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Biologics, Inc. Selected To Provide Pharmacy Management Services In National Marrow Donor Program Clinical Trial

Categorie : Transplants / Organ Donations
Biologics, Inc., the leading cancer management company in the United States, announces that its Oncology Clinical Trial Services division has been selected by the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP), a nonprofit organization that facilitates unrelated hematopoietic cell transplants... ...

read more Biologics, Inc., the leading cancer management company in the United States, announces that its Oncology Clinical Trial Services division has been selected by the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP), a nonprofit organization that facilitates unrelated hematopoietic cell transplants... read more Fri Mar 2010

PARI Pharma Enrolls First Patient In Phase 2b Study Of L-CsA

Categorie : Transplants / Organ Donations
PARI Pharma has enrolled the first patient in its Phase 2b clinical trial studying inhaled liposomal cyclosporine A (L-CsA) delivered via a customized Investigational eFlow Nebulizer System. The multinational study is investigating the safety and efficacy of PARI's L-CsA formulation... ...

read more PARI Pharma has enrolled the first patient in its Phase 2b clinical trial studying inhaled liposomal cyclosporine A (L-CsA) delivered via a customized Investigational eFlow Nebulizer System. The multinational study is investigating the safety and efficacy of PARI's L-CsA formulation... read more Fri Mar 2010

Heart-Assist Device Helped Ready 16-Year-Old For Successful Surgery

Categorie : Transplants / Organ Donations
The wait is over for 16-year-old Francesco "Frank" De Santiago. On January 29, De Santiago received a donor heart in a nine-hour transplant operation at Texas Children's Heart Center De Santiago made news last October as the first child ever discharged from a pediatric hospital with an implanted mec ...

read more The wait is over for 16-year-old Francesco read more Fri Mar 2010

Birth Of Blood-Forming Stem Cells In Embryo Imaged By Biologists

Categorie : Transplants / Organ Donations
Biologists at UC San Diego have identified the specific region in vertebrates where adult blood stem cells arise during embryonic development... ...

read more Biologists at UC San Diego have identified the specific region in vertebrates where adult blood stem cells arise during embryonic development... read more Fri Mar 2010

Seniors Stymied In Wait For Kidney Transplants

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One-third of people over the age of 65 wait longer than necessary for lifesaving, new kidneys because their doctors fail to put them in a queue for organs unsuitable to transplant in younger patients but well-suited to seniors, research from Johns Hopkins suggests... ...

read more One-third of people over the age of 65 wait longer than necessary for lifesaving, new kidneys because their doctors fail to put them in a queue for organs unsuitable to transplant in younger patients but well-suited to seniors, research from Johns Hopkins suggests... read more Fri Mar 2010

FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status For Quark's QPI-1002 For The Prophylaxis Of Delayed Graft Function In Kidney Transplant Patients

Categorie : Transplants / Organ Donations
Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a world leader in the discovery and development of RNAi-based therapeutics, announced that the US FDA has granted orphan drug designation for QPI-1002 (also referred to as "I5NP"), a synthetic siRNA targeting p53 mRNA for the prophylaxis of delayed graft function (DGF) i ...

read more Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a world leader in the discovery and development of RNAi-based therapeutics, announced that the US FDA has granted orphan drug designation for QPI-1002 (also referred to as read more Fri Mar 2010

Pharming's C1 Inhibitor Product Potentially Effective In Reducing Complications Following Transplantation

Categorie : Transplants / Organ Donations
Biotech company Pharming Group NV ("Pharming" or "the Company") (NYSE Euronext: PHARM) announced publication of preclinical evidence that its recombinant human C1 inhibitor (rhC1INH) may play an important therapeutic role in the prevention of delayed graft function (DGF) after solid organ transplant ...

read more Biotech company Pharming Group NV ( read more Fri Mar 2010

New Drug For Kidney Transplant Recipients Effective In Humans

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Initial results of a study conducted at 100 centers worldwide indicate that belatacept, a first-in-class costimulation blocker can prevent the immune system rejecting new organs. The results also suggest that it may provide similar patient and graft survival to cyclosporine but with fewer side effec ...

read more Initial results of a study conducted at 100 centers worldwide indicate that belatacept, a first-in-class costimulation blocker can prevent the immune system rejecting new organs. The results also suggest that it may provide similar patient and graft survival to cyclosporine but with fewer side effec read more Fri Mar 2010

Mayo Clinic Reports Its First Lung Transplantation By Donation After Cardiac Death

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Lung transplantation is a well-known therapy for patients with end-stage lung disease, but, as with other patients waiting for organs for transplantation, there are more recipients waiting than donors available. A potential solution for patients with end-stage lung disease is donation after cardiac ...

read more Lung transplantation is a well-known therapy for patients with end-stage lung disease, but, as with other patients waiting for organs for transplantation, there are more recipients waiting than donors available. A potential solution for patients with end-stage lung disease is donation after cardiac read more Fri Mar 2010

Also In Global Health News: Infant, Maternal Mortality In N. Korea; Malaria In Cambodia; Zambia PEPFAR Program; Pakistan's Anti-Polio Campaign; More

Categorie : Transplants / Organ Donations
Increases In Infant, Maternal Mortality Lead To Life Expectancy Decline In North Korea Higher rates of infant and maternal mortality have lead to a decline of life expectancy in North Korea over the past 15 years, census figures, which were obtained with help form the U.N. Population Fun ...

read more Increases In Infant, Maternal Mortality Lead To Life Expectancy Decline In North Korea Higher rates of infant and maternal mortality have lead to a decline of life expectancy in North Korea over the past 15 years, census figures, which were obtained with help form the U.N. Population Fun read more Fri Mar 2010

Belgian Hospital 50th Transplant Center To Begin Certification Training To Implant SynCardia's Total Artificial Heart

Categorie : Transplants / Organ Donations
On Feb. 25 & 26, the surgical team from Onze Lieve Vrouw (OLV) Hospital Aalst, led by surgeons Ivo Deblier, MD, and Karl Dossche, PhD, and accompanied by anesthesiologist Koen De Decker, MD, will become the first hospital in Belgium and the 50th hospital in the world to complete the first phase of c ...

read more On Feb. 25 & 26, the surgical team from Onze Lieve Vrouw (OLV) Hospital Aalst, led by surgeons Ivo Deblier, MD, and Karl Dossche, PhD, and accompanied by anesthesiologist Koen De Decker, MD, will become the first hospital in Belgium and the 50th hospital in the world to complete the first phase of c read more Fri Mar 2010

NHS Blood And Transplant Launch BME Organ Donation Campaign

Categorie : Transplants / Organ Donations
A host of celebrities from the British Asian, African and Caribbean communities joined forces today to launch a campaign designed to raise awareness and encourage members of South Asian and Black communities to join the NHS Organ Donor Register... ...

read more A host of celebrities from the British Asian, African and Caribbean communities joined forces today to launch a campaign designed to raise awareness and encourage members of South Asian and Black communities to join the NHS Organ Donor Register... read more Fri Mar 2010

Alnylam Initiates Phase IIb Clinical Trial Of ALN-RSV01 In Adult Lung Transplant Patients Infected With Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection

Categorie : Transplants / Organ Donations
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that it has initiated a Phase IIb trial in adult lung transplant patients with ALN-RSV01, an RNAi therapeutic for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection... ...

read more Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that it has initiated a Phase IIb trial in adult lung transplant patients with ALN-RSV01, an RNAi therapeutic for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection... read more Fri Mar 2010

HeartWare Announces Early Conclusion Of Enrollment For U.S. Bridge-to-Transplant Clinical Trial

Categorie : Transplants / Organ Donations
HeartWare International, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTWR; ASX: HIN), a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies revolutionizing the treatment of advanced heart failure, announced the conclusion of patient enrollment under its "ADVANCE" clinical trial... ...

read more HeartWare International, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTWR; ASX: HIN), a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies revolutionizing the treatment of advanced heart failure, announced the conclusion of patient enrollment under its read more Fri Mar 2010

Heart Disease Patients Benefit From Bone Marrow Cell Transplants

Categorie : Transplants / Organ Donations
Two studies published in the latest issue of Cell Transplantation (18:12) may lead to new treatments for heart diseases. The first study, carried out by a team of Brazilian researchers, found that cell transplantation of bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMCs) directly into the heart benefited patient ...

read more Two studies published in the latest issue of Cell Transplantation (18:12) may lead to new treatments for heart diseases. The first study, carried out by a team of Brazilian researchers, found that cell transplantation of bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMCs) directly into the heart benefited patient read more Fri Mar 2010

FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval Of Belatacept

Categorie : Transplants / Organ Donations
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee has voted 13 to 5 to recommend approval of belatacept, a selective co-stimulation blocker, for the prophylaxis of acute rejection in de novo kidney t ...

read more Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee has voted 13 to 5 to recommend approval of belatacept, a selective co-stimulation blocker, for the prophylaxis of acute rejection in de novo kidney t read more Fri Mar 2010

Immune Cell Levels Predict Skin Cancer Risk In Kidney Transplant Patients

Categorie : Transplants / Organ Donations
Measuring certain types of immune cells may predict the high risk of skin cancer after kidney transplantation, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN)... ...

read more Measuring certain types of immune cells may predict the high risk of skin cancer after kidney transplantation, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN)... read more Wed Feb 2010

Medium Term Outcome Of Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy With Xenografts Compared To Synthetic Grafts

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UroToday.com - Graft materials are increasingly being used to improve surgeries for pelvic floor prolapse, in an effort to reduce recurrence. There is some evidence this is indeed so, but a number of graft related complications (GRC) cause clinically relevant problems (erosion, pain, dyspareunea) a ...

read more UroToday.com - Graft materials are increasingly being used to improve surgeries for pelvic floor prolapse, in an effort to reduce recurrence. There is some evidence this is indeed so, but a number of graft related complications (GRC) cause clinically relevant problems (erosion, pain, dyspareunea) a read more Wed Feb 2010

Professional Development Programme To Improve Organ Donation

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A unique programme to support a UK-wide network of hospital organ donation "champions" is to be launched next week. The programme is designed for the growing number of Clinical Leads for Organ Donation and the Donation Committee Chairs who work along side them... ...

read more A unique programme to support a UK-wide network of hospital organ donation read more Wed Feb 2010

Anti-Inflammatory Agent Can Limit And Reverse The Progression Of Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Transplant

Categorie : Transplants / Organ Donations
If a team of American scientists are right, bone marrow transplants may become safer and more available to people in need of donations... ...

read more If a team of American scientists are right, bone marrow transplants may become safer and more available to people in need of donations... read more Wed Feb 2010

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