Clinical Research

Coming: More Organs Grown From A Patient's Own Adult Stem Cells

Surgeon Paolo Macchiarini,  Professor of Regenerative Surgery at Karolinska Institutet, has become famous worldwide due to successfully transplanting bioengineered stem cell-based trachea, composed of both artificial and biological material, in patients. ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 18 2013 - 11:40am

Microbubbles And Ultrasound Improve Myocardial Remodelling After Infarction

Every year in Germany, approximately 280,000 people suffer a myocardial infarction; more than 52,000 die as a result. Due to an occluded vessel, parts of the heart muscle no longer have sufficient circulation and the tissue dies off. These regions are not ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 23 2013 - 4:30am

Bariatric Surgery Restores Pancreatic Function In Diabetes Patients

In a two-year sub-study of the STAMPEDE (Surgical Therapy And Medications Potentially Eradicate Diabetes Efficiently) trial, researchers  evaluated the effects of bariatric surgery and intensive medical therapy on blood sugar levels, body composition, and ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 26 2013 - 10:31am

SMIM1 Blood Protein Solves 61-Year-Old Vel Group Riddle

Discovery of a new protein that controls the presence of the Vel blood group antigen on our red blood cells will make it possible to use simple DNA testing to find blood donors for patients who lack the Vel antigen and need a blood transfusion, say resear ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2013 - 3:22pm

New Drug Causes Immune System To Kill Hepatitis B Infected Cells In Animal Model

A drug developed by Gilead Sciences and tested in an animal model at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio suppresses hepatitis B virus infection by stimulating the immune system and inducing loss of infected cells.   ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2013 - 3:00pm

Clinical Trial of Oxytocin for Migraines

Trigemina, a company focused on creating non-narcotic pain relief drugs, is enrolling patients in a Phase II clinical trial of inhaled oxytocin to treat chronic migraine. Trigemina's oxytocin product, known as T1-001 (no doubt to be renamed to someth ...

Blog Post - Susan Kuchinskas - Apr 28 2013 - 11:14am

2-Year-Old Gets Trachea Transplant, Made From Her Own Stem Cells

If you read THE WIRED WORLD IN 2013 Annual Trend Report you may have seen my article predicting we would make a big advancement on the road to growing one of the Big 5 organs from a person's own stem cells this year.  That will mean no more driver ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 30 2013 - 6:02pm

Late Breaking Clinical Trial Results At ERA-EDTA Congress 2013

Nearly 10,000 participants are in Istanbul at  the congress of the ERA-EDTA (European Renal Association- European Dialysis and Transplant Association) to share their knowledge and discuss the latest research findings. New pioneering studies have been pres ...

Article - News Staff - May 22 2013 - 8:00am

Male Menopause 4X More Common In Men With Heart Failure

As men get older they are more likely to suffer from andropausal syndrome (AS), also known as 'menopause' and by other complicated terms 'androgen deficiency in the aging male' or' late-onset hypogonadism'. Men with andropaus ...

Article - News Staff - May 26 2013 - 1:00pm

Split Liver Transplants As Safe As Whole Organ For Young Children

When a liver from a deceased adult or adolescent donor is split into two separate portions for transplantation, with the smaller portion going to a young child and the larger to an adult, the child will benefit as much if they had received a whole organ f ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 10 2013 - 11:00am