Transplantation in Biological Technology

Astellas Receives FDA Approval for Use of Prograf(R) (Tacrolimus) in Conjunction With Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) in Kidney Transplant Recipients

... M.D., Vice President, Therapeutic Area Head, transplantation for Astellas. "The approval of Prograf + MMF for ... Astellas Astellas is a recognized leader in transplantation and has been committed to the field of immunology ... to build upon its legacy and leadership in transplantation by investing in ongoing clinical research and new ...

Lotus Scarless Hair Transplantation (International) Medical Chain Institute Opens New Center on Beijing's Prestigious Chang'An Avenue

... home to state-of-the-art "S.H.T" specialized hair transplantation technology, and under the expert guidance and ... non- toxic "space environment". The whole transplantation process is operated precisely under a microscope, ... file will be established for every hair transplantation customer. A person assigned specially by ...

Kiadis Pharma Reports ATIR(TM) Clinical Data, Further Supporting its Potential in Mismatched Bone Marrow Transplantations

... the most promising new developments in the transplantation field, were selected for this Symposium. ... immune reconstitution following a bone marrow transplantation with a fully mismatched (haplo-identical) donor. ... escalating study with ATIR(TM) in a mismatched transplantation setting. No immune suppressants were used, which ...

American Transplant Congress 2009

... Surgeons (ASTS) and the American Society of transplantation (AST), will occur from May 30 - June 4, 2009 at ... Organ Allocation Worldwide transplantation Controversies Biologic Immunosuppression ... most respected and knowledgeable individuals in transplantation science and medicine. For more information ...

Pigs to Be Genotyped to Improve Selection and Breeding for Pancreatic Islet Cell Research

... organization providing pig islet cells for transplantation to cure diabetes. With this technology, GeneSeek, ... the availability and affordability of islet transplantation to cure diabetes," says Tom Spizzo, Spring Point ... can serve as donors of islet cells suitable for transplantation in diabetes patients. The first clinical trials ...

Kiadis Pharma Appoints Dr. Maarten Egeler, MD PhD as Chief Medical Officer

... Egeler is a global leading pediatric bone marrow transplantation physician and an internationally-recognized ... as Head of the Pediatric Oncology and Bone Marrow transplantation division of the University of Leiden. As Kiadis ... global network of key opinion leaders in the transplantation community on the development of the company's ...

Study Shows Machine Perfusion Significantly Improves Transplant Results

... a specially-designed machine to store kidneys for transplantation offers significant benefits in kidney survival ... that LifePort should have a central place in all transplantation programs, to help ensure the best possible ... available but also the quality of organs for transplantation to improve the long-term outcome for recipients. ...

Kidneys for Transplant Function Earlier and Last Longer When Preserved in a Machine Compared to the Traditional Box of Ice

... kidneys do not function immediately following transplantation and many patients will require dialysis ... we face today are a global shortage of organs for transplantation and that a growing number of the organs available for transplantation are often from older donors or from people with ...

Proteolix Announces Positive Data From Two Ongoing Phase 2 Clinical Trials of Carfilzomib in Multiple Myeloma at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology

... Myeloma Program, Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cell transplantation at St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center in ... of Oncology, Section of Bone Marrow transplantation at Washington University School of Medicine, ... activity, notably among patients who have failed transplantation and have not yet received treatment with a ...

CORD:USE Cord Blood Bank is Proud to Announce that Cord Blood Pioneer and Leading Transplanter Dr. Eliane Gluckman has Joined its Team

... the 20th anniversary of that first cord blood transplantation by Dr. Gluckman. CORD:USE team members, Dr. ... and leaders in the field of cord blood stem cell transplantation on the CORD:USE team: -- Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg, ... is a founder of the field of cord blood stem cell transplantation and widely recognized as one of the foremost ...

Spring Point Project Welcomes Second Generation 'Medical-Grade' Piglets

... can serve as donor of islet cells suitable for transplantation in diabetes patients. In partnership with the ... in the field of xenotransplantation -- the transplantation of living cells, tissues or organs from one ... the availability and affordability of islet transplantation to cure diabetes. Spring Point Project and the ...

Stem Cell Transplantation Program at Hackensack University Medical Center: First in Nation to Receive Joint Commission Certification for Quality and First in New Jersey to be Named a Blue Distinction(R) Center for Specialty Care.

... Specific Care Certification for stem cell transplantation from The Joint Commission, the nation's leading ... organizations. The Blood and Marrow transplantation Program also recently became the first and only ... improvement. The Blood and Marrow Stem Cell transplantation Program is one of the 10 largest in the ...

AST Endorses Istanbul Declaration to End Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism

... American Society of transplantation Admonishes Citizens of Rich Nations To ... of the Declaration is that the success of transplantation as a life-saving treatment does not require-nor ... education, advocacy and patient care in transplantation science and medicine. The society comprises more ...

Stem Cell Transplantation Research at The Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center Aims to Develop 'Designer' Transplants

... --- Over the past two decades, stem cell transplantation has evolved from being an experimental ... at the Adult Blood and Marrow Stem Cell transplantation Program at The Cancer Center at Hackensack ... in today's successful transplants. Stem cell transplantation researchers in The Cancer Center's Division of ...

Investigational Studies Highlight Potential Utility of Zevalin(R) (Ibritumomab Tiuxetan) Radioimmunotherapy in Stem Cell Transplantation for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

... may be a useful adjunct to stem cell transplantation in late stage non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. It appears ... Tiuxetan (RIT) with Autologous Stem Cell transplantation (ASCT) in Patients with Relapsed or ... BEAM Chemotherapy and Autologous Stem Cell transplantation for Relapsed/Refractory B-cell Non-Hodgkin's ...

JCI table of contents: April 22, 2008

... on insulin injections can be circumvented by transplantation with islet cells. However, transplant recipients ... for Allergy and Immunology. TITLE: Islet transplantation in patients with autoimmune diabetes induces ... COMMENTARY TITLE: Immunosuppression in islet transplantation AUTHOR CONTACT: Matthias von Herrath La ...

HemoGenix(R), Inc. Receives Issued Patent for its HALO(R) Technology Platform From the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

... Platforms were designed for stem cell transplantation and cord blood bank processing laboratories to ... umbilical cord blood stem cell products prior to transplantation into patients. Finally, the HALO(R) Predictive ... control, potency and release assays for stem cell transplantation processing laboratories and toxicity, safety ...

CORD:USE Cord Blood Bank Announces the Addition of Dr. John Wagner, a Pioneer in the Use of Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells, to Its Scientific Advisory Board

... of Hematology- Oncology and Blood and Marrow transplantation at the University of Minnesota. He is also the ... the simultaneous use of two cord blood units for transplantation in adults has made it possible for nearly all patients to benefit from cord blood stem cell transplantation who otherwise would not have been candidates for ...

JCI table of contents: Dec. 3, 2007

... new research in a mouse model of airway (trachea) transplantation from Mark Nicolls and colleagues at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. Lung transplantation is the only same-species transplant surgery not ... suggested that revascularization following lung transplantation might be the key to preventing organ rejection ...

Astellas Pharma US, Inc. and The International Transplant Nurses Society (ITNS) Collaborate on Content for Transplant Experience Program

... learning about the most current advances in transplantation and transplant patient care. Over the years ITNS ... Astellas Astellas is a recognized leader in transplantation and has been committed to the field of immunology ... to build upon its legacy and leadership in transplantation by investing in ongoing clinical research and new ...

Breakthrough research identifies how cells from pigs may cure diabetes

... of the Diabetes Institute for Immunology & transplantation at the University of Minnesota and his team, who ... MN. The symposium will be part of The transplantation Societys 2007 Joint Conference ( ... greatest innovators from three sections of the transplantation Society the Cell Transplant Society (CTS), the ...

NeoStem Obtains Exclusive License to Innovative Stem Cell Procedure Treating Musculoskeletal Diseases

... continue to assist NeoStem in using mesenchymal stem cell isolation and transplantation methods abroad in the lab and clinical setting. He will also train NeoStem personnel in Colorado in mesenchymal stem cell isolation, preparation and transplantation methods. "We are very pleased to obtain the exclusive license in ...

Tolera Therapeutics Granted Orphan Drug Designation for Organ Transplant Rejection Drug

... role in the rejection, and ultimate failure, of transplanted organs. Organ transplantation is often the only viable treatment for many end-stage organ diseases. ... on commercializing therapeutic monoclonal antibody technology for the transplantation and autoimmune markets. Additional information concerning the company and ...

Transplant Program Tops in Expected One-Year Survival Rate

... and SCCA to improve the outcomes of our patients by continually refining transplantation to be a safer and more effective treatment," said Fred Appelbaum, M.D., ... Research Division. The clinical use of bone-marrow and stem-cell transplantation was first developed at the Hutchinson Center and, subsequently, most of ...

University of Minnesota Receives $40 Million for Type 1 Diabetes Research

... on the unprecedented and real opportunities that exist today in stem cell, transplantation and immunology research. These synergies will help us find the best cure faster. Stem cells provide another source of islets for transplantation and offer us tremendous potential to conquer this complicated disease," ...

HemoGenix(R), Inc Announces Implementation of ORF Genetics Human Growth Factors and Cytokines in All Human HALO(R) Assay Kits and Contract Research Services

... release of stem cell products, particularly umbilical cord blood, prior to transplantation into patients. HemoGenix(R) will also incorporate ORF Genetics ... environmental arenas, and quality control and potency assays for stem cell transplantation processing laboratories. HemoGenix(R) produces and sells its assays ...

EMEA Grants Kiadis Pharma Lead Product ATIR(TM) Orphan Drug Designation

... which may enable a safe and potentially life-saving mismatched bone marrow transplantation as a treatment option for end-stage blood cancer patients" says Dr. Manja ... for Kiadis Pharma is limitations and complications of bone marrow transplantation procedures performed in blood cancer patients. Kiadis Pharma is ...

The First Ever Transplantation World-Wide of Entire Arms at the "Klinikum rechts der Isar" in Munich

... MUNICH, August 1 /PRNewswire/ -- On the 25th/26th of July the first ever transplantation of entire arms was performed at the "Klinikum rechts der Isar" of the ... years both clinically and scientifically with all questions relating to transplantation and microsurgery. A donor was found on July 25 th at around 10p.m. ...

Israeli Scientists Recipients of 2008 International Adult Stem Cell Award

... WCASCE Chairman and Founder, "Professor Slavin is an expert bone marrow transplantation scientist and clinician. The former Director of Israel's National Stem Cell transplantation Center at Hadassah before establishing the ICTC, Prof. Slavin will soon be ...

Kiadis Pharma Receives Orphan Drug Designation for Rhitol(TM) From the FDA

... versus Host Disease (GvHD). This complication of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation is highly disabilitating and can become life threatening when the patient ... tissues and organs. Chronic GvHD usually develops some time after the transplantation and is generally treated by immunosuppressive drugs, such as steroids. The ...

Stem Cells From Menstrual Blood Show Therapeutic Potential

... Data in Cell transplantation Demonstrates Capacity of Menstrual Stem Cells OLDSMAR, Fla., April 14 ... Inc. today announced results of a study published this month in Cell transplantation showing that stem cells found in menstrual blood proliferate rapidly and ...

Immune Function in Adult Heart Transplant Patients Reflects Risk for Organ Rejection and Infection

... of cell-mediated immunity (CMI) in adult patients undergoing heart transplantation at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Health System have ... at the annual meeting of the International Society for Heart and Lung transplantation (ISHLT) in Boston, MA. "Based on our experience with the ImmuKnow assay ...

Otsuka Pharmaceutical and PDL BioPharma Close Sale of IV Busulfex

... a conditioning regimen prior to allogeneic hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation (also referred to as blood or bone marrow transplantation or BMT) for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). IMPORTANT SAFETY ...

Benitec MOU With CalbaTech, Inc.

... stem cells from HIV infected individuals to be cryopreserved for future transplantation into a client for medical purposes. All other stem cell collection ... to harvest stem cells in micro quantities to be cryopreserved for future transplantation into a client for medical purposes. The collection of stem cells from two ...

Transposagen Creates a Rat Model of the Human Immune System

... "This new immune deficiency rat model cannot reject transplanted tissues, even from other species, and will be especially important in cancer and transplantation research," said Dr. Ostertag. Rat models are superior to mouse models for testing the pharmacodynamics and toxicity of potential therapeutic ...

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Acquires Exclusive License to Novel Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Technology From Stanford University

... Chronic HCV infection leads to serious liver disease (e.g. liver scarring and cirrhosis) and is the leading cause of liver cancer and liver transplantation in the U.S. About Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. Eiger is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of new ...

DOR BioPharma Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for orBec(R) for the Treatment of Chronic Gastrointestinal GVHD

... associated with cGVHD. Furthermore, acute GI GVHD occurs in approximately 60 percent of related donor and 70 percent of unrelated donor allogeneic transplantation patients and is a risk factor for development of cGVHD. DOR has previously run two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical ...

MuGard Data From UK Study Shows Prevention of Oral Mucositis in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

... develop moderate to severe mucositis, and almost all patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer and those undergoing stem cell transplantation develop mucositis. Updated clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and treatment of mucositis recommend the use of a preventive oral care ...

Heart disease: Research off the beating patch

... believes that the construct developed in his lab provides a better vehicle to introduce cells into damaged heart muscle than conventional cell transplantation techniques, in which cells are injected directly into the heart. "I think the main reason for the disappointing results people have seen with ...

Improving Transfusion Safety: Fenwal, Verax Biomedical Sign Agreement for Rapid, Point-of-Care Bacteria Test

... and CE Marked in Europe. Development is underway to apply the Verax PGD(R) technology to detect bacteria in other blood components, tissues for transplantation and cell-based therapies. The Verax PGD(R) test, based on proprietary technology developed by Verax, consists of an easy-to-use disposable ...