Recent news on Nephron

Clearer view of the body now offered  -  25 May 2007
Fort Frances Times,...“You could make a kidney as big as a whole room, or you can be inside of a single nephron [basic structural unit of the kidney] so that’sa thousand times

Early Results Of The CellCept Spare The Nephron Study Examine ...  -  May 10, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),This and other Spare the Nephron (STN) trials in kidney and liver transplant recipients examine ways to prevent rejection without damaging kidneys.

The Follow-Up Management Of Non-Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma ...  -  May 7, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),There was a lower risk of recurrence in patients treated with nephron sparing surgery (5.6%) when compared to those treated with radical nephrectomy (19.5%)

Renal Artery Occlusion During Nephron-Sparing Surgery ...  -  Apr 23, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Nephron sparing surgery for localized renal tumors has gained increasing acceptance as a standard of care in appropriately selected patients.

Review of nephron sparing surgery for localized renal tumors  -  Apr 22, 2007
News-Medical.net,Here, Duvdevani and colleagues examine their experience with nephron sparing surgery over a 15 year period in a retrospective fashion, to determine the

Renal Artery Occlusion During Nephron-Sparing Surgery ...  -  Apr 17, 2007
UroToday,BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Nephron sparing surgery for localized renal tumors has gained increasing acceptance as a standard of care in appropriately

EAU Session On Nephron-Sparing Surgery And Renal Cell Carcinoma  -  Apr 2, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Dr. Vander Eeckt, Leuven gave a talk on "Outcome of Nephron Sparing Surgery (NSS) for T1B Renal Cell Carcinoma". They analyzed the outcomes of 68 patients

A New, Nanoporous Ceramic Filter Offers Hope To Kidney-dialysis ...  -  Apr 3, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Each nephron in turn contains a cluster of tiny blood vessels called a glomerulus, which is attached to a tubule. Every 24 hours, the kidneys filter about

State-of-the-Art Lecture: Update On Management Of Renal Cancer In VHL  -  Apr 2, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Nephron sparing surgery is the gold standard for tumors 3-7 cm in size. The goal is to obtain a negative surgical margin, but data now demonstrates that how

The Impact Of Ischemia Time During Open Nephron Sparing Surgery On ...  -  Mar 26, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),The cohort consisted of 537 patients who underwent nephron sparing surgery in patients with a solitary kidney at the Cleveland (n= 363) and Mayo Clinics (n=

The Role Of Nephron Sparing Surgery For Metastatic (pM1) Renal ...  -  Mar 20, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),The role of nephron sparing approaches (NSS) in the metastatic setting is largely unknown. Here, the group at Mayo examined their experience with partial

Mass chaos as date for the end of the world is revealed  -  Mar 3, 2007
The Spoof (satire),Helen Mirren) and Shilpa Shetty from Big Brother are said to be whisked to safety to their home planet Celebsta in the Nephron system.

5-Year Outcomes of Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy  -  Mar 21, 2007
Newswise (press release)However, there remain no series with long-term follow-up that confirm the same principle in patients undergoing nephron sparing tumor excision through

Positive Surgical Parenchymal Margin After Laparoscopic Partial ...  -  Mar 20, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...although little is known about the impact of positive margins following nephron sparing surgery, because, thankfully, it is a rare finding.

Pathological Features Of Renal Neoplasms Classified By Size And ...  -  Mar 12, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Radical nephrectomy was performed in 53.3% of cases, whereas nephron sparing approaches were used in 46.7%. The mean size of incidental masses was 3.7 cm,

Geelani gets passport  -  Mar 8, 2007
GreaterKashmir.com (press release),The results of tests conducted in Apollo hospital by Dr Sameer Kaul has said Geelani needs urgent surgical attention in the form of Nephron conserving wedge

Prominent Nigerians falling victim of kidney failure  -  Mar 7, 2007
Nigerian Tribune,This makes the nephron, the kidney’s basic functional part become inactive over time and unable to filter wastes from the blood or perform its other basic

Shires UK Launch Expands Global Reach of Fosrenol  -  Mar 6, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Nephron Clinical Practice 2006; 102: 61-71. 3. Damment SJP, Webster I. The pharmacology of lanthanum carbonate (FOSRENOL(R)): a novel non-aluminum,

Cops crack case of sticky fingers, missing kidney  -  Feb 24, 2007
OregonLive.com,Detectives interviewed the man but are not releasing details or calling him the nefarious nephron-napper -- yet. Charges may be filed next week.

UPDATE 1-US FDA says Roche cancels heart transplant study  -  Feb 22, 2007
Reuters1 letter to doctors the trial known as Heart Spare The Nephron had been designed to investigate whether kidney function would improve if the inhibitor

Radical Nephrectomy: Too Radical For Small Renal Masses?  -  Feb 13, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Why is nephron sparing underutilized? First and foremost, it is a technically challenging operation that may be beyond the skill set of the practicing

A Prospective Randomized EORTC Intergroup Phase 3 Study Comparing ...  -  Feb 5, 2007
UroToday,BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Recent studies have suggested that nephron sparing approaches in the treatment of small renal masses is woefully underutilized

Risk Of Renal Insufficiency In African-Americans After Radical ...  -  Feb 5, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),UroToday.com- Recent studies have suggested that nephron sparing surgery is significantly underutilized as a treatment approach, and that radical

Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy Excellent Alternative to Open Surgery  -  Jan 30, 2007
Cancerpage.com,NEW YORK JAN 29, 2007 (Reuters Health) - Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy is an excellent alternative to open nephron-sparing surgery, according to a report

Roche weathers a hard week  -  Feb 24, 2007
Monsters and Critics.com,Roche and the Food and Drug Administration announced this week a CellCept study, known as Heart Spare The Nephron, was terminated because of a higher

Roche Against Switch in Immunosuppressant Regimen  -  Feb 23, 2007
Medscape (subscription)...four of the seven patients for whom one of the calcineurin inhibitors had been replaced by sirolimus in the Heart Spare the Nephron (Heart STN) trial,

Fosrenol Launches In UK Today - New Option To Control Phosphate ...  -  Feb 22, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Nephron Clin Pract 2006;102(2): c61-71. 3. The Renal Association. UK Renal Registry, Eighth Annual Report. December 2005, p39,p40,p41.

FOSRENOL(R) Launches in United Kingdom Today  -  Feb 22, 2007
Earthtimes.orgNephron Clin Pract 2006;102(2):c61-71. 4. Albaaj F, Hutchison AJ. Lantham Carabonate for the Treatment ofHyperphosphataemia in Renal Failure and Dialysis

FOSRENOL(R) Launches in United Kingdom Today  -  Feb 22, 2007
netPR.pl (komunikaty prasowe),Hutchison AJ et al. Long-term efficacy and tolerability of lanthanum carbonate: results from a 3-year study. Nephron Clin Pract 2006;102(2): c61-71.

Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy for Incidental Stage PT2 or Worse ...  -  Jan 28, 2007
UroToday,...more recent reports suggest that large and locally advanced tumors can be electively managed effectively with nephron sparing techniques.

I don’t feel bad about my neck — just all the other parts of my body  -  Dec 20, 2006
Asheville Citizen-Times,Why, we wonder, would a hot Hollywood property like Nephron give a wild turkey tail feather what kind of neck she was rotating?

"VIDEO - Finally! A Media Outlet CORRECTLY Covers Rice Admission ...  -  Jan 15, 2007
Brad BlogA sample from "Condi's Diary" by Nephron follows below. The full, informative piece of satire is here... I felt so dumb, Dear Diary.

European Urology - Da Vinci-Assisted Robotic Partial Nephrectomy ...  -  Dec 31, 2006
UroToday,Nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma has steadily gained acceptance among urologists. Originally reserved for patients with solitary kidney,

Low vitamin A linked to small infant kidneys  -  Jan 10, 2007
Scientific American..."This concept could be extended to human kidney development," he said, "wherein maternal vitamin A levels will be crucial to determine the nephron number,

Lack of Endothelial Nitric-Oxide Synthase Leads to Progressive ...  -  Jan 2, 2007
Am J Pathology (subscription)...of a variety of chronic renal disorders. Endogenous renal eNOS production therefore seems critical for the maintenance of nephron maturation and integrity.

I don’t feel bad about my neck — just all the other parts of my body  -  Dec 20, 2006
Asheville Citizen-Times,Why, we wonder, would a hot Hollywood property like Nephron give a wild turkey tail feather what kind of neck she was rotating?

Should Radical Nephrectomy Be Standard Of Care For Renal Cortical ...  -  Dec 17, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),The obvious benefit of partial nephrectomy over radical nephrectomy is the salvage of functional nephron mass. Recent studies have suggested that despite

How Does The Radiographic Size Of A Renal Mass Compare With The ...  -  Dec 19, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),...renal mass relative to pathologic size, and that this fact should be considered in weighing the merits of a nephron sparing approach in a given patient.

Greenville Lego team makes it personal  -  Dec 10, 2006
Appleton Post Crescent,The Gadgets used the Internet to track down a group of doctors in California who are researching a human nephron filter (artificial kidney) and spoke with

Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences Institute of Health Sciences  -  Dec 7, 2006
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription),Nephron 1994;66:356–9.[Medline]. Ravnskov U. Ischaemic heart disease and cholesterol. Optimism about drug treatment is unjustified. BMJ 1994;308:103.

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