Latest Kidney transplantation Stories
Just in time for Father’s Day, 32-year-old Leonard Burke receives the gift of life from his father, Ronald. Manhasset, NY (PRWEB) June 14, 2013 This is one family that really knows how to celebrate Father’s Day. Exactly two weeks ago, Leonard Burke, 32, of Richmond Hills, Queens, received the gift of life from his father, Ronald, in the form of a second transplanted kidney. During a press conference held at the North Shore University Hospital Transplant Center to showcase the Burke...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tengion, Inc. (OTCQB: TNGN), a leader in regenerative medicine, today announced that Dr. Tim Bertram, the Company's President of Research and Development and Chief Scientific Officer, will participate in a panel at the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) 11(th) Annual Meeting being held June 12(th)-15(th), 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Bertram will take part in a panel discussion titled "Disease-focused...
Dialyspa dialysis centers address the questions and needs of those beginning dialysis treatments by offering personal tours and monthly support groups at each of their three Houston clinics. Houston, TX (PRWEB) June 04, 2013 Sometimes kidneys can decrease in function over a period of time, such as when someone has Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) or Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD). Other times kidneys fail unexpectedly due to trauma, reaction to medications or other situations that damage...
Language Enables Health Plans to Reduce Dialysis Costs Up to 90% KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- DialysisPPO, founded in 2006 to help employer-group health plans ("EGHPs") manage the high cost of chronic, long-term dialysis - typically for the treatment of End-Stage Renal Disease ("ESRD") - announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a patent covering our dialysis cost containment solution that limits exposure to dialysis...
Kidney Disease Solution created by Duncan Capicchiano is a new program that provides people with an innovative kidney disease treatment plan. A full Kidney Disease Solution review on the site Vkool.com indicates if the program is worth buying. Seattle, Wa (PRWEB) June 02, 2013 Kidney Disease Solution developed by Duncan Capicchiano is a new kidney disease treatment program that instructs people how to beat their kidney disease naturally and fast. This program provides people with...
BIDMC research suggests that improved communication could help with end of life decision making In any given year, 400,000 Americans suffering from end-stage kidney disease will undergo dialysis, and as many as 20 to 25 percent of those dialysis patients will die, a statistic comparable to many types of cancer. But while cancer doctors may be more accustomed to talking with patients about the likely course of their disease, a new study from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center finds that...
HORSHOLM, Denmark, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Veloxis Pharmaceuticals A/S (OMX: VELO) today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) accepted for review the company's Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to market LCP-Tacro for the prevention of organ rejection in kidney transplant patients in the European Union. Veloxis expects the decision from the European Union in 2014. For Investor and media contact: John Weinberg, M.D. EVP & Chief Commercial Officer...
Data from the STRATO Study Presented at the 13th American Transplant Congress HORSHOLM, Denmark, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Veloxis Pharmaceuticals A/S (OMX: VELO) today announced that data from the STRATO study demonstrates the potential for LCP-Tacro(TM) to improve tacrolimus-induced tremors in stable kidney transplant patients. The study, Switching STudy of Kidney TRansplant PAtients with Tremor to LCP-TacrO(TM) (STRATO) clinical trial, was presented at the 13(th) American...
Obese patients who received robotic kidney transplants had fewer wound complications than patients who received traditional “open” transplant surgery, according to surgeons at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System. The findings should allow more obese patients to receive kidney transplants. Patients with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 35 who have end-stage kidney disease are often denied transplantation, and patients with a BMI over 40 often die on...
-- Phase 1 trial of Neo-Kidney Augment(TM) on track for initiation in Sweden in second quarter of 2013 and in U.S. in fourth quarter of 2013 -- WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tengion, Inc. (OTCQB: TNGN), a leader in regenerative medicine, today provided a business update and reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. "We are very pleased to have achieved a significant milestone this quarter with the MPA approval for the Phase 1...
Latest Kidney transplantation Reference Libraries
The BK virus, a member of the polyomavirus family, has no major consequences of infected except with those that are immunocomprimised or immunosuppressed. The virus was first isolated in 1971 from the urine sample of a renal transplant patient whose initials were B.K. Similar in genome sequences to the JCV virus they are most easily identified and differentiated from each other through serological tests using specific antibodies or through PCR based genotyping approach. Most people are...
