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New method may help improve patients' chances of receiving life-saving kidney transplants

A new method may be useful for assessing dialysis facilities' performance concerning referrals to transplant centers.

27 Jan 2018

Researchers find new method to overcome major challenge of stem cell therapy

Researchers have discovered a new technique that overcomes one of the major challenges of stem cell therapy.

25 Jan 2018

Research findings may have broad implications for neurorehabilitation of amputees

When a person loses a hand, nerves that control sensation and movement are severed. This trauma deprives sensory and movement areas of the brain of stimulation, causing them to reorganize their functions.

24 Jan 2018

Researchers report racial and ethnic differences in live donor kidney transplants

Despite efforts over the past two decades to increase the number of black and Hispanic patients receiving kidney transplants from related or unrelated living donors, these racial/ethnic minority patients are still much less likely to undergo such transplants than white patients, Johns Hopkins researchers report.

24 Jan 2018

Parent misconceptions about child organ donation may complicate the process

Children in need of an organ transplant often wait longer than adults for available organs, as in many cases, they require organ donations from another child of a similar age or size.

23 Jan 2018

UCLA researchers describe herpes virus structure associated with Kaposi's sarcoma

UCLA researchers have provided the first description of the structure of the herpes virus associated with Kaposi's sarcoma, a type of cancer.

19 Jan 2018

Research: Men who lack HSD17B4 gene may be more susceptible to treatment-resistant prostate cancer

Cleveland Clinic researchers have confirmed for the first time a mechanistic link between the gene HSD17B4 and deadly, treatment-resistant prostate cancer.

17 Jan 2018

Johns Hopkins gets approval to perform HIV positive to HIV positive living donor kidney transplants

Johns Hopkins hopes to become the first hospital in the U.S. to perform HIV-positive to HIV-positive organ transplants from living donors.

16 Jan 2018

Stem cell transplant can effectively treat patients with rare autoimmune disease, study shows

An unusual autoimmune disease that causes skin and lung damage can be treated effectively by stem cell transplant, a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine has found.

12 Jan 2018

Computer model based on AI improves analysis of kidney biopsies

The ability to quantify the extent of kidney damage and predict the life remaining in the kidney, using an image obtained at the time when a patient visits the hospital for a kidney biopsy, now is possible using a computer model based on artificial intelligence.

11 Jan 2018

Implanted robotic system stimulates tissue growth in stunted organs

An implanted, programmable medical robot can gradually lengthen tubular organs by applying traction forces -- stimulating tissue growth in stunted organs without interfering with organ function or causing apparent discomfort, report researchers at Boston Children's Hospital.

11 Jan 2018

Clinical study investigates lifestyle biomarkers in prostate cancer survivors

Advanced glycation end products, which have been linked to many chronic diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer, build up in the body from birth due to normal metabolism but are often higher in those eating the high-fat, high-sugar, highly processed foods characteristic of the Western diet.

11 Jan 2018

New 3D printing technique allows researchers to replicate biological structures

A new 3D printing technique allows researchers to replicate biological structures, which could be used for tissue regeneration and replica organs.

10 Jan 2018

Stem cell transplant improves survival among scleroderma patients

Scleroderma with internal organ involvement is a debilitating and lethal autoimmune disorder with few effective treatments. But a study led by Duke Health researchers has found new cause for optimism using an aggressive stem cell transplant regimen.

5 Jan 2018

UC Davis expert expresses caution on genetically engineered HSCs

In a commentary published in the Jan. 4 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, UC Davis researcher William Murphy expressed cautious optimism about efforts to genetically engineer hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to temporarily resist cell death during transplantation.

4 Jan 2018

Genetic labeling helps researchers track behavior of blood cells

By tagging bone marrow cells of mice with a genetic label, or barcode, researchers were able to track and describe the family tree of individual blood cells as they form in their natural environment.

4 Jan 2018

Powerful imaging technique sheds light on how the brain responds to vascular injury

Pericytes, a little-understood type of cell on the brain's blood vessels, grow into the empty space left when neighboring pericytes die, report researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina in a January 2nd, 2018 article in Cell Reports.

4 Jan 2018

New research hub set up to help stop future outbreaks of killer diseases

A ground-breaking new research hub has been set up to help halt future outbreaks of killer diseases like Ebola and Zika.

3 Jan 2018

Brief educational video can positively impact individuals' willingness to become face transplant donor

After watching a brief educational video, members of the public are more likely to say they would be willing to donate a facial transplant to a severely disfigured patient, reports a study in the January issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

3 Jan 2018

Spider's web inspires new device that could revolutionize management of type 1 diabetes

For the more than 1 million Americans who live with type 1 diabetes, daily insulin injections are literally a matter of life and death. And while there is no cure, a Cornell University-led research team has developed a device that could revolutionize management of the disease.

3 Jan 2018

Transplant News and Research

New method may help improve patients' chances of receiving life-saving kidney transplants

Researchers find new method to overcome major challenge of stem cell therapy

Research findings may have broad implications for neurorehabilitation of amputees

Researchers report racial and ethnic differences in live donor kidney transplants

Parent misconceptions about child organ donation may complicate the process

UCLA researchers describe herpes virus structure associated with Kaposi's sarcoma

Research: Men who lack HSD17B4 gene may be more susceptible to treatment-resistant prostate cancer

Johns Hopkins gets approval to perform HIV positive to HIV positive living donor kidney transplants

Stem cell transplant can effectively treat patients with rare autoimmune disease, study shows

Computer model based on AI improves analysis of kidney biopsies

Implanted robotic system stimulates tissue growth in stunted organs

Clinical study investigates lifestyle biomarkers in prostate cancer survivors

New 3D printing technique allows researchers to replicate biological structures

Stem cell transplant improves survival among scleroderma patients

UC Davis expert expresses caution on genetically engineered HSCs

Genetic labeling helps researchers track behavior of blood cells

Powerful imaging technique sheds light on how the brain responds to vascular injury

New research hub set up to help stop future outbreaks of killer diseases

Brief educational video can positively impact individuals' willingness to become face transplant donor

Spider's web inspires new device that could revolutionize management of type 1 diabetes

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

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