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Transplant news, links, and other general medical news -- updated regularly.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Core Dynamics Announces New Study that Demonstrates Potential for Cryopreservation of the Heart (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Core Dynamics Announces New Study that Demonstrates Potential for Cryopreservation of the Heart (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
ROCKVILLE, Md., March 26, 2008 -- A study released this month in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery reports that a team of scientists in Israel have demonstrated the feasibility of recovering a functional heart after freezing and then thawing the organ.

posted by Transplant News # 8:15 PM

Chronic Organ Transplant Rejection Report Highlights How Anti Rejection Therapies Provide Satisfactory Efficacy but ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of Decision Resources report "Chronic Organ Transplant Rejection: Opportunities Await Improved Therapies" to their offering. [read more]

posted by Transplant News # 4:15 PM

JRT (Just Right Time) Transplant Service Inc. | Liver Transplant

Transplant surgery support service in China, including a step-by-step tour of the liver transplant surgery process. [more]

posted by Transplant News # 12:15 PM

House OKs bill help organ transplant networks

A bill designed to help organ transplant networks has won approval in the Kansas House. The 122-0 vote today sent the measure to the Senate. It adds organ procurement groups to the [continued]

posted by Transplant News # 8:15 AM

Woman's Abdominal Organs Removed in Unique Cancer Surgery (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

MONDAY, March 24 (HealthDay News) -- Brooke Zepp, a 63-year-old South Florida woman, was diagnosed last May with leiomyosarcoma, a rare cancerous tumor deep inside her abdomen that had wrapped itself around her aorta and other arteries that supply blood to vital organs such as the stomach, intestines and spleen. [read more]

posted by Transplant News # 4:15 AM

Govt stands by organ donor strategy (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)

The Federal Government has dismissed concerns that Australia's declining organ transplant rate will worsen when the country's peak group for organ donation is wound up. [more]

posted by Transplant News # 12:15 AM