... . Prompted by serious lapses at three California organ transplant programs, federal inspectors have documented broad failings by the agencies that oversee the nation's transplant system and raised doubts about the pace of promised ...
... -prescribed pot are being turned away from hospital transplant programs. Should using doctor-prescribed marijuana be a deal-breaker for someone needing an organ transplant? It is not a theoretical question but a pressing and emotional ...
... for a new, more standardized way for patients in need of organ transplants to be informed of the risks they face. If adopted ... stigmatized infections might be transmitted through organ transplantation. Because of the nation's ongoing shortage ...
Researchers have determined a novel mechanism through which organ transplantation often leads to cancer, and their findings ... , appear to promote cancer development, often in organs that are not transplanted, but the cause of this was unclear. The Harvard team ...
Elvis is alive. At least in the form of impersonator Ira Masnikoff, 63, who would not be alive today if he had not received organ transplants.
For the first time, the number of Americans waiting for an organ transplant has surpassed 100,000. But there may be some help on the way for them.
... of internationally accepted ethical standards for procurement of organs for transplantation. A new article appearing in Clinical ... has increased the capacity for countries worldwide to perform organ transplantation. Unfortunately, dramatic geographic variation ...
A drug used to prevent the rejection of organ transplants was found to significantly increase the life span of older mice, researchers report.
... government said Friday that it plans to ban private organ transplants from dead donors to allay fears that prospective recipients can buy their way to the front of the line ...
... of 3,278 patients who received solid organ transplantation between February 1995 and December 2007 ... alone. According to the authors, immunosuppressed patients who have undergone organ transplantation can have a clinically hidden otitis media ...
Ontario's organ transplants reached a record number in 2009, according to the Trillium Gift of Life Network.
... factor in today's donor organ shortfall is that solid organ transplants have become so successful ... . "Educating the public and improving transparency of the organ donation and transplantation process and performance are critical to narrowing ...
... on to cell walls. He continued: 'When we are preparing an organ for transplant we wash it in a solution, and the risk is that the protein ... this method has clinical benefits for patients undergoing organ transplants. Cell therapy The other exciting area ...
... evaluation of the nation's top-performing hospitals in organ transplantation includes clinical quality data ... . "More than 108,000 patients are on a waiting list for an organ transplant in the U.S and it is imperative that patients have a resource ...
Some Americans who urgently need organ transplants face a life-and-death struggle following Medicaid cuts in states that are refusing to pay.
