Monthly Archives: October 2011

Antibody library project could unlock mysteries of human gene function – HealthCanal.com


Antibody library project could unlock mysteries of human gene function
HealthCanal.com
And one of the best tools for exposing a gene's function is to take the protein it produces and generate specific antibodies, usually by vaccinating mice or rabbits. Antibodies are specialized proteins the immune system deploys to block the actions of ...

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Grieving dads help push for organ donor bill – CityNews


Grieving dads help push for organ donor bill
CityNews
“The two of us go around the world talking about organ donation, but we've never met. And our hope is that by bringing it to people's attention, that we'll save a lot of lives.” The two are throwing their support behind the “Torch of Life” alert system ...

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Knowledge transplant – Shepparton News


Knowledge transplant
Shepparton News
Dr Hodgson last year finished studying his PhD in xenotransplantation , the transferring of living cells, organs or tissues from one species to another. Xenotransplantation was the topic of his talk to Goulburn Valley Health and Melbourne University ...

Lung disorder drug regimen found harmful – Vanderbilt University News


Lung disorder drug regimen found harmful
Vanderbilt University News
It is important to note the combination drug therapy has not been shown to be dangerous for treating other diseases, such as connective tissue diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, or for prevention of transplant rejection. ...

Chris’ Tears – Annals of Internal Medicine


Chris' Tears
Annals of Internal Medicine
Renal cancer required a nephrectomy. Recurrence in the other kidney required a second nephrectomy and chronic hemodialysis. A stroke left him hemiparetic and aphasic but cognitively intact. He became frustrated and depressed at his inability to ...

One small app, big difference in organ donation – WKYC-TV


One small app, big difference in organ donation
WKYC-TV
The sign/poster also has information for those without smart phones on how to connect to "Just One For Mom." Her hope is the QR code will get scanned by just the right person, a match. Or someone would simply decide to sign up as an organ donor.

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Penn docs perform double hand transplant – Bizjournals.com


Philadelphia Magazine

Penn docs perform double hand transplant
Bizjournals.com
Penn officials said a team of 30 members — 12 surgeons, three anesthesiologists and 15 nurses — performed the 11-and-a-half hour double transplant procedure — called a vascularized composite allotransplantation — that involved experts in solid ...
Penn Hand Transplant Program gets its first dual transplant patientMedCity News
First bilateral hand transplant performed at the Hospital of the University of ...EurekAlert (press release)
New hands, new hope for woman who lost her limbsRichmond Times Dispatch
Newsworks.org
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The Rituximab Story: not evidence for XMRV and NOT a potential autism therapy – Left Brain/Right Brain


The Rituximab Story: not evidence for XMRV and NOT a potential autism therapy
Left Brain/Right Brain
Unfortunately, in an attempt to revive the XMRV/autism link, Kent Heckenlively of the Age of Autism blog is creating a new, dangerous conclusion: perhaps Rituximab (or a similar drug) could be an autism therapy. Promoting XMRV as causative in autism is ...

Study Finds Early And Delayed Stem Cell Transplants Have Comparable Efficacy … – The Myeloma Beacon


Study Finds Early And Delayed Stem Cell Transplants Have Comparable Efficacy ...
The Myeloma Beacon
Results of a recent analysis suggest that newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients receiving Revlimid or thalidomide as initial therapy have similar prognoses regardless of whether they receive an early stem cell transplant or delay the transplant and ...

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Don’t let allergies get you down – Times of India


Don't let allergies get you down
Times of India
To protect the body, the immune system produces IgE antibodies to that allergen. IgE antibodies then trigger mast cells (allergy cells in the body) to release chemicals into the bloodstream. One of these chemicals is histamine. ...

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