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Carbon monoxide shown to reverse symptoms of pulmonary hypertension

In a medical case of Jekyll and Hyde, carbon monoxide - the highly toxic gas emitted from auto exhausts and faulty heating systems - has proven effective in treating the symptoms of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), an extremely debilitating condition that typically leads to right heart failure and eventual death.

20 Sep 2006

MRI tracks survival of pancreatic islets after transplantation

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with an approved contrast agent may provide a practical way of monitoring the survival of transplanted pancreatic islets.

12 Sep 2006

FDA approves limited use of artificial heart

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States has given approval for limited use of an artificial heart.

6 Sep 2006

FDA approves AbioCor permanent artificial heart for humanitarian uses

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first totally implanted artificial heart for patients with advanced heart failure involving both pumping chambers of the heart under the Humanitarian Use Device (HUD) provisions of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

5 Sep 2006

A wake-up call for parents of children with sleep apnea

In what is believed to be the first study showing neural changes in the brains of children with serious, untreated sleep apnea, Johns Hopkins researchers conclude that children with the disorder appear to suffer damage in two brain structures tied to learning ability.

31 Aug 2006

Renal transplantation in children with posterior uUrethral valves

The first description of posterior urethral valves (PUV) was made more than 80 years ago by Hugh Hampton Young and represents a spectrum of severity, ranging from disease incompatible with postnatal life to minimal symptoms that may not manifest until later in life.

17 Aug 2006

Herrin twins healthy, hungry and alert

The conjoined 4 year old twins separated last week after lengthy surgery are said to be healthy, hungry and alert, but apparently are not aware they have been separated.

15 Aug 2006

New findings support Rapamycin's role as cancer treatment

Scientists have long known that the blood vessels of tumors differ markedly from normal blood vessels.

14 Aug 2006

Twins breathing independently following lengthy separation surgery

According to hospital officials, the conjoined twins separated during lengthy surgery last week in Salt Lake City are now breathing independently.

14 Aug 2006

Conjoined twin sisters survive lengthy, complex surgery

A team of six surgeons in the U.S., after 25 hours of complex surgery have successfully separated four-year-old conjoined twin sisters.

9 Aug 2006

Enrichment of regulatory CD4+CD25+ T cells by inhibition of phospholipase D signaling

A signaling molecule with an affinity for alcohol has yielded a rapid, inexpensive way to make large numbers of immune cells that work like beat cops keeping misguided cells from attacking the body.

8 Aug 2006

Discovery of mechanism that may explain post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder

A serious form of cancer that occurs in some transplant patients may arise because cells that normally serve as scouts for the immune system become weakened, a new study suggests.

8 Aug 2006

Turning the immune system against cancer

Medicine can now prevent a host of diseases with a mere shot of vaccine. Polio and smallpox are almost non-existent, and mumps and chicken pox are rarely seen nowadays.

4 Aug 2006

Specialized skin cells use GPS like mapping system to identify where they belong in the body

Until now it's been a mystery as to how adult skin, which consists of basically the same components all over the body, knows to grow hair in some areas like the scalp, while manufacturing sweat glands, calluses and fingerprint whorls in others

2 Aug 2006

Researchers test possibility of growing kidneys for transplant

Bioengineers from the Medical University of South Carolina and Clemson University believe their research has the potential to save the lives of thousands of patients desperately waiting for a kidney while, at the same time, cutting costs associated with kidney disease.

2 Aug 2006

Response to transarterial chemoembolization as a biological selection criterion for liver transplantation in hepatocellular carcinoma

The results of this study appear in the August 2006 issue of Liver Transplantation, the official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS).

2 Aug 2006