An altruistic kidney donor from western Pennsylvania became the regions first patient, and one of just a handful in the US, to undergo robotic-assisted minimally invasive kidney removal surgery at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) in Pittsburgh. AGH’s abdominal transplant team, led by surgeon Kusum Tom, MD, performed the little-used procedure on June e0 using the [Sign in to read the full article...]

Blood stem cells generated by a bone marrow transplant are usually associated with treating cancer and other types of stem cells currently in clinical trials are envisioned to help repair damaged organs and treat major diseases like diabetes and Parkinson’s disease. While the research continues, however, there is no reason to take advantage of more [Sign in to read the full article...]

China announced on June 18th that it has established its first national gene bank in Shenzhen located in south China with support of the Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI).   Qi Chengyuan, head of the country’s high-tech industry department of the National Development Reform Committee (NDRC), said “the establishment of the National Gene Bank will allow China [Sign in to read the full article...]

Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson has implemented several efforts to increase the number of the citizen’s joining the state’s organ donor registry.  The actions were implemented after report revealed that 27% of Michigan adults were on the Michigan Organ Donor Registry at the end of 2021 compared to the national average of 40%. The [Sign in to read the full article...]

Tissue-engineered small intestines which could be used to treat small bowel syndrome someday, have been successfully implanted into transgenic mice, according to researchers being at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles.    The implants contained all of the essential cells found in the small intestines. The research team took samples of intestinal [Sign in to read the full article...]