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WCTF.org Transplant NewsTransplant news, links, and other general medical news -- updated regularly.Tuesday, April 1, 2008Organ Donors Needed (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke)
Organ Donors Needed (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke)
Have you ever known someone who carries a pager just waiting to hear that their life may be saved? Some of you are nodding your head and you know I am talking about a person waiting for an organ transplant. Liver transplant recipient grateful (The Cold Lake Sun)
Liver transplant recipient grateful (The Cold Lake Sun)
The Sun’s “Miller vs. Dermott” editorials about organ donation made Manon Courville happy. The Cold Lake resident has spent the past year thanking an anonymous person for their generosity -- she received a new liver Feb. 14, 2007. Rebecca Mason earns black belt after donating kidney (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Nine months ago Rebecca Mason was under the knife having a kidney removed to prolong her brother's life. [continued]
Robert Bonow, MD Honored for Outstanding Service by the American College of Cardiology
Robert Bonow, MD Honored for Outstanding Service by the American College of Cardiology
Bonow Named Master of the American College of Cardiology during ceremonies at the 57th Annual Scientific Session Held this Week in Chicago CHICAGO, April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Robert O. Bonow, MD, chief, Division of Cardiology, co-director, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute of Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine was recognized by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) as Master of the American College of Cardiology (MACC) during ceremonies held this week at the ACC's 57th Annual Scientific Session in Chicago. First given in 1998, MACC honorees are recognized for their outstanding service to the ACC. To be eligible for the MACC, recipients must have been a dedicated fellow (member) of the ACC for more than fifteen years. No more than four Master designations are awarded each year. Dr. Bonow is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. His clinical interests include congestive heart failure, nuclear cardiology, valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. He attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, and went on to complete his internship and residency at the university's hospital. He completed his fellowship at the Cardiology Branch of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Dr. Bonow was the president of the American Heart Association (2002-2003), served on its Board of Directors (1999-2004), chaired its Clinical Science Committee (2001-2002), Council on Clinical Cardiology (1999-2001), and Committee on Scientific Sessions Program (1998-2000). In addition, he is a member of the Board of Extramural Advisors of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and serves on the Clinical Research Roundtable of the Institute of Medicine. He has previously served on the board of trustees of the American College of Cardiology and on the Subspecialty Board on Cardiovascular Disease of the American Board of Internal Medicine. The ACC was chartered in 1949 and currently has 28,000 members. Its mission is to advocate for quality cardiovascular care through education, research promotion, development and application of standards and guidelines, and to influence health care policy. Fellows of the ACC, the foremost professional society representing heart specialists in the United States and throughout the world, are adult cardiologists, pediatric cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, researchers and academicians, or specialists in a cardiovascular-related field. ACC members represent the majority of board-certified cardiovascular physicians in the United States. About Northwestern Memorial Hospital Northwestern Memorial Hospital is one of the country's premier academic medical centers and is the primary teaching hospital of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Northwestern Memorial and its Prentice Women's Hospital and Stone Institute of Psychiatry have 897 beds along with 1,424 affiliated physicians and 6,464 employees. Northwestern Memorial is recognized for providing state-of-the-art patient care and exemplary clinical and surgical advancements in the areas of cardiothoracic and vascular care, gastroenterology, neurology and neurosurgery, oncology, organ and bone marrow transplantation, and women's health. Northwestern Memorial received the prestigious 2005 National Quality Health Care Award and is listed in eight specialties in U.S. News & World Report's 2007 rankings for "America's Best Hospitals." For seven years running, Northwestern Memorial has been rated among the nation's "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" by Working Mother magazine and has been chosen by Chicagoans for more than a decade as their "most preferred hospital" according to the National Research Corporation's annual survey. Northwestern Memorial carries the Magnet status designation in nursing, the highest recognition possible for patient care and nursing excellence. First Call Analyst:
CONTACT: Jennifer Monasteri of the Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Web Site:
California Pacific Medical Center
California Pacific (CPMC)is a community-based tertiary hospital, teaching medical center, and specialty referral center providing access to advanced medical care and clinical [more]
Minnesotans Demonstrate Commitment to Organ and Tissue Donation
Minnesotans Demonstrate Commitment to Organ and Tissue Donation
More than 2,000,000 Minnesotans have designated their wishes to donate on their driver's license or ID card. ST. PAUL, Minn., April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When Minnesotans apply for or renew their driver's license or state identification card they are presented with the opportunity to check the box designating themselves organ and tissue donors. Currently, more than 2 million Minnesotans have taken that important step and said yes to the life-saving gift of donation. While a record number of Minnesotans have designated themselves donors there remains a disparity between the number of donors and the number of people in need of transplantation. Approximately 98,000 Americans are waiting for a life-saving transplant and sadly, each day 18 of those people die waiting simply because there are not enough people saying yes to donation. April is National Donate Life Month, an officially sanctioned month set aside to celebrate the gifts of donation and promote community events that highlight the critical shortage of organs and tissues for transplantation. "We often hear individuals say they support donation, but simply haven't taken the time to designate their wishes," says Susan Gunderson, LifeSource CEO. "April is an important time for LifeSource and our volunteers to reach out to the community and encourage individuals to take the critically important step of making their donation wishes known and ensuring more lives will be saved." Please join LifeSource during National Donate Life Month to celebrate the life-saving gifts of transplantation by taking the steps to donate life. To make the commitment to extend the gift of life through donation, check the box on your drivers' license or register online at http://www.donatelifemn.org/ and share your wishes with your family. LifeSource is the non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives through organ and tissue donation in the Upper Midwest. The LifeSource service area covers Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and portions of western Wisconsin. First Call Analyst:
CONTACT: Susan Mau Larson of LifeSource, +1-651-603-7852, Web Site: http://www.donatelifemn.org/
Neuralstem to Present at Bio-Europe Spring Healthcare Conference, April 8, 2008
Neuralstem to Present at Bio-Europe Spring Healthcare Conference, April 8, 2008
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stem cell company, Neuralstem, Inc. (AMEX:CUR) announced today that Richard Garr, President & Chief Executive Officer, will present at BIO-Europe Spring(R) 2008, in Madrid, Spain, April 7-9. BIO-Europe Spring(R), a counterpart to the BIO-Europe conference in the fall, brings together biotechnology leaders for company presentations and panel discussions. Neuralstem will give an update on the company's clinical trials program when it presents on April 8. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061221/DCTH007LOGO ) About Neuralstem
Major Central Nervous System diseases targeted by the Company with research programs currently underway include: Ischemic Paraplegia, Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury and ALS. The company's cells have extended the life of rats with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), as reported in a paper published in the journal TRANSPLANTATION in collaboration with John's Hopkins University researchers, and also reversed paralysis in rats with Ischemic Spastic Paraplegia, as reported in NEUROSCIENCE on June 29, 2007, in collaboration with researchers at University of California San Diego. The company has also developed immortalized human neural stem cells for in-vitro use in drug development for the academic and pharmaceutical markets. For further information, please visit http://www.neuralstem.com/. Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Information This presentation may contain forward-looking information about Neuralstem, Inc. which are intended to be covered by the safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. These statements can be identified by the use of forward- looking terminology such as "believe," "expect," "may," "will," "should," "project," "plan," "seek," "intend," or "anticipate" or the negative thereof or comparable terminology, and include discussions of strategy, and statements about industry trends and Neuralstem's future performance, operations and products. This and other "Risk Factors" contained in Neuralstem's public filings with the SEC should be read in connection with this release. For further information on Neuralstem, please review the company's filings with the SEC including its Annual Report filed on Form 10-KSB for the period ended December 31, 2007, as well as the company's subsequent filings. First Call Analyst: Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061221/DCTH007LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ CONTACT: Richard Garr, President of Neuralstem Inc., Web site:
Lung transplant wait seen favoring whites | Health | Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Blacks with chronic lung disease on the waiting list for lung transplantation before 2005 were more likely to die or be removed from the list than were [continued]
Organ transplant
An organ transplant is the transplantation of a whole or partial organ from one body to another (or from a donor site on the patient's own body), for the purpose of replacing the [continued]
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