d New Test Detects Kids at Higher Risk for Cystic Fibrosis Liver Disease By www.medindia.net Published On :: Research-based ultrasound exams help detect kids at high risk of developing cystic fibrosis liver issues, according to a study involving 11 clinical sites Full Article
d Gene Therapy Prevents Disorders With Alcohol Exposure in ALDH2 Deficiency, Says Study By www.medindia.net Published On :: Gene therapy to treat aldehyde dehydrogenase type 2 (ALDH2) deficiency helps prevent increased risk for esophageal cancer and osteoporosis linked to chronic alcohol exposure, revealed study. Full Article
d Disease-causing Repeats Help Human Neurons Function, Says Study By www.medindia.net Published On :: Gene repeats that cause Fragile X Syndrome normally regulate how and when proteins are made in neurons, said a Michigan Medicine team. This process may Full Article
d Fatty Acids Help Determine Skeletal Stem Cell Development By www.medindia.net Published On :: Specific nutrients were found to directly influence the stem cell development, revealed Biomedical scientists from KU Leuven and Harvard University published these results in Nature. Full Article
d Study Finds Link Between Genes and Ability to Exercise By www.medindia.net Published On :: New study has discovered a genetic mutation that reduces a patient's ability to exercise efficiently. The findings of the study are published in the iNew England Journal of Medicine/i. Full Article
d New Method Improves Stem Cells to Improve Bone Marrow Transplantation By www.medindia.net Published On :: A novel approach to enhance the potency of blood-forming stem cells, potentially opening the door to a new approach for bone marrow transplantation has been discovered by Mount Sinai researchers. Full Article
d New Toolkit of Proteins can Repair Breaks in DNA By www.medindia.net Published On :: Accumulation of DNA breaks can cause aging, cancer, and Motor Neurone Disease (MND). But a novel toolkit discovered could help repair DNA breaks caused Full Article
d Novel CRISPR Technology may Target RNA, Including RNA Viruses Like Coronavirus By www.medindia.net Published On :: New genetic screening platform using CRISPR technology for targeting thousands of genes in a massively-parallel fashion give an accurate and fast method Full Article
d Old Human Cells Rejuvenated With Stem Cell Technology: Study By www.medindia.net Published On :: Youthful strength can be regained after the existing muscle stem cells are subjected to the rejuvenating protein treatment, and transplanted back into our bodies, reports a new study. Full Article
d Gene Therapy Prevents Heart Dysfunction in Barth Syndrome By www.medindia.net Published On :: Gene therapy could prevent or reverse cardiac dysfunction in Barth syndrome according to the new research at Boston Children's Hospital. The findings, Full Article
d CRISPR, Gene Editing Tool to Find Muscular Dystrophy Treatments By www.medindia.net Published On :: CRISPR-Cas9, the gene editing technology helps better understand facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and explore potential treatments, found new study. Full Article
d New Method of DNA Synthesis Helps Tackle COVID-19 Pandemic By www.medindia.net Published On :: DNA synthesis is transforming diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19, and may play a vital role in halting the pandemic. Allie Nawrat, Senior Medical Full Article
d New Gene for Rare Disease of Excess Bone Growth Identified By www.medindia.net Published On :: New gene that causes melorheostosis, a rare group of conditions involving painful and disfiguring overgrowth of bone tissue, is identified by the team Full Article
d New Mechanism to Explain Role of Gene Mutations in Kidney Disease Uncovered By www.medindia.net Published On :: Novel mechanism that helps explain how certain genetic mutations give rise to a rare genetic kidney disorder called nephrotic syndrome has been mapped Full Article
d Personal Medicine Closer to People With Diverse Origins By www.medindia.net Published On :: New study proposes a method to extend polygenic scores, the estimate of genetic risk factors and personalized medicine revolution, to individuals with Full Article
d Gene Therapy can Improve Treatment of Neurological Diseases By www.medindia.net Published On :: New study has found a recently developed system for switching on the activity of genes that could improve treatments for a broad range of neurological diseases. Full Article
d Cold-induced Urticarial Rash: A New Hereditary Disease By www.medindia.net Published On :: New, previously unknown form of inflammatory skin disorder known as familial (hereditary) cold urticaria develops when exposed to temperatures below 15 Full Article
d Gene Defects Tied to Eczema, Wheeze and Nasal Disease Among Babies By www.medindia.net Published On :: New study finds a link between a common gene defect and eczema, nasal blockage, and wheeze among kids as young as six months. The study raises further Full Article
d New Gene variations Associated With Childhood Speech Disorder By www.medindia.net Published On :: New study analyzed the genetic make-up of 34 affected children and young people with apraxia. Results revealed that variations in nine out of eleven genes are responsible for apraxia. Full Article
d Genetic Scoring Detects Risky Men for Aortic Aneurysm By www.medindia.net Published On :: Novel genetic risk assessment tool detected more men at increased risk for an abdominal aortic aneurysm, according to the study presented at the American Full Article
d Patterns of Drug Intoxication Deaths, Organ Donors Across the US Revealed By www.medindia.net Published On :: Scientists have reported substantial variability from state to state and region to region in the number of donor organs recovered from drug-intoxication-related deaths. Full Article
d Liver Transplants From Older Donors Decrease Despite Improved Outcomes In Recipients By www.medindia.net Published On :: Even though recipients who received liver grafts from older donors (70 and older) had improved outcomes with reduced mortality, graft loss and postoperative Full Article
d Use of HCV-Infected Organs Viable for Patients Awaiting Heart Transplants By www.medindia.net Published On :: Nine patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) after receiving lifesaving heart transplants from deceased donors who were infected with the disease Full Article
d Antiviral Therapy Improves Survival Rates for Kidney Transplant Recipients With Hepatitis: Study By www.medindia.net Published On :: Hepatitis B and C viral control was found to improve kidney transplant survival rates, stated study published in the Journal of Hepatology. Renal Full Article
d Blood Stem Cells Facilitate Harvest for Transplants By www.medindia.net Published On :: Blood-forming stem cells' stiffness was found to facilitate mobilization procedures used for stem cell-based transplants, said Winship Cancer Institute Full Article
d Hepatitis C Infected Organs can be Safely Transplanted: Study By www.medindia.net Published On :: Doctors can safely transplant hepatitis C-infected hearts and lungs into people who are in dire need for a new organ, reports a new study. The findings Full Article
d Racial Disparities Exist in Kidney Transplants By www.medindia.net Published On :: Despite a new system designed to reduce inequities, significant racial disparities exist among patients awaiting kidney transplants, finds a new study. Full Article
d Five-month-old Girl Becomes the Youngest Indian to Get Liver Transplant By www.medindia.net Published On :: Ariana Dey, a Kolkata-based newborn, has become India's youngest liver transplant patient, says the doctors from Max Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi. Full Article
d World's First Baby Born After Robot-assisted Uterus Transplant By www.medindia.net Published On :: First baby boy was born after the technological shift in Gothenburg's world-leading research on uterine transplantation. The boy was 48 centimeters long, Full Article
d De Novo Donor-specific Antibodies Linked to Blood Vessels Thickening After Kidney Transplant By www.medindia.net Published On :: After kidney transplant, kids who developed anti-human leukocyte antibodies against their donor kidney, known as de novo donor-specific antibodies (dnDSA) Full Article
d New Study Measures Quality of Life After Pediatric Kidney Transplant By www.medindia.net Published On :: Pediatric kidney transplant patients may experience quality-of-life difficulties that underscore the importance of screening transplant recipients for Full Article
d Viability of Donated Livers: Fresh Insights By www.medindia.net Published On :: New study on the viability of donated livers and its correlation with donor demographics has been conducted by a group of researchers from Harvard Medical Full Article
d Quantitative Biomarker to Test Corneal Cell Quality and Life By www.medindia.net Published On :: Corneal transplantations are old and common. Cornea restoration is now a safe technique because of the advent of colloid physics, a quanititative biomarker is designed. Full Article
d New Technique May Eradicate World's Need for Liver Transplants By www.medindia.net Published On :: A new liver cell has been identified, which may eradicate the need of liver transplant in the near future. As there is an alarming rise in need of a liver Full Article
d Many Kidneys Discarded in the United States Would be Transplanted in France: Study By www.medindia.net Published On :: French transplant centers are far more likely to transplant kidneys from older donors, revealed new study led by Penn Medicine and Paris Transplant Group. Full Article
d Priority Rule for Organ Donors Could Have Unintended Consequences, Says Study By www.medindia.net Published On :: Scientists have created a simulated organ market and placed a dollar value factor using data from the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Full Article
d Rare Liver Swap Transplant Saves Lives of Doctor, Farmer By www.medindia.net Published On :: 55-year-old Mumbai doctor who has liver cancer, and a 36-year-old Kolhapur farmer putting up with end-stage liver failure have successful liver transplants Full Article
d Patients Die on Wait List as US Transplant Centers Refuse Donor Kidneys By www.medindia.net Published On :: Transplant centers are declining viable kidneys on behalf of patients whose lives might have been saved by the organs, reports a new study. The findings Full Article
d Novel Study Offers Solution to Decrease Organ Shortage Crisis By www.medindia.net Published On :: New study provides incentives to boost organ supply without compromising organ quality or inducing excessively high costs of donating. The findings of Full Article
d US Pediatric Heart Transplant Waitlist Policy Is Not Working as Planned By www.medindia.net Published On :: The waitlist policy which aimed to protect children lives by giving importance to children anticipating heart transplantation in the U.S has unwanted consequences. Full Article
d New Findings Enable More Heart Donations: Study By www.medindia.net Published On :: Many hearts are reported unfit for donation due to stress-induced heart failure. But a new study finds that this condition has no significance on the Full Article
d TN Govt Partners with Facebook to Improve Donor Networks in the State By www.medindia.net Published On :: Tamil Nadu government announced that it had directed all blood banks in the state to use the blood donation feature on Facebook to reach out to the voluntary donors. Full Article
d New Study Aims to Improve Long-Term Lung Transplant Outcomes By www.medindia.net Published On :: New research studies the lung transplant recipients to identify the underlying biologic mechanisms that determine the effectiveness and to improve long-term outcomes of the transplant. Full Article
d Variation in Transplant Centers' Use of Less-than-ideal Organs Examined By www.medindia.net Published On :: A tool to assess organ acceptance practices by transplant centers found wide variability in centers' willingness to use less-than-ideal donor kidneys has been developed by researchers. Full Article
d Kidney Replacement Therapy Rates Have Remained Higher in Men Vs. Women for Decades: Study By www.medindia.net Published On :: From 1965 to 2015 in European countries, rates for all the types of kidney replacement therapy were consistently higher in men than women, stated new study. Full Article
d Laparoscopic Living Donor Surgery for Liver Transplant By www.medindia.net Published On :: In an adult recipient, the first purely laparoscopic living donor surgery for liver transplantation has been successfully performed by Cleveland Clinic researchers. Full Article
d India Performs 2nd Largest Number of Transplants in the World By www.medindia.net Published On :: "India performs the second largest number of transplants in the world, next only to USA as per data available on the Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation" said Dr. Full Article
d Using Lungs from Increased-risk Donors Expands Donor Pool, Maintains Current Survival Rates: Study By www.medindia.net Published On :: New study found no significant difference in patient survival or rates of rejection when the recipient accepted increased risk lungs, reveals a new study. Full Article
d Heart Transplants From Hepatitis C Donors Safe By www.medindia.net Published On :: Survival rate of patients who received a heart transplant from a donor with hepatitis C to those who received hearts from donors without the disease was similar. Full Article
d First-of-its-kind Heart Transplant Performed in New England By www.medindia.net Published On :: Specialists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) recently performed the largest number of adult heart transplants in the country using what are known Full Article