Read more heart transplants stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4056/heart-transplants.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:45:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71902/deadly-carbon-monoxide-may-also-be-good-for-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLow-level doses of the deadly chemical carbon monoxide may actually have medical benefits, pioneering new research suggests. The research is preliminary, and no scientist denies the lethal results of CO poisoning. But studies in animals have found small, controlled doses of the gas can have benefits for organ transplantation and...http://www.newser.com/story/71902/deadly-carbon-monoxide-may-also-be-good-for-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 16:45:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61862/japanese-law-prevents-boys-life-saving-transplant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Japanese law prevents 11-year-old Hiroki Ando from receiving the heart he so desperately needs, CNN reports. Ando suffers from cardiomyopathy and will likely die—as his sister did 5 years ago—without a heart transplant. But the minimum age for organ donations in Japan is 15. "This stipulation has...http://www.newser.com/story/61862/japanese-law-prevents-boys-life-saving-transplant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Jun 2009 16:35:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55706/sick-baby-stuns-doctors-by-surviving-off-life-support.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA baby girl who almost became a heart donor unexpectedly survived when taken off life support, the Globe & Mail r eports. Two-month-old Kaylee Wallace was born with a rare, incurable condition that doctors believed would stop her from breathing without assistance. But she rallied after her respirator was disconnected...http://www.newser.com/story/55706/sick-baby-stuns-doctors-by-surviving-off-life-support.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Apr 2009 1:41:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34867/harvesting-babies-organs-scrutinized.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA report on heart transplants involving babies has raised some thorny questions of medical ethics, the Washington Post reports. Hearts were taken from newborns suffering severe brain damage less than two minutes after the babies were disconnected from life support. The hearts saved the lives of terminally ill babies, but...http://www.newser.com/story/34867/harvesting-babies-organs-scrutinized.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 Aug 2008 10:09:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23638/tragic-bond-links-heart-donor-recipient.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Georgia man who took his own life last week had lived 12 years after receiving a transplanted heart from a South Carolina man who also committed suicide, police said. And in a twist worthy of Edgar Allan Poe, the donor's widow had met and married the recipient, the Hilton...http://www.newser.com/story/23638/tragic-bond-links-heart-donor-recipient.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Apr 2008 16:16:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22239/transplant-list-called-misleading.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThousands of patients on a national list for organ transplants are actually ineligible to receive them, the Washington Post reports. One third of the 98,000 patients on the United Network for Organ Sharing list are either too sick or too healthy to get a new organ. Critics say including...http://www.newser.com/story/22239/transplant-list-called-misleading.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 22 Mar 2008 14:16:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/16324/scientists-rebuild-heart-with-stem-cells.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists rebuilt rat and pig hearts using stem cells taken from the recipients themselves, the Telegraph reports—a medical breakthrough that could help the 22 million people who suffer from heart failure worldwide. The technique, called whole organ decellularization, produced the world’s first functioning “bioartificial” heart within eight days after...http://www.newser.com/story/16324/scientists-rebuild-heart-with-stem-cells.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 13 Jan 2008 19:04:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/9025/cancer-drugs-show-promise-in-autoimmune-disorders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new kind of cancer drug may be useful in treating autoimmune disorders and preventing transplant patients' bodies from rejecting donor tissue, new research reveals. The drugs seem to promote T-cells, which help regulate the body's immune system, Reuters reports. In mice, the drugs reversed inflammatory bowel syndrome and stopped...http://www.newser.com/story/9025/cancer-drugs-show-promise-in-autoimmune-disorders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Oct 2007 12:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/966/heart-valve-grown-from-stem-cells.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British team has grown a human heart valve from stem cells—a breakthrough certain to ignite as much controversy as hope. Sir Magdi Yacoub, professor of cardiac surgery at Imperial College, tells the Guardian that growing a whole human heart from stem cells is less than a decade away:...http://www.newser.com/story/966/heart-valve-grown-from-stem-cells.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Apr 2007 7:11:09 CDT