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Intrabone Administration Of Unrelated Cord-Blood Cells Is Successful In Enabling More Patients With Acute Leukaemia To Undergo Transplantation
23.08.2008 10:30
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Intrabone administration of unrelated umbilical-cord-blood cells overcomes the problem of graft failure seen with intravenous administration and is associated with a low incidence of graft-versus-host disease*, making the technique potentially useful in a large number of adult patients with acute leukaemia, according to findings from a phase I/II study, published early Online and in the September edition of The Lancet Oncology.
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People Living With HIV/AIDS In Canada Have Difficulty Obtaining Organ Transplants, Advocates Say At AIDS Conference
23.08.2008 10:30
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People living with HIV/AIDS in Canada often have difficulty obtaining organ transplants in the country, Canadian HIV/AIDS advocates said at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, Toronto's Globe and Mail reports.
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Minors As Living Solid-Organ Donors
23.08.2008 10:30
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Although rare, children do serve as living solid-organ donors, and these donations raise serious ethical issues. In the clinical report, "Minors as Living Solid-Organ Donors," the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) examines the exceptional circumstances under which minors younger than 18 can morally serve as living organ donors. Four of these criteria are suggested by the U.S. Live Organ Donor Consensus group and have the agreement of the AAP.
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Revolutionary Technique That Could Reduce Lifelong Drugs For Transplant Patients Shows Promising Findings
23.08.2008 10:30
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Researchers have developed a ground-breaking procedure that could avoid the need for transplant patients to spend the rest of their lives taking a cocktail of drugs to stop their system from rejecting their new organ, according to a series of papers in the August issue of Transplant International. The team, led by Professor Fred Fandrich from the University of Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel, Germany, has developed a technique based on tailor-made regulatory cells.
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Patient Who Needed Heart And Kidney Transplant Borrowed Time With Heart Assist Device
23.08.2008 10:30
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Seven years after Joaquin Lucio's kidneys shut down, he had a heart attack and was taken to a Los Angeles area hospital where doctors performed an angioplasty to clear his coronary arteries. He also was suffering from idiopathic congestive heart failure - a condition in which the heart becomes weak and enlarged - and a special pacemaker was implanted to provide support.
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Thanks To Careful Post Transplant Case Management, Liver Recipient Now Mother Of Two
23.08.2008 10:30
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Julieanne Carter of Lynchburg, VA has a special place in her heart for the University of Virginia Health System and its Transplant Services team. In fact, she has spent so much time at UVA during the past four years that she views her caregivers as extended family. In 2004, Julieanne was in her early twenties and went into liver failure soon after contracting auto-immune hepatitis. The liver transplant she received at UVA on Easter Sunday saved her life.
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First NY To LA Living Donor Transplant Chain Results In Three Lifesaving Kidney Transplants
23.08.2008 10:30
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The lives of three Los Angeles area kidney transplant patients were transformed by one of the West Coast's first three-way living donor kidney transplant chains, made possible through the generosity of a non-directed, altruistic kidney donor from New York City -- announced today at a joint news conference.
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Efforts Target American Indian Youth For Diabetes Prevention, Encourage Minorities To Donate Tissue, Organs, Begin HIV/AIDS Ministries In Communities
23.08.2008 10:30
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The following summarizes articles related to efforts that seek to address racial and ethnic health disparities.Farmington, N.M.: CDC has chosen the Central Consolidated School District to participate in a new curriculum program designed to reduce children's risk for diabetes, the
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Man Has Double Arm Transplant In Munich, Germany
23.08.2008 10:30
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A 54-year-old German farmer who had lost both arms in an accident was given a double full-arm transplant at the Munich Clinic, Germany. A hospital spokesperson said the donor was a teenager who had died before undergoing surgery. The farmer had lived six years without arms. He had consulted the medical team at Munich University's Rechts der Isar Clinic after failing to successfully use artificial arms (prostheses).
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The World's First Transplant Of Both Arms At The "Klinikum Rechts Der Isar" Of The TU In Munich
23.08.2008 10:29
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From the 25th to the 26th July, the "Klinikum rechts der Isar" of the Technical University of Munich saw the first transplant of complete arms after several years of preparatory work. The patient is doing well under the circumstances. This operation was managed by the Clinic for Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery (Director Prof. Hans-Günther Machens). The operation, with a team of 40 people participating, was headed by PD Dr.
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