Scientists have used nanotechnology materials to repair vital tissues damaged by heart attacks in animals, suggesting a new way to treat the same ailment in humans.  The experiments, done in rats and pigs, led to the growth of fresh blood vessels and improved heart function without harmful side effects, according to a report in journal [Sign in to read the full article...]

Patients on long-term dialysis prior to receiving a kidney transplant are at an increased risk for getting cancer.  In a study of 5,417 patients, researchers led by Germaine Wong, MBBS, PhD, a nephrologist at the University of Sydney’s School of Public Health in Australia, found that patients on dialysis for more than 4.5 years had [Sign in to read the full article...]

The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a Center of Excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has received permission from the FDA to begin a revolutionary Phase I clinical trial to evaluate the safety of transplanting human Schwann cells to treat patients with recent spinal cord injuries (SCI).  Schwann cells are found [Sign in to read the full article...]

Two HIV-positive men no longer had detectable HIV in their blood cells following bone marrow transplants according to researchers a Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.  The finding is reported to be very significant because it suggests that by giving the patients BM transplants while they were on anti-retroviral therapy, they may  have been cured [Sign in to read the full article...]

Alannah Shevenell, the nine-year-old girl who underwent a remarkable 6-organ transplant on October 29, 2011 at Children’s Hospital in Boston and didn’t return to her Portland, Maine home until February 1, 2012 was honored August 7 with a tea party at the Portland Regency Hotel. Shevenell’s transplant surgeons at Children’s spent 14 hours in the [Sign in to read the full article...]