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Liver Transplantation
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Liver Transplants from Living Donors Have Poorer Outcomes ... 23 Nov 2005
...are available," said one lead author, Norah A. Terrault, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation, University of ...
- DG News
XTLbio Announces Data Demonstrating the Antiviral Activity of One ... Nov 16, 2005
...candidate - XTL-6865. This pilot study was conducted in patients with hepatitis C following liver transplantation. Patients in this ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Older Patients on Dialysis Have Poorer Outcomes from Liver ... Nov 17, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- November 17, 2005 -- Individuals who are 65 years or older have poor survival rates 1 year after liver transplantation if they are on ...
- DG News
HIV-positive patients have shorter survival periods while awaiting ... Nov 13, 2005
The results of this study appear in the November 2005 issue of Liver Transplantation, the official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver ...
- Medical News Today (press release),
XTLbio presents encouraging data on Hepatitis C drug candidate Nov 16, 2005
...candidate -- XTL-6865. This pilot study was conducted in patients with hepatitis C following liver transplantation. Patients in ...
- Globes,
Patients died as hospital rejected donor organs Nov 13, 2005
...the federal report said. The people who oversee liver transplantation have long known about what was going on at UCI. Mr. Mone of ...
- Dallas Morning News (subscription),
Survival Unaffected by Interferon Alpha-2b after Surgical ... Nov 15, 2005
Surgical resection has the advantage of not requiring immune suppression, whereas liver transplantation has the advantage of treating the underlying cirrhosis ...
- DG News
Roche and Protein Design Labs to Jointly Develop Daclizumab in ... Nov 1, 2005
...heart transplant patients at high risk. Valcyte is not approved for use in liver transplantation. The efficacy and safety of Valcyte ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release),
Heart Disease Not a Deterrent for Liver Transplants: Presented at ... Oct 28, 2005
..."Our study demonstrates that there is no statistical difference in mortality following liver transplantation between patients with a history of treated ...
- DG News
Test May Predict Cirrhosis Recurrence After Transplant Oct 27, 2005
In a report published in the journal Liver Transplantation this month, 1 a group of hepatologists identified a unique laboratory test that appears to show that ...
- Hepatitis Neighborhood,
Steroid-Free Immunosuppression After Liver Transplant Reduces ... Nov 15, 2005
...[Presentation title: Multicenter Randomized Hepatitis C (HCV) Three Trial Post Liver Transplantation (OLT): a One-Year Follow up Report. Session 8].
- DG News
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Names Leading Viral Experts to Its ... Nov 16, 2005
...is an important source of disability and death among the estimated 3.9 million infected Americans and is also the major cause of liver transplantation in the ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release),
Calif. Center Shuts Liver Transplant Program Nov 12, 2005
The University of California, Irvine Medical Center abruptly shut down its liver transplantation program Thursday, hours after the federal government stripped ...
- HealthCentral.com
Human Genome Sciences Reports Interim Results of Phase 2 Clinical ... Nov 15, 2005
David Nelson, MD, a lead investigator in the Phase 2 study, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of Liver Transplantation, and Chief of the ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
InterMune Announces Clinical Data Presented at AASLD That Support ... Nov 14, 2005
...response in these patients. One patient on treatment underwent liver transplantation and stopped treatment. The authors concluded ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release),
HIV-Positive Patients Die More Quickly on Liver Transplant Queue Nov 4, 2005
HIV infection, "making it difficult to predict a poor outcome or prevent it," Dr. Ragni and colleagues reported in the November issue of Liver Transplantation. ...
- MedPage Today,
Hepatitis C Caring Ambassadors Program Hopeful That Proposed ... Nov 3, 2005
Hepatitis C is also the leading indication for adult liver transplantation. Since 1990, the number of people with HCV undergoing ...
- Market Wire (press release)
Boston-Area Hospital to Improve Clinical Quality with Premier, Inc ... Nov 8, 2005
...quality health care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty, from primary care to cancer diagnosis and treatment to kidney and liver transplantation. ...
- Genetic Engineering News,
Judge: Arizona Must Pay For HIV Patient's Liver Transplant Oct 31, 2005
Since then her condition has deteriorated rapidly and in June of 2005 her doctors determined that she meets the criteria for liver transplantation. ...
- 365Gay.com
HIV-positive patients have shorter survival periods while awaiting ... Nov 7, 2005
...with early referral will help to minimize the number of deaths on the waiting lists and facilitate excellent outcomes following liver transplantation in this ...
- News-Medical.net,
Mouse Fetal Liver Cells in Artificial Capillary Beds in Three ... Oct 29, 2005
Bioreactors containing porcine or adult human hepatocytes have been used to sustain acute liver failure patients until liver transplantation. ...
- Am J Pathology (subscription)
High hepatitis rates spur state health campaign Oct 28, 2005
..."The socio-economic costs in the coming decades will be staggering," Dr. James Spivey, director of liver transplantation at Emory University Hospital, said ...
- Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),
Genmab Receives Patent For HuMax-HepC Nov 3, 2005
HuMax-HepC is a fully human antibody currently in pre-clinical development to prevent reinfection with the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) after liver transplantation. ...
- Yahoo! News (press release)
New techniques in medicine makes organ transplantation easier 03 Oct 2005
Discussing liver transplantation, Dr A Humer of the US said development in medical sciences has now made it possible for doctors to split the liver of a living ...
- Rediff,
Cancer survival improves by combining radiation, chemotherapy & ... Sep 10, 2005
...for patients with a type of bile duct cancer promises a greater chance at survival by combining radiation, chemotherapy and liver transplantation, Mayo Clinic ...
- RxPG NEWS,
International study of acute liver failure in children Sep 29, 2005
Acute liver failure is a rapidly developing clinical condition that results in either death or liver transplantation in 50 percent of the cases. ...
- Medical News Today (press release),
Source: St. Vincent Medical Center Sep 27, 2005
Vincent Medical Center announced today that it has placed its Liver Transplantation Program on temporary inactive status and that surgeons Dr. Richard Lopez ...
- Yahoo! News (press release)
Corticosteroid-Sparing Immunosuppression in Liver Transplantation Aug 30, 2005
Immunosuppression without steroids in liver transplantation reduces infectious and metabolic complications but increases rejection rates in non-HCV recipients. ...
- Medscape (subscription)
Aspreva and Roche conclude Special Protocol Assessment and reach ... Sep 29, 2005
...in kidney transplantation in 1995 and has since been approved worldwide for prevention of organ rejection in adult kidney, heart and liver transplantation. ...
- Canada NewsWire (press release),
Seerat Aziz, MD , Peter W. Callen, MD , Flavio Vincenti, MD and ... Sep 29, 2005
...previously in adults. Adult domino liver transplantation from a donor with congenital oxalosis has been reported in the past. 9 In ...
- Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
Transplant and Chemoradiation Combat Cholangiocarcinoma Sep 27, 2005
NEW YORK SEP 26, 2005 (Reuters Health) - A combination approach involving chemoradiation and liver transplantation appears effective in certain patients with ...
- Cancerpage.com,
Treatment for Rare Liver Disease Increases Mortality Risk Sep 28, 2005
...as a single therapy or in combination with other drug treatment, pooled data showed a tendency toward an increased risk of death or liver transplantation. ...
- eMaxHealth.com,
No-Transfusion Liver Graft in Surgical Tour de Force Sep 26, 2005
..."Using conventional surgical standards, it would be a clinical improbability to perform liver transplantation with success in Jehovah's Witness patients," the ...
- MedPage Today,
To Dilate or Not To Dilate Sep 30, 2005
Rocca et al. (1) regarding the use of fenoldopam mesylate and renal function in patients undergoing liver transplantation. The use ...
- Anesthesia & Analgesia (subscription),
Invitation for the media - 12th International Symposium on ... Sep 29, 2005
Without intervention, 10% to 25% of infected individuals will develop cirrhosis, be at risk for liver cancer or require liver transplantation. ...
- Canada NewsWire (press release),
One million hepatitis C patients could respond to therapy by 2014 Sep 30, 2005
...disease and 80% of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is estimated to be HCV related, with the virus being the most common cause of liver transplantation in the US ...
- Pharmaceutical Business Review
Chronic Intrapleural Effusion Drainage Using an Epidural Catheter Sep 30, 2005
Management of chronic recurrent intrapleural effusions after orthotopic liver transplantation is difficult. Frequent fluid evacuation ...
- Anesthesia & Analgesia (subscription),
Beckman Coulter Establishes Core Laboratory With Immune Tolerance ... Sep 27, 2005
ITN is planning, developing and operating 20 clinical trials in autoimmune diseases, islet, kidney and liver transplantation, allergy and asthma. ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Better Outcomes with Liver Transplant for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma ... Sep 14, 2005
For patients with localized, node-negative hilar cholangiocarcinoma, liver transplantation preceded by radiation and chemotherapy may be an alternative to ...
- Cancer Consultants (press release),
Liver transplant possible without transfusion Sep 25, 2005
..."If we can do liver transplantation, which is one of the most difficult surgeries in the abdomen to do without blood transfusion, then we can pretty much do ...
- PakTribune.com,
Bloodless Liver Tumor Removal Scrutinized in US Sep 28, 2005
2. Lentschener C, Roche K, Ozier Y. A review of aprotinin in orthotopic liver transplantation: can its harmful effects offset its beneficial effects? ...
- Hepatitis Neighborhood,
Stem cells research revives liver transplant hopes Sep 25, 2005
Chandigarh, September 25: Paucity of donors is one of the major handicaps hampering the growth and success of liver transplantation in the country. ...
- Chandigarh Newsline,
Combined modality approach for effective treatment and enhanced ... Sep 10, 2005
A new approach that offers greater chance of survival by involving a combination of liver transplantation, radiotherapy and chemotherapy may be beneficial to ...
- MedIndia,
Blood Marker Highlights Need for Liver Transplant Sep 4, 2005
...they are suffering from elevated levels of lactic acid in the blood, British and Australian researchers report in the September issue of Liver Transplantation. ...
- Forbes
Scintigraphy scan may help clinicians properly diagnose and then ... Sep 21, 2005
Treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis can include liver transplantation, while bone marrow transplantation may be indicated for acquired monoclonal ...
- News-Medical.net,
Aethlon Medical Launches Hepatitis-C Clinical Trial Sep 20, 2005
...citizens infected. HCV is a leading cause for liver disease and the most common reason for liver transplantation. Unfortunately, only ...
- Genetic Engineering News,
New bile duct cancer treatment Sep 10, 2005
10 (UPI) -- A new treatment for patients with bile duct cancer promises a better survival using radiation, chemotherapy and liver transplantation, a US study ...
- United Press International
MultiCell Receives SBIR Grant for Protein Development for ... Aug 30, 2005
The use of liver stem cells to treat diseases such as Hepatitis may greatly enhance quality of life and avoid costly whole organ liver transplantation. ...
- Genetic Engineering News,
HEAD MANEUVERS CAN OFTEN CONTROL ONE KIND OF DIZZINESS Aug 31, 2005
If the entire organ is involved, even then people are not without hope. This is the age of liver transplantation, an option open to all. DEAR DR. ...
- Charlotte Sun-Herald,
Singaporean surgeon wants to help train Vietnamese experts Aug 31, 2005
Ha Noi (VNA) - We are eager to provide scholarships for Vietnamese surgeons to learn about liver transplantation, said Tan Kai Chah, a senior liver expert from ...
- Viet Nam News Agency,
UC surgery department adds 5 to faculty Aug 31, 2005
...has expertise in diseases of the breast, Starnes specializes in tumors in the upper chest cavity and Tevar has expertise in kidney and liver transplantation. ...
- Cincinnati Business Courier,
Hepatocyte transplantation for metabolic liver disease: UK ...Jul 29, 2005
For end-stage liver disease and liver-based metabolic conditions the accepted treatment is liver transplantation. With developments ...
- Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
Preoperative MRI of Potential Living-Donor-Related Liver ...Jul 21, 2005
...both an angiographic and biliary contrast medium for making a preoperative evaluation of the donor candidates for a living-donor-related liver transplantation. ...
- Am J Roentgenology (subscription)
2 Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TH, UKJul 29, 2005
...prognosis. Orthotopic liver transplantation has the potential to cure some of these cancers, and these cases need to be identified. ...
- Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
First Patient Treated in Aspreva Pivotal Phase III Lupus Nephritis ...Jul 27, 2005
...in kidney transplantation in 1995 and has since been approved worldwide for prevention of organ rejection in adult kidney, heart and liver transplantation. ...
- Yahoo News
Bone loss after liver transplants can be preventedJul 24, 2005
...(I-Newswire) - The results of this study appear in the August 2005 issue of Liver Transplantation, the official journal of the American Association for the ...
- I-Newswire.com
Alendronate May Help Prevent Bone Loss Associated With Liver ...Jul 26, 2005
July 26, 2005 — Alendronate can prevent the bone loss associated with liver transplantation (LT), according to the results of a prospective, single center ...
- Medscape (subscription)
Bone Loss After Liver Transplants Is PreventableJul 21, 2005
INNSBRUCK, Austria, July 21-Bone loss is common both before and after surgery in patients who are candidates for liver transplantation, but it may be prevented ...
- MedPage Today
Intrahepatic Microdialysis May Detect Early Posttransplantation...Jul 22, 2005
...or cholangitis, according to a presentation given here by Greg Nowak, MD, PhD, at the 11th Annual Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society. ...
- Medscape (subscription)
Cedars-Sinai's live donor liver transplant program receives 'unos ...Jul 8, 2005
...the availability of organs for transplantation, transplant specialists are increasingly utilizing adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation, but the ...
- Medical News Today
Bone loss after Liver Transplants is PreventableJul 21, 2005
By August 2005 issue of Liver Transplantation, A new study found that the drug used to treat osteoporosis, when used in combination with calcium and vitamin D ...
- RxPG NEWS
Prognostic Markers for Drug-Induced Liver Disease IdentifiedJul 19, 2005
...involved," the researchers concluded. "AST and bilirubin levels are the most important predictors of death or liver transplantation.".
- MedPage Today
Predicting the outcome of drug-induced liver diseaseJul 23, 2005
...authors state. "AST and bilirubin levels are the most important predictors of death or liver transplantation.". Article: "Outcome ...
- I-Newswire.com
Cadaver organ transplantation panel will be set up to create ...Jul 9, 2005
He was speaking at a function organised by the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) to mark the first anniversary of liver transplantation in the ...
- Newindpress
Las Vegas courting UPMC's expertiseJul 23, 2005
Families like the Quigleys are on the side of fast changes and a UPMC partnership in particular, considering its expertise in liver transplantation. ...
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Colorado DailyJul 23, 2005
1995. CellCept is the leading transplant medicine in the world with indications in kidney, heart and liver transplantation. Syntex ...
- Colorado Daily
Government's share to fight AIDS exceeds needJul 8, 2005
...of Medicine. Donald Hillebrand, MD, is the medical director of Liver Transplantation at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla. Ray ...
- The Desert Sun
Predicting the outcome of drug-induced liver diseaseJul 18, 2005
...drug involved," the authors state. "AST and bilirubin levels are the most important predictors of death or liver transplantation.".
- Xagena.it
Liver - Live Life on the ‘right’ sideJul 18, 2005
...a liver failure. Unlike kidney transplant, liver transplantation is in its infancy in our county and exorbitant. Modern medicine ...
- Economic Times
State staff to get interim relief before OnamJul 13, 2005
...gesture, would provide employment in the Government Book and Publishing Society to Ramdas, a youth who successfully underwent liver transplantation at the Mata ...
- Hindu
The American Liver Foundation Condemns Motion Picture Bewitched ...Jul 2, 2005
Hepatitis C is the major reason for liver transplantation in this country and about 10,000 people die each year from complications of hepatitis C. It is ...
- Yahoo News
Liver cancer in the PhilippinesJul 3, 2005
...in fact, a vast array of treatment methods currently being used against the disease including surgical resection, liver transplantation, chemotherapy, hormonal ...
- Manila Bulletin
SHE GAVE LIVER FOR LOVEJul 3, 2005
Said Mr Nanwani: 'We were referred to Gleneagles Hospital where there is a living donor liver transplantation programme (LDLT). ...
- Electric New Paper
Singapore to assist in setting up liver transplant centre in ...Jul 11, 2005
He said from experimental study, he has designed a portal venous cannula for use in veno-venous bypass during liver transplantation. ...
- Pakistan Times
Drug May Work for HBV-Related CirrhosisJul 6, 2005
HBV-related liver cirrhosis with and without hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as those who are restricted from having liver transplantation," the research ...
- Hepatitis Neighborhood
Former transplant patients out to show they're fit for medalsJul 1, 2005
...decades we have made huge advances in this field and NHS Lothian has been at the forefront of developments with its pioneering advances in liver transplantation ...
- Scotsman
10 percent more seats in govt, aided plus-two schoolsJul 13, 2005
The Cabinet also decided to give employment to Ramdas who had undergone liver transplantation at the Amritha Institute of Medical Sciences at the Kerala Books ...
- Newindpress
Genetic Epidemiology of Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy in the ...Jul 14, 2005
Symposium on familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy and other transthyretin disorders an\d The 3rd International Workshop on liver transplantation in familial ...
- RedNova.com
Interim relief for Govt employeesJul 13, 2005
..."Ramdas who underwent a liver transplantation at the Mata Amritanandamayi Medical College Hospital will be given job at the Books and Publishing Society in ...
- Kerala Online
Lahey Clinic honoredJul 13, 2005
...quality health care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty, from primary care to cancer diagnosis and treatment to kidney and liver transplantation.
- Burlington Union
Safety, efficacy, and cost of intraoperative cell salvage and ...Jul 12, 2005
For example, the annual costs of routine medical care, excluding emergency admissions and liver transplantation, for a patient with transfusion-associated ...
- The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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