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Cancer
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
5 days ago

Person functionally cured of HIV after bone marrow transplant from sibling

A 63-year-old man achieved functional HIV cure through a bone marrow transplant from his brother with a rare genetic mutation.
#autoimmune-diseases
fromNature
1 week ago
Science

Daily briefing: CAR-T-cell therapy keeps a trio of autoimmune diseases at bay

Engineered immune cells successfully treated a woman with three autoimmune diseases, resulting in no symptoms or medication needed after fourteen months.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago
Cancer

Cell therapy helps woman with three autoimmune diseases make remarkable' recovery

A woman with severe autoimmune diseases achieved treatment-free remission after innovative cell therapy at University Hospital Erlangen.
Science
fromNature
1 week ago

Daily briefing: CAR-T-cell therapy keeps a trio of autoimmune diseases at bay

Engineered immune cells successfully treated a woman with three autoimmune diseases, resulting in no symptoms or medication needed after fourteen months.
Cancer
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Cell therapy helps woman with three autoimmune diseases make remarkable' recovery

A woman with severe autoimmune diseases achieved treatment-free remission after innovative cell therapy at University Hospital Erlangen.
Medicine
fromArs Technica
1 week ago

Clinical trial shows gene editing works for -Thalassaemia, too

An improved gene editing system reactivates a fetal hemoglobin gene to treat β-Thalassaemia, building on CRISPR's success with sickle-cell anemia.
fromwww.nature.com
1 week ago

Engineered immunosuppressive dendritic cells protect against cardiac remodelling

Chronic inflammation is a central driver of pathological fibrosis after ischaemic or haemodynamic stress, but strategies that locally rebalance injurious and reparative immune responses without systemic immunosuppression are lacking.
Medicine
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

Parents' umbilical cord dilemma: Donate or preserve, even if it may never be used

The probability that frozen tissue will benefit the person who froze it is remote. The chance of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood cancer, currently stands at one in 20,000.
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Woman's life-saving liver transplant helps set record

Hannah Dyos, diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis, was transferred to King's College Hospital where she underwent a life-saving liver transplant, expressing gratitude for her donor and the staff.
Medicine
#organ-donation
fromApaonline
1 month ago
Philosophy

Normothermic Regional Perfusion, the Dead Donor Rule, and the Metaphysics of Causation

fromApaonline
1 month ago
Philosophy

Normothermic Regional Perfusion, the Dead Donor Rule, and the Metaphysics of Causation

Higher education
fromCornell Chronicle
1 month ago

Stem-cell registry drive will mobilize campus to save lives | Cornell Chronicle

Cornell is hosting a stem-cell donor campaign March 13-20 to recruit 10,000 participants aged 18-35 for the national registry, addressing critical shortages of Black and Latino donors needed for patients like Max Uribe.
Cancer
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

'How my girl, 9, beat kidney failure and cancer'

A nine-year-old girl survived kidney failure, received a transplant, overcame bowel cancer, and was declared cancer-free, defying medical expectations at each stage.
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

UK's transplant system was world-leading - now it lags behind other Western nations

The UK faces a transplant crisis with outdated technology and insufficient resources, impacting patients like Jodie Cantle waiting for life-saving surgeries.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Man kept alive on artificial lung for two days while he waited for double transplant

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Media industry
Science
fromNature
2 months ago

Now is not the time to defund human fetal tissue research

Restricting federal funding for human fetal tissue research will impede development of replacement technologies and slow discovery of new medicines.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Mum's plea for plasma donors after child's illness

Rebecca said her daughter was seven when she was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, a condition she had "only ever heard of" from a Grey's Anatomy episode. Winifred received intravenous immunoglobulin which was made from donated plasma. Now aged nine, she has recovered and only needs regular check-ups. Since her daughter's illness, Rebecca has donated plasma herself and also wants to raise awareness of the disease which causes inflammation in blood vessels and can damage the heart if left untreated.
Public health
fromNature
1 month ago

Genetically modified pig liver keeps man alive until human organ transplant

The pig organ filtered the man's blood for a few days while he waited for a human liver transplant. The man has since received a human liver and is recovering well, says Lin Wang, one of the surgeons who led the procedure in January at Xijing Hospital of the Air Force Medical University in Xi'an, China.
Medicine
#car-t-cell-therapy
Medicine
fromNews Center
1 month ago

CAR T-cell Therapy Improves Survival in Relapsed or Refractory Lymphoma - News Center

CAR T-cell therapy lisocabtagene maraleucel significantly improved progression-free and overall survival in patients with relapsed or refractory marginal zone lymphoma.
Medicine
fromNews Center
1 month ago

CAR T-cell Therapy Improves Survival in Relapsed or Refractory Lymphoma - News Center

CAR T-cell therapy lisocabtagene maraleucel significantly improved progression-free and overall survival in patients with relapsed or refractory marginal zone lymphoma.
Medicine
fromEuro Weekly News
2 months ago

Barcelona hospital performs face transplant

Vall d'Hebron University Hospital performed the world's first face transplant sourced from an assisted-dying donor, replacing central facial structures and restoring breathing, chewing, and speech.
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Four heart transplants in three days: A race against time at Madrid's 12 de Octubre Hospital

Male, 56 years old, resident of CastillaLa Mancha He had already undergone a heart transplant at the 12 de Octubre Hospital in August 2017. After an initially good evolution during the first years, his new heart began to deteriorate progressively and did not respond to any of the therapeutic measures used. He was placed on the waiting list for a retransplant in August 2024.
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