The initial announcement in the Federal Register from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) contained the wrong deadline for filing comments.  The November 23, 2011 Federal Register notice states:  “Written comments must be received on or before December 23, 2011.” Written comments may be submitted electronically or by mail. To download an electronic [Sign in to read the full article...]

A change in the kidney allocation policy dramatically reduced the racial disparity between the rates at which African Americans and whites receive deceased donor kidney transplants (DDKT), according to a new study in the November issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. In 2003, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) reversed a policy [Sign in to read the full article...]

Doctors’ at King’s College Hospital in south east London saved the life of a nine-month-old baby boy using a pioneering treatment for liver disease, the Guardian.co.uk reported.  The physicians injected Iyaad Syed with donor liver cells, which then started to perform the work his liver was unable to.  The physicians said this is the first [Sign in to read the full article...]

The first company ever approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct human clinical trials using embryonic stem cells is quitting the project and laying off more than one third of its staff due to problems raising funds.  The Geron Corporation reported the trial, which started last fall, was progressing nicely with four [Sign in to read the full article...]

A Florida transplant surgeon  is initiating a research study on developing a method for transplanting hair for treating surgical scars that is currently being used in other reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.  Marco Barusco, MD, is currently recruiting participants willing to be involved in the study. Dr. Barusco, , a hair transplant surgeon with more than [Sign in to read the full article...]