News related to Cellcept (Mycophenolate Mofetil) and/or conditions it is approved for
Child who got transplant after legal fight is recovering
Source: Yahoo! Health News [2013.06.13]
By Ellen Wulfhorst (Reuters) - A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl with cystic fibrosis who became eligible for an adult organ transplant after a legal battle waged by her family was recovering on Thursday from double-lung transplant surgery, a family...
After Trauma, Transplant Patient Outcomes Better Than Expected
Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today [2013.06.12]
In the largest study of its kind, physicians from the Department of Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) have determined that outcomes for traumatic injury in patients with organ transplants are not worse than for non-transplanted patients, despite common presumpti...
A Step Closer To Low-Cost, Implantable Electronics
Source: Immune System / Vaccines News From Medical News Today [2013.06.12]
New technology under development at The Ohio State University is paving the way for low-cost electronic devices that work in direct contact with living tissue inside the body. The first planned use of the technology is a sensor that will detect the very early stages of organ transplant rejection...
Lung Transplant Pool for Kids Just Got Bigger
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics [2013.06.11]
(MedPage Today) -- The high profile story of two children who need lung transplants has moved organ transplant board members to action, with ramifications for other youngsters in need of new lungs.
Significant Mortality Rate Among Adolescent Non-Adhering Heart Transplant Recipients
Source: Compliance News From Medical News Today [2013.06.06]
After receiving an organ transplant, patients must follow a regimented medication routine to maintain the health of their graft (transplanted organ). Failure to do so, known as non-adherence (NA), can result in life-threatening illness...
Signals Identified That Direct The Immune System To Reject A Transplanted Organ
Source: Transplants / Organ Donations News From Medical News Today [2013.05.17]
Organ transplant rejection occurs when the transplant recipient's immune system identifies the transplanted organ as foreign tissue and attacks it. It was previously thought that T cells, the immune cells that mediate rejection, must first be activated by molecules known as chemokines in order to migrate to the transplanted organ...
High Survival Rate In Liver Transplantation For Patients With Genetic Liver Conditions
Source: Transplants / Organ Donations News From Medical News Today [2013.04.09]
Journal of American College of Surgeons study reports that, despite the risks and the costs, liver transplant may also serve as a model for gene therapy through solid organ transplantation for some patients...
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