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Thursday, April 03, 2014

Donor organs kept viable for transplant longer

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'Cold' Carriers to up travel time for transplant hearts You cannot blame transplant surgeons for having high BP. After al...
Wednesday, March 12, 2014

New Smaller SynCardia Artificial Heart waiting FDA approval

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Press Release New Smaller SynCardia Total Artificial Heart Will Expand Life-Saving Therapy to All Adults & Many Adolescents Once ...

Cystic Fibrosis patient runs marathon after double lung transplant

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Brighton jewellery designer runs marathon  Amanda Chalmers gearing up for the marathon A jewellery designer born with cystic fibro...

Poor immigrants targeted in illegal organ sale

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Police have arrested five people in Spain after a wealthy Lebanese man in need of a liver offered up to €40,000 ($55,000) to whoever was wil...
Sunday, February 02, 2014

Couple pulling out all the stops in search for a kidney

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Jeff Vanderveen and wife Kathy McIntee discuss kidney donation at home in Abbotsford, Feb. 1, 2014. Photograph by:  Nick Procaylo, Nick...
Sunday, December 29, 2013

World's longest surviving heart transplant at 31 years

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ITV.com  Heart transplant patient is a record breaker Last updated Sat 28 Dec 2013 A man from Newport Pagnell near Milton Keynes...
Monday, December 09, 2013

Killer "T" cells “learn” to hunt down and attack cancer cells, researchers claim.

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New wonder drug matches and kills all kinds of cancer — human testing starts 2014 By Michael Blaustein   Newyorkpost.com Stanford r...
Friday, December 06, 2013

Scientists used human stem cells for lung tissue

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Mywebhealthreport.com Scientists had previously converted stem cells into cells of the heart, intestine, liver, nerves and pancreas,  F...
Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and an association with substantial morbidity and mortality.

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Increased rates of LVAD pump thrombosis reported at 3 centers Starling RC.  N Engl J Med.  2013;doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1313385. Healio.com...
Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Rehospitalization after kidney transplant caused by complexity of the condition, not poor quality of care

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Most early rehospitalization after kidney transplant caused by complexity of the condition, not poor quality of care A study of over 7...
Friday, November 29, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend

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My very best wishes for a happy Thanksgiving weekend to my American friends. For us in the transplant community Thanksgiving takes on a ver...
Friday, November 22, 2013

Lungs that live on after donor's death give hope to transplant patients

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Pair of lungs that live on after donor's death give hope to transplant patients University of North Carolina found lungs kept alive b...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Cleveland Clinic creates transplant ethics fellowship

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By Michael C. Butz, Cleveland Jewish News A fellowship focused on developing physician expertise on the ethical issues involved in organ ...