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| Research network School of Medicine to lead international pediatric lung transplant research trials (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11294.html) March 14, 2008 -- The School of Medicine has received a five-year, $3.9 million grant to lead an international research effort designed to improve outcomes for children undergoing lung transplants. Lung-transplant patients are subject to more frequent infections, organ rejection and other complications than patients with other transplanted organs. |
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| Viewing cancer at the molecular level Innovative molecular imaging center gets five-year, $10 million renewal grant (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/10539.html) Nov. 8, 2007 -- An innovative cancer imaging center at the School of Medicine has received a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The grant will fund a second cycle of research at the Washington University Molecular Imaging Center, where scientists from many different specialties collaborate on advanced imaging projects. |
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| Inching closer to a cure Cross-species transplant in rhesus macaques is step toward diabetes cure for humans (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/10202.html) Oct. 18, 2007 --
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| William Chapman Professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Transplantation (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/720.html) Chapman, also chief of the abdominal transplantation section, is a highly respected liver transplant specialist. He researches image-guided liver surgery and minimizing the effects of liver injury. Expertise: liver transplant, abdominal transplant, hepatobiliary surgery Media assistance: (314) 286-0111 / williamsdia@wustl.edu |
| Marc Hammerman Chromalloy Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/708.html) Hammerman is a leader in the emerging field of organogenesis, which focuses on growing organs from stem cells and other embryonic cell clusters known as organ primordia. Unlike stem cells, which can become virtually any cell type, primordia are locked into becoming a particular cell type or one of ... Expertise: Organogenesis, organ, transplant, kidney, pancreas, diabetes, kidney failure, … Media assistance: / |
| Joseph G. Rogers Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/165.html) Rogers' clinical practice and research involve congestive heart failure patients, working to improve patient care with new pharmaceutical and surgical tools. Expertise: heart failure, cardiac transplantation, left ventricular assist device, LVAD, biventricular pacemakers Media assistance: (314) 286-0110 / jdryden@wustl.edu |
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| Livers from older donors work well in transplants
Reuters and 13 others July 22, 2008 -- Liver transplant patients who receive an organ from a donor age 60 or older do just as well as patients getting a liver from a younger donor, U.S. researchers said. A WUSTL medical school team, led by surgeon William Chapman, analyzed data and said the results should inspire some confidence about donated livers from older donors. |
| Lung patients see a new era of transplants
The New York Times Sept. 25, 2006 -- Front page story -- A quiet revolution in the world of lung transplants is saving the lives of people who, just two years ago, would have died on the waiting list. Changes include who gets a lung transplant first -- people who would soon die without a transplant, but who had a good chance of surviving after one. Another major change is that more lungs from cadavers have become available. WUSTL transplant surgeon Alexander Patterson comments. WUSTL has one of the country's largest lung transplant programs. |
| Organ trade in China raises alarm over human rights
Kansas City Star and 16 others Aug. 24, 2006 -- As transplant lists grow longer, more Americans are traveling to China for organs. The trend alarms ethicists and U.S. doctors concerned about the human rights of donors and the health and safety of recipients. Includes comments by Jeffrey Crippin, president of the American Society of Transplantation and medical director of WUSTL's liver transplant program, and Ira Kodner, a colorectal surgeon and director of the WUSTL's Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values. |
| New drug helps prevent transplant rejection
WJBF-TV Augusta, GA and 4 others June 9, 2005 -- WUSTL researcher Shalini Shenoy talks about a new drug treatment that helps prevent transplant rejection and reduces the toxic effects of radiation and chemo. (Bacon's text) |
| Voice restoration surgery is a success
KITV-TV Honolulu, HI and 19 others April 26, 2004 -- Amy Hancock had three weeks to figure out what her first words would be. Hancock, who lost her voice to laryngeal cancer five and a half years ago, had time to think about it after undergoing an innovative larynx restoration surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital on May 23. On June 16 her surgeon, Washington University otolaryngologist Randal Paniello removed a tube from her throat, allowing her to speak for the first time post-op. Her first words: "Thank you Dr. Paniello." "I expect her voice will get better," says Paniello. "We're still sort of working out some of the kinks in the system." Paniello is the first to perform the innovative surgery in the United States. "The goal is to recreate an air passageway from the back of the windpipe into the front of the swallowing passage." Typically, doctors create that passageway with a plastic prosthetic that allows air to flow and generate vibrations and speech. |
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