Latest Transplantation medicine Stories

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com A successful transplant operation in Sweden points to a medical future where your doctor can grow a transplant organ from your own cells, making organ donation a thing of the past. Doctors have now successfully transplanted a vein grown with a patient's own stem cells without complications or the need for immunosuppressants, according to a report published this week in The Lancet. The patient was a 10-year-old girl in Sweden who was suffering from a...

CHILLY-MAZARIN, France, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- InGen BioSciences, specialised in the development and commercialisation of mono and multiparametric in vitro diagnostic tests announced a new exclusive partnership with Cylex Incorporated (Columbia, Maryland,...

Corporate Member relationship will further support AlloSource's leadership in the healthcare industry CENTENNIAL, Colo., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AlloSource, one of the nation's leading non-profit providers of skin, bone and soft tissue allografts for use in surgical procedures and the world's largest processor of cellular bone growth substitutes, today announced that LifeGift in Houston, Texas will join AlloSource as its newest Corporate Member. The AlloSource...

Dancer Mia Welch Bridged to Heart Transplant with SynCardia Total Artificial Heart Tucson, Ariz. (PRWEB) June 07, 2012 Last fall, 21-year-old Mia Welch took the phrase “dancing your heart out” to a whole new level. It all began in summer 2010, when she was attending Mesa Community College and dancing 14 hours a week with the school’s summer dance company. “During our summer showcase, every time I did a dance, I was exhausted, which wasn’t normal for me,” said Mia. “I had to...

TUCSON, Ariz., June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Last fall, 21-year-old Mia Welch took the phrase "dancing your heart out" to a whole new level. It all began in summer 2010, when she was attending Mesa Community College and dancing 14 hours a week with the school's summer dance company. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120607/LA20552) "During our summer showcase, every time I did a dance, I was exhausted, which wasn't normal for me," said Mia. "I had to walk around with...

NEW YORK, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Islet Sciences, Inc., (OTCBB: ISLT) a biotechnology company engaged in the research, development and commercialization of patented technologies in the field of transplantation therapy for patients with diabetes, today announced that it will present at the upcoming 12th Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and the American Transplantation (2012 American Transplant Congress). The event will be held from June 2(nd) - June...

Lindsey Duquette contracted the incurable kidney disease at age two. Her father, Jim Duquette, former Baltimore Orioles executive and New York Mets general manager, is a member of the board of directors of The NephCure Foundation, which funds research into the disease. The operation is set for June 4 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) June 01, 2012 Former New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles executive and current MLB Radio host Jim Duquette will be donating his...

In a heartwarming meeting, Vincent Valenti, 35, of White Plains, NY, finally had the chance to personally thank Stefan Hindl, 32, from Germany for his life-saving bone marrow donation at North Shore University Hospital. Woodbury, NY (PRWEB) June 01, 2012 Mr. Valenti, the father of 16-month-old twin boys, was able to survive his ongoing battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), after receiving the transplant in September 2009 at [North Shore University Hospital (NSUH). The two men...

WASHINGTON, June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- (http://www.myprgenie.com) -- Medical history was made last December when a 31-year old Oklahoma woman donated her kidney to a stranger - a man living in Athens, Greece. In return, the Greek man's wife has donated one of her kidneys to someone in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., completing the first intercontinental kidney exchange and opening a door that potentially can save thousands of lives in the U.S. and worldwide. A donor from Trinidad and Tobago...

FREMONT, Calif., May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Velos, Inc. today announced the release of Velos Aversi, an iPad app for clinicians in oncology and bone marrow transplantation. The app is now available for download on the Apple App Store. On Saturday, June 2, 2012 -- 7:00 am CDT -- at the 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Roy Jones, MD, PhD, from the Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, will give...