Articles from Transplant News (May 14, 2003)

Title	Author	Type	Words
2003 International Transplant Directory available.			132
Antibody therapy cuts risk of kidney rejection by 50%.		Brief Article	231
Chicago nephrologist becomes first US physician to donate kidney to patient in own medical center.			384
Chiron acquires rights to Novartis' aerosolized cyclosporine; use in lung transplant treatment being evaluated.		Brief Article	287
Chronimed renews specialty services relationship with Aetna.		Brief Article	34
Duke establishes $4 million fund for Latino pediatric patients to honor Jesica Santillan's death.			428
First birth of baby selected as an embryo to be free of severe, often lethal birth defect reported in US.			406
In Memoriam.		Brief Article	44
Medical Services discussing West Nile test kit with Canadian authorities.		Brief Article	96
Memo to Tooth Fairy: Baby teeth found to be source of stem cells.		Brief Article	334
Mouse stem cells transformed into egg cells in the lab.			336
New type of gene therapy temporarily cured diabetes in mice.			358
New US liver allocation policy increased number of transplants, cut deaths on waiting list after one year.	Warren, Jim		859
One-third of patients who visited 3 or more docs affected by medical error.		Brief Article	250
Organ recipients need support to take rejection meds.		Brief Article	231
Roche to begin clinical trials in US, Canada on PCR-based assay for detection of West Nile virus.		Brief Article	214
Test predicting early kidney transplant rejection in final stages of development.			338
UK group advocates creation of living donor kidney transplant registry.			282