Recent news on Tissue-Type

LifeShare looking for bone marrow for child  -  25 May 2007
DeRidder Beauregard Daily News,Ethan is in need of a precisely-matched bone marrow donor who has yet to be found due to the fact that Ethan has a rare tissue type that is difficult to

Wait is on for Brewster High girl in need of new heart  -  May 21, 2007
White Plains Journal News,...according to OPTN, a computer program generates a list of possible recipients based on objective criteria: blood and tissue type, the organ's size,

PrimeGen Biotech Solidifies Position as Global Leader in ...  -  May 21, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),...protected niche in the body and their potential to be pluripotent--that is, to be able to be transformed into any cell or tissue type in the body.

Meeting a marrow match  -  May 18, 2007
Oregon Daily Emerald,After a quick swab of the inner cheek to test the tissue-type, the package is mailed in and that person has the chance to save someone's life.

You can save a life  -  May 8, 2007
Savannah Morning News,Their tissue type is later tested and added to the registry. Doctors can then search the registry to find a donor whose tissue type matches their patient's.

National Marrow Donor Program(R) Kicks off National Donor ...  -  May 7, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),For a successful transplant, a marrow donor's tissue type needs to match the patient's as closely as possible. Racial and ethnic heritage play a vital role

Banking umbilical cord blood: Gamble for future therapies?  -  May 9, 2007
Daily News & Analysis,Cord blood is a rich source of stem cells, a type of cell that can morph into almost any tissue type in the body and replicate many times over.

Friday blood drawing will benefit Freeman fifth-grader  -  May 21, 2007
Daily Democrat,Joining the National Marrow Donor Registry is easy; all that's needed is a check swab for a tissue type test. Potential marrow donors must be between the

Coach’s friends set up marrow registry drive  -  May 5, 2007
Chicago Daily Herald,Potential donors must be 18 to 60 years old, meet certain health guidelines and sign a consent form to have their tissue type listed on a registry,

Autologous fibrin-coated small-caliber vascular prostheses improve ...  -  May 2, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryIn group II, serial changes of serum levels of immunoglobulin M, immunoglobulin G, interleukin-1ß, and tissue-type plasminogen activator/plasminogen

MicroRNA Expression Patterns to Differentiate Pancreatic ...  -  May 1, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),Significance of Analysis of Microarrays and Prediction of Analysis of Microarrays were undertaken to identify miRNAs predictive of tissue type and prognosis

Six Top Reasons To Store Cord Blood  -  May 14, 2007
American Chronicle,As soon as the cord blood reaches the bank, it is analyzed for its tissue type and the presence of infectious diseases such as AIDS, malaria, and hepatitis.

‘Waste’ blood saves lives  -  May 3, 2007
Edgware Times,When blood tests revealed he was suffering from SCID, a stem cell transplant was Jack's only chance of survival, and a perfect match to Jack's tissue type

Hundreds offer marrow to give child a tomorrow  -  May 13, 2007
NorthJersey.com,Family members were tested, but none had the right tissue type. So they turned to friends and organized several drives. One in Mountain Lakes last Wednesday

Nature Almanac: Pipevine swallowtails are out in force  -  Apr 26, 2007
Marin Independent-Journal,These are capable of forming many types of tissue, each of which in turn stimulates the formation of the next tissue type. The complicated new structure of

Your bone marrow could save a life  -  May 11, 2007
Huron Daily Tribune,A short questionnaire will need to be filled out, and then a small swab of cheek cells is taken to determine tissue type. Then the information is added to

Locals organize bone marrow drive for child with leukemia  -  Apr 25, 2007
Amador Ledger-Dispatch,Next, a small blood sample or swab of cheek cells is taken to determine the potential donor's tissue type. Then, that sample is sent to the national marrow

Bone marrow drive will go on in memory of Trevor Kott  -  May 10, 2007
Friday Flyer,Because Trevor had a very unique tissue type, a donor was not found in the National Marrow Donor Program registry. That’s when Pam reached out to her

Marrow Donor Recruitment Campaign starts Mother’s Day weekend  -  May 10, 2007
Huron Daily Tribune,Then, a small swab of cheek cells is taken to determine the tissue type to be matched against patients who need a donor. This information is added to the

Embryonic stem cells can repair eyes, company says  -  May 8, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,For medical uses, researchers would like to partly differentiate them – start them down the road toward becoming a specific cell or tissue type.

Embryonic stem cells can repair eyes  -  May 8, 2007
Daily News & Analysis,For medical uses, researchers would like to partly differentiate them -- start them down the road toward becoming a specific cell or tissue type.

Embryonic stem cells can repair eyes: Company  -  May 8, 2007
Zee News,For medical uses, researchers would like to partly differentiate them -- start them down the road toward becoming a specific cell or tissue type.

Embryonic stem cells can repair eyes  -  May 7, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,For medical uses, researchers would like to partly differentiate them - start them down the road toward becoming a specific cell or tissue type.

Embryonic stem cells may repair mouse eyes  -  May 7, 2007
MSNBCFor medical uses, researchers would like to partly differentiate them — start them down the road toward becoming a specific cell or tissue type.

Embryonic stem cells can repair eyes, company says  -  May 7, 2007
Reuters.uk,For medical uses, researchers would like to partly differentiate them -- start them down the road toward becoming a specific cell or tissue type. Continued.

iBerkshires Profiles Pittsfield Firefighters Michael Sawicki and ...  -  May 6, 2007
iBerkshires.com,Sawicki and another firefighter who'd undergone the blood and tissue type tests were deemed a match. Sawicki delivered the news to Stein, who was in the

Marrow drive set in student's memory  -  Apr 29, 2007
Bryan College Station Eagle,They will undergo a mouth swab that will be used to determine their tissue type, which then will be listed in an international registry, organizers said.

First PediGuardâ„¢ surgery performed in Singapore  -  Apr 26, 2007
WebWire (press release),PediGuardâ„¢ is the first patented, wireless, handheld instrument capable of accurately detecting changes in tissue type, thus alerting surgeons to potential

SpineVision(R) establishes wholly owned subsidiary in Asia: First ...  -  Apr 26, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),PediGuard(TM) is the first patented, wireless, handheld instrument capable of accurately detecting changes in tissue type, thus alerting surgeons to

Nature Almanac: Pipevine swallowtails are out in force  -  26 Apr 2007
Marin Independent-Journal,These are capable of forming many types of tissue, each of which in turn stimulates the formation of the next tissue type. The complicated new structure of

SpineVision(R) establishes wholly owned subsidiary in Asia: First ...  -  26 Apr 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),PediGuard(TM) is the first patented, wireless, handheld instrument capable of accurately detecting changes in tissue type, thus alerting surgeons to

Locals organize bone marrow drive for child with leukemia  -  26 Apr 2007
Amador Ledger-Dispatch,Next, a small blood sample or swab of cheek cells is taken to determine the potential donor's tissue type. Then, that sample is sent to the national marrow

From one to another: Lewisville couple bands together, promotes ...  -  Apr 25, 2007
McKinney Courier Gazette,And while race is not a factor, tissue type and blood type are. There are six physical traits between the donor and the recipient that are looked at before

Kenya: Tissue Engineering Provides Hope for Failed Human Organs  -  Apr 2, 2007
AllAfrica.com,But this required that the team of specialists working on him identify his tissue type and that of the donor, to determine whether the donated Kidney was

Embryonic stem cell work permitted: Orthodox researcher  -  Mar 28, 2007
Canadian Jewish News,The possibility of developing any cell type also means the possibility of developing any tissue type, right in the lab. In answer to another question,

Adult Bone Marrow Stem Cells Treating Heart and Liver Damage  -  Mar 28, 2007
Lifesite,Similar to Blood Type O, they may be used without tissue type matching for specific patients. Because the cells are in an early stage of development,

Fitness Guru: Keep Your Muscles By Using Your Muscles  -  Apr 14, 2007
Kitsap Sun (Subscription),The lost of one tissue type is balanced out on the bathroom scales by the gain of the other. So, when you do weigh yourself you’re given a false sense of,

Cancer inspires donor drive  -  Apr 5, 2007
DesMoinesRegister.com,A larger registry improves odds for cancer patients searching for a match in tissue type. Only when a match is found through DNA typing can bone marrow be

Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise In Regenerating Damaged Muscle In ...  -  Apr 2, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Similar to Blood Type O, these MSCs are being used without tissue type matching to a specific patient. A unique benefit of the stem cell product is that it

Donor needed to save baby’s life  -  Apr 7, 2007
News Shopper,..."Their tissue type might not match Demario but their tissue type could match others." Call the Anthony Nolan Trust on 020 7284 1234 for details about

COURAGE, SPIRIT Data May Support Role Of Advanced Imaging And ...  -  Apr 18, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Volcano's proprietary VHâ„¢ IVUS technology also provides a snapshot of the tissue type along the length of the artery, again providing more detail to

School blood drive raises awareness  -  Apr 21, 2007
Kane County Chronicle,The sample will allow her tissue type to be tested. Doctors search the National Marrow Donor Bank when they need to find a donor who can make a transplant

Chromosomal Chaos and Cancer  -  Apr 18, 2007
ScienceBlogs...unlike normal cells in an organism, which are destined to develop predetermined characteristics depending upon the organ or tissue type they belong to.

Giving a kidney to a stranger  -  Mar 29, 2007
Shreveport Times,Candidates are matched to kidneys based on such factors as blood group (A, B, 0, AB), tissue type, length of time on waiting list and medical condition.

Cells Use 'Noise' To Make Cell-Fate Decisions  -  Mar 28, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),This process, called differentiation, is akin to that used by human stem cells to change into a specific tissue type.

New Guidelines for Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke  -  Apr 19, 2007
Medscape (subscription)The guidelines continue to endorse the use of intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) but note that other modalities such as intra-arterial tPA

Laws Provide Varied Incentives to Increase Organ Donations  -  Apr 14, 2007
Kitsap Sun (Subscription),...allow transplants for patients with a friend or family member who is willing to give up a kidney but whose blood or tissue type is not a good match.

Easter egg Hunt  -  Apr 10, 2007
Guernsey Press and Star,It costs about £70 to recruit, tissue-type and maintain the records of new volunteers to the register. Mourant accountant Richard Harland, 31,

The Pullout Method  -  Apr 16, 2007
SlateAfter all of Peckman's friends and relatives failed to match his tissue type, his mother discovered that Cullen was a viable donor. But Cullen, "the biggest

COURAGE, SPIRIT Data May Support Role of Advanced Imaging and ...  -  Apr 16, 2007
Earthtimes.orgVolcano's proprietary VH(TM) IVUS technology also provides a snapshot of the tissue type along the length of the artery, again providing more detail to

UTPA grad student wants to raise awareness, enlist bone marrow donors  -  Apr 15, 2007
Brownsville Herald,The need for people of all kinds of ethnicities to donate is important because donors and patients are matched by tissue type, which is inherited.

Cloner Offers Sad Tale  -  Mar 28, 2007
Hartford Courant,Dolly proved DNA could indeed make embryonic cells that could become any tissue type in the body. In theory, scientists could use cloning to create cells

Telemedicine brings high-end stroke care to area hospitals  -  Apr 8, 2007
Evening Observer,The system will allow for treatments such as “clot-busting� medications like tPa (thrombolytic tissue type plasminogen activator), which were only available

High-Tech Health  -  Apr 6, 2007
Richmond.com,Any tissue type is capable of undergoing unregulated cell growth, which is the definition of cancer. The American Cancer Society and many professional

Stroke Unit Development and Working Dynamics – Acute Stroke Care ...  -  Mar 30, 2007
AEM (subscription)Three patients received systemic treatment with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA). One patient received endovascular (intra-arterial)

Sentenced to death by my sister  -  Mar 29, 2007
Daily Mail,Helen, the only known match to his rare tissue-type, agreed to be a donor - and then changed her mind after they quarrelled.

Gods and Monsters  -  Mar 27, 2007
Mother Jones,...livers, kidneys, and pancreases so humanlike in size, shape, function, and tissue type that people will not reject them after transplantation.

Doctors had to wash my blood  -  27 Mar 2007
Daily Mail,Eric developed antibodies against the tissue type of his first donor organ. These were likely to reject most other kidneys, so the risk of rejection was too

British Sister Refuses to Save Brother  -  Mar 25, 2007
Blogger News NetworkImagine that you have a rare tissue type, and you have leukemia. You need a bone marrow transplant or you’ll die within the year.

Bone Marrow Drive in Sherman  -  Mar 7, 2007
Voices,Potential donors also complete a brief health questionnaire and sign a consent form to have their tissue type listed on the registry.

Organ-donation groups give donors incentives  -  Mar 25, 2007
Northwest Herald,...allow transplants for patients with a friend or family member who is willing to give up a kidney but whose blood or tissue type is not a good match.

Why not incentives?  -  Mar 25, 2007
Sioux City Journal,...failing kidneys have family members or friends willing to donate a kidney, but their organs are a bad match because of conflicting blood or tissue type.

· Undaunted donor  -  Mar 22, 2007
Cape Cod Times,You will be asked to give a small blood sample or a swab of cheek cells to be tested for your tissue type. In some cases you'll be asked to make a

Free marrow registry sign-up set in Sherman  -  Mar 2, 2007
Danbury News Times,Doctors may search the marrow registry, which lists potential donors' tissue or cell type, when they need to find a donor whose tissue type matches a

Full Text  -  Mar 15, 2007
Science Magazine (subscription)The targets of T cell immune responses are very diverse and are determined by the host human leukocyte antigen (HLA) or tissue type.

CONDEMNED TO DIE BY MY OWN SISTER  -  Mar 23, 2007
Mirror.co.uk,Leukaemia sufferer Simon Pretty, 46, has a rare tissue type and doctors believe sibling Helen, 43, is the only person in the world who is a perfect match.

Sister won't save brother  -  Mar 23, 2007
Manchester Evening News,His sister, Helen Pretty, 43, is a perfect match for her brother's rare tissue type but has refused to be a donor. Mr Pretty, from Mobberley, near Wilmslow,

My sister won't give life-saving bone marrow  -  Mar 23, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,However, that is unlikely because he has a rare tissue type and his sister is believed to be the only person in the world who is a perfect match.

Manto 'most urgent' on list  -  Mar 16, 2007
News24,Her physician for the past four years, Professor Jeff Wing, said her tissue type made her a "universal recipient". Because of her condition she scored the

I have been sentenced to death by my sister  -  Mar 23, 2007
This is London,Without the donation Mr Pretty – who has a rare tissue type – could be dead by the end of the year leaving his wife Jacqueline to raise their children

Five Star Staffing & Accounting Recruiters Pays Fee for Staff to ...  -  Mar 15, 2007
Carolina Newswire (press release),A simple swab of your cheek determines tissue type and can identify candidates as a potential donor. Donors must be between the ages of 18 and 60 and have

I am condemned to death by my sister  -  Mar 23, 2007
ic Liverpool,But because he has a rare tissue type, and family usually make the best donors, Helen is believed to be the only person in the world who is a perfect match.

Biochemical "Noise" Critical For Regulating Biological Processes  -  Mar 22, 2007
Science a GogoThis process, called differentiation, is akin to that used by stem cells to change into a specific tissue type. The researchers found that the bacterial

Donors give of selves for ailing man  -  Mar 12, 2007
New Brunswick Home News Tribune,Since tissue type is inherited, Rubinfeld's best chance of finding a genetically matched bone-marrow donor lies with those of Eastern-European Jewish ethnic

'Manto scored the highest points'  -  Mar 16, 2007
Independent Online,..."Her tissue type rendered her a universal recipient. She could have been the recipient of any potential donor." Because of her condition she scored the

GOODNIGHT ‘KEITON BEAR’  -  Mar 5, 2007
The Voice,To survive, he needed a bone marrow transplant but due to the uniqueness of his tissue type and being of mixed parentage, finding a suitable match proved to

Montefiore Medical Center Joins New York Blood Center as ...  -  Mar 14, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),..."Unlike bone marrow transplants, cord blood transplants do not have to be a perfect match to the patient's tissue type, which gives minorities a better

Brave Keiton loses battle against illness  -  Mar 2, 2007
The Argus.co.uk,Keiton, who had been paralysed from the waist down by the disease, had a rare tissue type because he was mixed race with a white mother and a black father.

'Manto is facing a lifetime on medicines'  -  Mar 18, 2007
Independent Online,..."Her tissue type rendered her a universal recipient. She could have been the recipient of any potential donor," Wing said.

Minorities left waiting for a match  -  Mar 18, 2007
Vallejo Times-Herald,Because tissue type is inherited, patients are most likely to match someone of their same race and ethnicity, Gillespie said.

Looking for a match  -  Mar 8, 2007
Danbury News Times,...the simple health guidelines can become a potential donor by allowing a small blood sample or swab of cheek cells to be taken to identify tissue type.

Bone marrow drive targets Asians  -  Mar 6, 2007
Orange County Register,However, an A3M donor has about a one in 1000 chance of becoming a match for a patient because he or she can offer a rare tissue type not already listed in

Nuclear Medicine Practitioner Competencies  -  Mar 2, 2007
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology (subscription)Prepare biopsied tissue for pathological examination according to guidelines for specific tissue type. Close and dress wound according to recommended

Age No Barrier for Kidney Transplant  -  Mar 12, 2007
PakTribune.com,Previously, kidneys were matched exclusively by blood and tissue type. These newer approaches allow the use of higher-risk kidneys that were once considered

Drive seeks donors for bone marrow  -  Mar 11, 2007
Sun-Sentinel.com,Because tissue type is inherited, the best chance of compatibility for those needing a transplant lies with others of similar genetic and ethnic backgrounds

Musical marathon  -  Mar 7, 2007
Oldham Advertiser,It costs the charity £70 to tissue-type each donor and the money raised in Shaw will go to adding even more volunteers to the register, any one of whom can

Cord Blood Bank Receives $9 Million Grant  -  Mar 1, 2007
SpiritIndia,Successful transplants of cord blood stem cells also replace a patient's diseased blood cells with healthy ones, but require a less precise tissue type

Q&A on the News  -  Feb 25, 2007
Arizona Daily Star,The chances of any two unrelated individuals' marrow matching vary widely, depending on how frequently the individual's tissue type is found in the

Donors plea as leukaemia sufferer fights for life  -  Feb 25, 2007
Lancashire Evening Telegraph,Sarah, whose condition is deteriorating rapidly, added: "Testing your tissue type involves a simple blood test. You will then be placed on the bone marrow

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