind study involving 24 patients w...
Source: JEMS Operations - January 8, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: JEMS Staff Tags: Coronavirus News Source Type: news
