Articles from Transplant News (June 16, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Adult stem cells taken from muscle biopsy may effectively treat SUI.			460
Bone marrow bank in China has more than 360,000 donated samples since it opened in 2001.		Brief article	164
CMS threatens to withhold funding for all Kaiser patients including transplant recipients, ESRD patients.		Brief article	302
Harvard, UCSF researchers launching programs to clone human embryos.			319
HRSA/DoT announces grants program aimed at increasing donation through joint hospital/OPO efforts.			466
JDRF, Novocell form partnership to clinical test encapsulated human islets.		Brief article	151
Number of cornea donors in the UK highest in almost a decade.		Brief article	185
Pharming receives orphan drug designations from FDA for rhC1INH use in treating DGF after organ transplantation.		Brief article	199
Sanofi-Aventis suspends enrollment into clinical trials testing antibiotic Ketek.		Brief article	236
Stem Cell Innovations opens facility in Leiden, The Netherlands.			83
Surprise! CMS releases OPO final rules and they like them, they really like them.	Warren, Jim		1177
Transplant pioneer Paul Teraski donates $5 million to support Japanese studies at UCLA.		Brief article	193
Transplant recipient deaths due to rodent, West Nile viruses ignite calls for tracking systems to monitor patients.			583
Vietnam's National Assembly debating new organ donor law; allowing private tissue banks at issue.		Brief article	274