Transplantation in Medical News

Crystal Heart Award Presented to Telemundo for Coverage of Organ Donation

... reports on the medical miracle of donation and transplantation with the Crystal Heart Award. The award is ... to NBC Universal. The Organ Procurement and transplantation Network (OPTN) notes that over 13,000 Hispanic ... personal stories of organ and tissue donation and transplantation leads to increased awareness, which can save ...

Study examines liver transplantation after drug induced acute liver failure

... Liver transplantation offers a good chance for survival for patients ... These findings are in the July issue of Liver transplantation , a journal published by John Wiley & Sons. The ... who are unlikely to recover spontaneously, liver transplantation is the only treatment. Researchers, led by ...

Cell transplantation and cardiac repair

... Tampa, Fla. (July 1, 2009) The frontiers of cell transplantation for cardiac repair are discussed in the current issue of Cell transplantation (Vol. 18 No.3), now available on-line without ... transplants for limb ischemia Bone marrow cell transplantation has been shown to induce new blood vessel growth ...

Curing Diabetes, Pigs Turn to Lions

... developing pig donors for pancreatic islet transplantation to cure diabetes, is attending the Lions Clubs ... the availability and affordability of islet transplantation to cure diabetes. Spring Point Project and the ... upon its historic strengths in pancreas transplantation by establishing the Diabetes Institute for ...

The American Society of Transplantation Announces Dr. Joren C. Madsen as President

... June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society of transplantation (AST) is pleased to announce that Joren C. ... surgery training, Dr. Madsen became interested in transplantation and immunology. During time off from surgery, between 1985 and 1988, he studied transplantation immunology in the Department of Surgery at the ...

AGH Joins Select Group of Medical Centers in Study of Promising New Technology for Treatment of Heart Failure

... bridge to transplant for patients awaiting heart transplantation who are at risk of death due to end-stage left ... trial at AGH and surgical director of Cardiac transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support at the Gerald ... M.D., medical director of Heart Failure, Cardiac transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support in the Gerald ...

Donate Life Hollywood Inaugurates Film Festival - June 13

... episodes that portray organ donation and transplantation in a way that is dramatic; show viewers an ... 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 ...

Artificial liver may extend lives

... and director of the Center for Liver Disease and transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia ... metabolites across the fiber membrane. Liver transplantation is limited by the supply of donor livers. ... treated effectively and promptly -- usually by transplantation -- patients experience organ failure, bleeding, ...

More stringent evaluation on the use of generic medications in thoracic transplantation

... generic immunosuppression medications in thoracic transplantation is required, according to an educational advisory by the International Society for Heart and Lung transplantation (ISHLT) in the July 2009 issue of The Journal of Heart and Lung transplantation ( www.jhltonline.org/ ), published by Elsevier. ...

NYP/Weill Cornell physician-scientists present at 2009 American Transplant Congress in Boston

... Suthanthiran, chairman of the Department of transplantation Medicine and chief of the Division of Nephrology ... therapy. From Concept to Reality: Increasing transplantation Through Donor Chains [319] Concurrent Session ... the drugs currently used to treat islet cell transplantation are toxic to the islet cells themselves, a T ...

StemCyte, Inc. Reaches 1,000th Cord Blood Stem Cell Shipment for Transplant Milestone

... the 7th Annual International Umbilical Cord Blood transplantation Symposium in Los Angeles June 5-6, 2009. ... with a marketed umbilical cord blood stem cell transplantation product. The company's proprietary ... clinical study for using unrelated cord blood transplantation for thalassemia, one of the most common genetic ...

Transplant Expo Launches in Boston to Educate About Miracle of Transplantation and Address Organ Donor Shortage

... Expo provides an intimate look at the wonders of transplantation and the dedicated heroes who help make it ... and science of transplantation, the history of transplantation and inspirational stories of heroic donors. ... Astellas Astellas is a recognized leader in transplantation and has been committed to the field of immunology ...

Step to the Plate - Register to Donate Aims to Educate Baseball Fans About the Importance of Organ Donation and Increase Registrations

... share stories of those changed by the miracle of transplantation and provide the public with the information they ... 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 ...

Bone marrow stem cell co-transplantation prevents embryonic stem cell transplant-associated tumors

... Publishing in the current issue of Cell transplantation (Vol. 18 No.1), a team of Japanese researchers ... cells and BMSCs would provide an advantage over transplantation of ES cells alone." A control group of mice ... in the grafted site for at least five weeks after transplantation and maintained their ability to produce NGF. ...

Menstrual Blood Stem Cells May Significantly Increase Yield of Cord Blood Stem Cells

... Cord Blood Stem Cells for Possible Utilization in transplantation OLDSMAR, Fla., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ ... number of stem cells typically required for transplantation - a single cord blood collection yields only ... in a study published in the April 2008 Cell transplantation demonstrating that MenSCs have the capability to ...

American Transplant Congress 2009: New Investigator Forum Presents Cutting Edge Research

... Surgeons (ASTS) or the American Society of transplantation (AST). "These people are the best and the ... on the VIP List in Autoimmune Diabetes and Islet transplantation Metabolic Complications after Liver transplantation Of Math and Medicine: Expanding Kidney ...

Majority of doctors skeptical of organ transplantation practices in China

... A new article appearing in Clinical transplantation finds that both U.S. and foreign transplant ... variation in the availability of organs for transplantation and a parallel discrepancy in financial resources ... professionals with affiliations to hepatology and transplantation professional societies. A strong majority ...

Distance No Bar to Kidney Transplants in Remote Areas

... because determining eligibility for kidney transplantation is a logistically challenging process that ... Canada, and colleagues. "The finding that time to transplantation is similar or even shorter among remote- and ... that efforts to improve equitable access to transplantation should not focus on populations defined solely by ...

Country Star Phil Vassar to Perform at Transplantation Fundraiser

... American Society of transplantation Joins James Redford on May 30 th in ... -- On May 30, 2009 the American Society of transplantation (AST) will host Share the Beat , an ... Share the Beat celebrates the hope in transplantation through music, inspiration and awareness. About ...

Pancreatic Islets in Forefront of Diabetes Research

... of one report in a type 2 diabetes cohort, islet transplantation has been used exclusively for a subset of ... Cell replacement therapy involves the transplantation of pancreatic islets from a donated pancreas to a ... cells causes type 1 diabetes. "Although islet transplantation has been shown to offer both protection against ...

Artificial pump effectively backs up failing hearts

... medical director of the Heart Failure, Cardiac transplantation and Total Artificial Heart Program. "For patients ... of surgery and surgical director of the Cardiac transplantation and Total Artificial Heart Program at Washington ... and medical director of Heart Failure, Cardiac transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support. Boyle ...

The immune system's role in hepatitis C recurrence after liver transplantation

... The study is in the April issue of Liver transplantation , a journal published by John Wiley & Sons. The ... liver cancer, is the leading indication for liver transplantation in the U.S. Unfortunately, the infection almost ... "Identifying variables before liver transplantation that predict more aggressive HCV recurrence is of ...

Guidelines Suggested for Heart-Kidney Transplants

... of surgery) management, combined heart and kidney transplantation is offered to select patients in this ... peripheral artery disease and those bridged to transplantation with a pumping-assist device appeared more ... benefit for combined heart and kidney transplantation over ...

American Society of Transplantation to Host Boston Pops and the Redford Family on May 30th to Raise Transplant Awareness

... but by raising awareness, the American Society of transplantation (AST) hopes to lower this number. AST, a society ... Share the Beat celebrates the hope in transplantation through music, inspiration and awareness. ... research, education, advocacy and patient care in transplantation science and medicine. The society comprises more ...

Northwestern Memorial's Heart Transplant Program No. 1 in Illinois and Among Highest-Rated Nationally

... Institute from outside institutions for heart transplantation surgery. "The partnership that we have forged ... surgeon and the surgical director of Heart transplantation and Mechanical Assistance at the Bluhm ... Illinois and the surrounding region. Heart transplantation is an option for patients who are experiencing ...

Journal of American College of Surgeons finds lung transplantation should be used in older patients

... American College of Surgeons suggests that lung transplantation should be used with caution in patients older ... after one year in patients 70 and older. Lung transplantation has been the gold-standard treatment for a ... but candidate selection varies greatly among transplantation centers. The International Society for Heart and ...

Donate Life Day at the Capitol to Increase Awareness for Organ Donation and Registration

... 100,822 patients in the United States awaiting transplantation -- more than 8,000 are Texans. Every day, 18 ... In coordination with TOSA is the Texas transplantation Society (TTS). Laurie Reece, the Executive ... About Texas transplantation Society ...

Stemedica Medical Team Cautions Patients About Stem Cell Therapy & Comments on PLoS Medicine Article

... that the manufacturer of the stem cells used in transplantation comply with the rigid standards that have been ... Brain Tumor Following Neural Stem Cell transplantation in an Ataxia Telangiectasia Patient , describes ... in a 13-year-old patient who underwent repeated transplantation procedures in an attempt to treat ...

Liver transplant recipients with hepatitis B may need lifelong antiviral treatment

... Patients who undergo liver transplantation for hepatitis B-related liver damage should ... These findings are in the March issue of Liver transplantation , a journal published by John Wiley & Sons. The ... of advanced liver disease and liver cancer. Liver transplantation is the most effective treatment, however, without ...

New findings on old kidneys could enhance transplants, Stanford study shows

... kidney performance in patients three months after transplantation and found the kidneys from donors over the age of ... the kidneys with fewer glomeruli at the time of transplantation will underperform those with more glomeruli. If ... tissue samples from older donor kidneys before transplantation to predict how long they will survive in ....

Hand Transplantation Marks Historical 10-Year Milestone

... 10 years ago, greatly impacting the future of transplantation and reconstructive surgery around the world when ... be held to mark the 10-year anniversary of hand transplantation on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. (EST) at ... center in the United States to perform the hand transplantation procedure. Other centers in the U.S. are now ...

Cell transplantation and diabetes: New sites, new devices

... (Jan. 21, 2009) Early attempts at islet cell transplantation to treat diabetes date to the nineteenth century, ... islet transplantation. Recent advances in islet transplantation are discussed in the January issue of Cell transplantation (Vol. 17 No.9). Which anatomical sites are ...

A Possible Cure for Unsightly Cellulite?

... combination treatment using laser energy and fat transplantation shows promise in significantly improving ... pulsed laser treatment and autologous fat transplantation represents a viable option for women who have ... Nd:YAG laser lipolysis and autologous fat transplantation are proven procedures for various aesthetic ...

Transplanted fatty livers associated with worse prognosis for patients with HCV

... These findings are in the January issue of Liver transplantation , a journal published by John Wiley & Sons. The ... HCV is the most common indication for liver transplantation in Western countries. In these places, the donor ... They included 120 patients who underwent liver transplantation as a result of HCV-cirrhosis between 1995 and ...

Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, joins ExCell study

... and efficacy of StemEx, a potential alternative transplantation option for adolescents and adults with leukemia, ... new methodology may expand the role for stem cell transplantation in treating life-threatening diseases, especially ... Division of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell transplantation at Children's Memorial and assistant professor of ...

Breathing life into injured lungs: World-first technique will expand lung donor organ pool

... about 15%-20% of donor lungs are acceptable for transplantation since lungs are susceptible to injuries during ... technique heralds the beginning of a new era in transplantation since it has allowed us to progress from ... 2008 issue of the Journal of Heart and Lung transplantation ) has shown that lungs can be safely kept on this ...

Stem cells and leukemia battle for marrow microenvironment

... cells and improve the outcomes of bone marrow transplantation for leukemia and other types of cancer. In a ... reserve and improve outcomes for bone marrow transplantation and autologous stem cell harvest in the setting ... of the disease's weapons." It could also make transplantation an option for more patients, enabling physicians ...

Plastic Surgery Experts Available to Comment on Face Transplant Surgery

... Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Facial transplantation is plastic surgery. In fact, Maria Siemionow, MD, ... is a reconstructive plastic surgeon. Facial transplantation plastic surgery offers great hope for those who ... qualified to add perspective to the history of transplantation and are making themselves available for comment. ...

University of Minnesota receives $40 million for type 1 diabetes research

... rename its Diabetes Institute for Immunology and transplantation (DIIT) the Schulze Diabetes Institute. "We ... human islet transplantation, pig islet transplantation and stem cellderived islet cells. The Schulze ... real opportunities that exist today in stem cell, transplantation and immunology research. These synergies will ...

Research on the effects of stem cell source and patient age on transplantation outcomes

... of stem cell source and patient age on stem cell transplantation outcomes will be explored at a press conference ... the presence of stem cells in cord blood for transplantation will also be shared during the press conference. ... therapy, and stem cell transplantation. Stem cell transplantation is the process by which blood stem cells are ...