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Study shows TOLLIP gene variant is linked to increased mortality risk in IPF patients

A new study looking at the genomes of more than 1,500 patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a rare and devastating lung disease, found multiple genetic associations with the disease, including one gene variant that was linked to an increase in the risk of death.

17 Apr 2013

Researchers report progress on non-invasive method to assess kidney function

Researchers may have found a way to block kidney-destroying inflammation and help damaged kidney cells recover.

17 Apr 2013

Viewpoints: Editorial boards offer advice to Supreme Court on gene patents

On Monday, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear argument about that decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics.

16 Apr 2013

Bioengineered kidneys transplanted into living rats produce urine

Bioengineered rat kidneys developed by Massachusetts General Hospital investigators successfully produced urine both in a laboratory apparatus and after being transplanted into living animals.

16 Apr 2013

Drug-eluting stents can keep clogged leg arteries open and prevent leg amputation

Drug-eluting stents can keep clogged leg arteries open, preventing amputation of the leg, suggests research being presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 38th Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans.

15 Apr 2013

Study finds racial differences in end-of-life care for patients receiving chronic dialysis

At the end of life, black patients with kidney failure receiving chronic dialysis are less likely to be referred to hospice and to discontinue dialysis compared with white patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

12 Apr 2013

Protein EPAC2 plays major role in development of type 2 diabetes

A team of researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center has found that a protein long believed to have a minor role in type 2 diabetes is, in fact, a central player in the development of the condition that affects nearly 26 million people in the United States alone and counts as one of the leading causes of heart disease, stroke and kidney, eye and nerve damage.

12 Apr 2013

New research shows safety can be improved for people participating in medical experiments

In almost 90 per cent of cases, novel drugs tested on humans by pharmaceutical companies do not work as intended and must be scrapped. Often the drugs do not work, while at worst, test subjects die. New research from the University of Southern Denmark now shows that this number can be reduced.

12 Apr 2013

Johns Hopkins scientists create Web-based tool to help patients decide on kidney transplantation

Johns Hopkins scientists have created a free, Web-based tool to help patients decide whether it's best to accept an immediately available, but less-than-ideal deceased donor kidney for transplant, or wait for a healthier one in the future.

11 Apr 2013

Boehringer Ingelheim's STARTVerso 1 Phase 3 hepatitis C data to be presented at EASL Congress

Boehringer Ingelheim today announced that data from its pivotal STARTVerso 1 Phase 3 hepatitis C clinical trial have been accepted for oral presentation as a late-breaker at the International Liver Congress 2013: 48th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver, taking place from April 24-28 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

10 Apr 2013

Physicians uncertain about hospitalization for PID treatment

A Johns Hopkins Children's Center survey of 102 clinicians who treat teenage girls with pelvic inflammatory disease has found that official guidelines designed to inform decisions about hospitalization versus outpatient care leave some clinicians scratching their heads.

10 Apr 2013

Research sheds light on malaria-related parasite's transition from acute to chronic stage

A new discovery about the malaria-related parasite Toxoplasma gondii -- which can threaten babies, AIDS patients, the elderly and others with weakened immune function -- may help solve the mystery of how this single-celled parasite establishes life-long infections in people.

10 Apr 2013

New immunotherapies are seldom developed for childhood cancer

More often than not, cancer immunotherapies that work in adults are used in modified ways in children. Seldom are new therapies developed just for children, primarily because of the small number of pediatric patients relative to the adult cancer patient population.

9 Apr 2013

Patients exposed to chest radiation are more likely to die after heart surgery

Patients who have open heart surgery for heart disease caused by radiation cancer treatment are nearly twice as likely to die in the years following their surgery compared to similar patients who did not undergo radiation treatment, according to new research from Cleveland Clinic published today in the American Heart Association journal Circulation.

9 Apr 2013

New hospital gown blends style for patient with clinical function

The drafty backside is finally gone, replaced with comfort, warmth and dignity in a newly designed hospital gown that blends style for the patient with clinical function for the health care team.

9 Apr 2013

Carnitine compound in red meat and energy drinks increases risk for cardiovascular disease

A compound abundant in red meat and added as a supplement to popular energy drinks has been found to promote atherosclerosis - or the hardening or clogging of the arteries - according to Cleveland Clinic research published online this week in the journal Nature Medicine.

8 Apr 2013

Gene behind Vel blood group discovered

Researchers have uncovered the gene at the root of a human blood group that has remained a mystery for the past 60 years. They showed that a genetic deletion on this gene is responsible for the lack of this blood group in some people.

8 Apr 2013

Abstracts on Bristol-Myers Squibb's research in liver disease accepted for presentation

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced today that 14 abstracts on the Company's research in liver disease have been accepted for presentation at The International Liver CongressTM 2013, the 48th annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver, in Amsterdam, April 24 - 28.

8 Apr 2013

Liver transplants worth risk for people who have genetic liver conditions, study finds

Patients faced with the diagnosis of a life-threatening liver disease have to consider the seriousness of having a liver transplant, which can be a definitive cure for many acquired and genetic liver diseases.

6 Apr 2013

Study sheds light on stem cell technique for treatment of common bleeding disorder

Scientists have shed light on a common bleeding disorder by growing and analysing stem cells from patients' blood to discover the cause of the disease in individual patients.

6 Apr 2013

Transplant News and Research

Study shows TOLLIP gene variant is linked to increased mortality risk in IPF patients

Researchers report progress on non-invasive method to assess kidney function

Viewpoints: Editorial boards offer advice to Supreme Court on gene patents

Bioengineered kidneys transplanted into living rats produce urine

Drug-eluting stents can keep clogged leg arteries open and prevent leg amputation

Study finds racial differences in end-of-life care for patients receiving chronic dialysis

Protein EPAC2 plays major role in development of type 2 diabetes

New research shows safety can be improved for people participating in medical experiments

Johns Hopkins scientists create Web-based tool to help patients decide on kidney transplantation

Boehringer Ingelheim's STARTVerso 1 Phase 3 hepatitis C data to be presented at EASL Congress

Physicians uncertain about hospitalization for PID treatment

Research sheds light on malaria-related parasite's transition from acute to chronic stage

New immunotherapies are seldom developed for childhood cancer

Patients exposed to chest radiation are more likely to die after heart surgery

New hospital gown blends style for patient with clinical function

Carnitine compound in red meat and energy drinks increases risk for cardiovascular disease

Gene behind Vel blood group discovered

Abstracts on Bristol-Myers Squibb's research in liver disease accepted for presentation

Liver transplants worth risk for people who have genetic liver conditions, study finds

Study sheds light on stem cell technique for treatment of common bleeding disorder

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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