Frederick Health partners with Infinite Legacy for National Donate Life Month
Thousands of Marylanders are currently awaiting transplants FREDERICK, Md., April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Each April, Frederick Health partners with Infinite Legacy to bring attention to National Donate Life Month. This month is a time to focus national attention on the need for... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Standard Drug Tx as Good as Stem Cell Transplant for Scleroderma?
(MedPage Today) -- Patients who underwent autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) for diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc), also known as scleroderma, did no better than others receiving conventional treatment, researchers found.
In... (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - April 2, 2024 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Could CAR-T cell therapy improve kidney transplants?
Chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) could provide a revolutionary approach to organ transplantation for patients who are hard to match and susceptible to rejection, Mayo Clinic researchers discovered. Their pioneering research focuses on using CAR-T cells derived from the patient's own immune system to prevent rejection of donated organs. Sensitized patients are those who have high levels of antibodies that cause their immune systems to react negatively to potential donor organs. These… (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - April 2, 2024 Category: Research Source Type: news
At 87, this Markham man is the world's oldest kidney transplant recipient
A Markham man was recently awarded the Guinness World Record for being the oldest man to receive a kidney transplant. Walter Tauro was 87 years old when he underwent the surgery last year and told CBC’s Talia Ricci he feels like he has a second chance at life. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I had the world’s largest kidneys removed - now I'm scared I’ll die without a donor
Warren Higgs had the world's largest kidneys removed in 2021, but now worries he will die while waiting for a transplant (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing
A racially biased test delayed Black patients from getting a kidney transplant and now more than 14,000 are part of a move to make amends (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic, Terasaki Institute launch collaboration for transplant innovation
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mayo Clinic and Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation announced today a research collaboration centered on improving organ transplant outcomes. Beginning in April, Mayo Clinic biomedical researchers and Terasaki Institute scientists will work together on two core areas: real-time monitori ng of donated organ health from procurement to transplant surgery and developing predictive technologies to determine which transplant recipients have a higher likelihood of rejection. That will be done by creating prognostic signatures and… (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - April 1, 2024 Category: Research Source Type: news
Man receives life-saving transplant after seeing story
Dr. Gary Gibbon was battling lung cancer when he saw an NBC News story on experimental transplants being carried out at Northwestern Medicine. A year later, he credits it with saving his life.#garygibbon #northwesternmedicine (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is Alzheimer's Transmissible Through Bone Marrow Cells?
(MedPage Today) -- A mouse experiment suggested familial Alzheimer's disease may be transmitted through bone marrow stem cells, but the implications of the findings were limited.
The research involved transplanting bone marrow stem cells from... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 30, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Why Do So Many Doctors Embrace Superstitions and Rituals? Why Do So Many Doctors Embrace Superstitions and Rituals?
Medical professionals who used science to do their jobs also relied on decidedly unscientific methods to get themselves ready to perform.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - March 29, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
News at a glance: Domestic U.S. postdocs, edited pig organs, and the Milky Way ’s central black hole
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South Korea joins Horizon Europe
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (center) and EU leaders announced a research funding deal.
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South Korea will participate in the €95.5 billion ($104 billion) Horizon Europe R&D program, the first East Asian country to do so, the European Commission announced last week. South Korean scientists will compete for grants on an equal footing with their European counterparts; in return, South Korea will contribute an as-yet-undisclosed amount to the 7-year program, which expires in 20...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 28, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Doctor Gets First U.S. Lung-Liver Transplant for Advanced Lung Cancer
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 -- Dr. Gary Gibbon didn’t have long to live.
A harsh cocktail of chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy for his advanced lung cancer had permanently destroyed his lungs and caused irreparable damage to his... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 28, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Alzheimer's Transmissible Via Stem Cell Transplantation? Alzheimer's Transmissible Via Stem Cell Transplantation?
Animal research suggests that a rare, familial form of Alzheimer ' s disease can be transmitted via bone marrow transplantation, but experts urge caution in interpreting this finding.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - March 28, 2024 Category: Neurology Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Alzheimer's may be able to SPREAD to organ transplant patients, study suggests - as experts call for dementia screening for ALL donors
Researchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada found that mice who received bone marrow transplants containing faulty genes developed Alzheimer's almost twice as quickly. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Improvements Seen in Post-Allo-HCT Outcomes for Seniors With Leukemia
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 -- For older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT), posttransplant outcomes have improved over time, according to a study published online March 22 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 28, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
