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UT Southwestern scientists identify genetic mutations that contribute to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Using a genetic screening platform developed by a UT Southwestern Nobel Laureate, scientists with the Center for the Genetics of Host Defense at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified genetic mutations that contribute to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), providing a potential future target for therapeutic interventions.

9 Sep 2022

World's first partial heart transplant performed at Duke Health

A team at Duke Health has performed what is believed to be the world's first partial heart transplant, with the living arteries and valves from a freshly donated heart fused onto a patient's existing heart.

8 Sep 2022

Organ transplants are up, but the agency in charge is under fire

For the past decade, Precious McCowan's life has revolved around organ transplants. She's a doctoral candidate studying human behavior in Dallas who has survived two kidney transplants. And in the midst of her end-stage renal disease, her 2-year-old son died. She chose to donate his organs in hopes they would save a life.

7 Sep 2022

Neurological manifestations associated with monkeypox infection

A new study presents current information regarding the neurological presentations and complications of monkeypox infection.

5 Sep 2022

Combined stem cell and gene therapy shows promise to treat patients with ALS

Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed an investigational therapy using support cells and a protective protein that can be delivered past the blood-brain barrier.

5 Sep 2022

Animal study brings hope for the use of more donor lungs in future

A large amount of lungs donated cannot be used for transplantation. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Skåne University Hospital have conducted an animal study bringing hope that more donor lungs could be used in the future.

2 Sep 2022

People of African-Caribbean heritage living with diabetes have greater kidney disease risk

New research confirms for the first time that ethnicity is a risk factor for developing kidney disease in people with Type 1 diabetes.

1 Sep 2022

Less is more: early short-course rapamycin effective in sustained anti-aging effects

A new study shows that a brief treatment period could have the same anti-aging efficacy and duration of effect but without the potentially serious adverse effects of chronic administration.

1 Sep 2022

New scaffold supports the growth of new bone in large jaw defects in mice

Tohoku University scientists in Japan have made a scaffold that supports the growth of new bone in large jaw defects in mice.

30 Aug 2022

A triad of obesity, heavy alcohol use, and coagulopathy predicts return to OR after liver transplant

Liver transplant surgery is a vital and life-saving procedure, but it also is associated with a high rate of postoperative complications.

26 Aug 2022

Healthy people over 65 years of age recommended to get a heart check-up before non-cardiac surgery

A heart check-up is recommended in even apparently healthy people over 65 years of age before intermediate- or high-risk non-cardiac surgery, according to European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on cardiovascular assessment and management of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery published online today in European Heart Journal.

26 Aug 2022

CU professor explores for noninvasive ways to detect vascularized composite allograft rejection

Soldiers and others who receive severe injuries to the hands and face often can benefit from a type of transplant known as vascularized composite allograft (VCA) - the transplantation of multiple tissues, including muscle, bone, nerve, skin, and blood vessels, as a functional unit (such as a hand or face) from a deceased donor to a recipient with a severe injury.

25 Aug 2022

Cornea implant made of collagen from pig’s skin restores vision

In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Professors Neil Lagali and Mehrdad Rafat about their latest research, which detailed a bioengineered corneal tissue for minimally invasive vision restoration in advanced keratoconus in two clinical cohorts.

23 Aug 2022

Report: Australians receiving kidney replacement therapy more than doubled between 2000 and 2020

The number of Australians receiving kidney replacement therapy more than doubled between 2000 and 2020, from 11,700 to 27,700.

23 Aug 2022

World's first-in-human research using organoid transplantation yields good results

Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) research team announced on July 7 that it has succeeded in the world's first clinical transplantation of a "mini organ (also called Organoid)" into a patient with "Ulcerative Colitis (UC)".

22 Aug 2022

New treatment may help counteract food allergies and inflammatory diseases in future

Although many people with dietary allergies experience mild symptoms when exposed to triggering foods, some face potentially fatal consequences.

22 Aug 2022

Study shows encouraging results for robotic IVC thrombectomy

Kidney cancer is not always confined to the kidney. In advanced cases, this cancer invades the body's biggest vein, the inferior vena cava (IVC), which carries blood out of the kidneys back to the heart.

19 Aug 2022

UC San Diego Health first to offer new injectable medication to patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis

UC San Diego Health is first in the nation to offer a new injectable medication to patients with nerve damage caused by hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis, a rare disease that can be fatal without management.

18 Aug 2022

The QCOVID4 algorithm developed using data from the Omicron wave identifies those at highest risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes

A recent article illustrated the derivation and validation of the QCOVID4 risk determination algorithm for predicting COVID-19 hospitalization and death risk in England.