Articles from Transplant News (December 17, 1998)

Title	Author	Type	Words
ASTS Proposed Statement of Principles on the Process for Creation of Single Society.			513
Autologous bone marrow transplants offer no survival advantage for patients with AML, study finds.			464
BioChem Pharma received FDA approval of Epivir-HBV as first oral treatment for chronic hepatitis B patients.			228
Biopsies coupled with corticosteroids may decrease renal transplant rejection.			198
Cord blood transplants show success in treating immune systems of kids.			221
Critics castigate surgical team that performed first hand transplant for "showmanship," lack of planning.			350
Fetal pig neural cells transplants in brain decreases seizures in patients, physicians report.			186
First child in US to receive heart, two lungs and liver transplant performed in Pittsburgh.			156
Japanese clone 8 genetically identical calves from cell of single adult cow.			262
MedImmune receives approval from FDA for CytoGam to treat expanded number of organs transplanted.			146
Names in the News.			422
Schering-Plough receives FDA approval to market Rebetron Combination Therapy for treatment of certain hepatitis C patients.			248
Scientists want increase in US support for embryonic stem cell research.			291
UK government advisors approve cloning human embryos for organs, tissue to treat disease.			313
US transplant physicians and surgeons attempt to merge professional societies into one as an impasse.			988