Articles from Transplant News (August 1, 2009)

Title	Author	Type	Words
AOPO calls alleged NJ organ trafficking scheme "reprehensible".	Conrad, Suzanne; Wilson, Bruce		332
Astellas announced FDA has denied it's Citizen Petition aimed at ensuring safe and effective use of immunosuppressive drugs.			298
Black market kidney bust shines light on hospitals' difficulties in applying foolproof screening procedures.			534
British scientists withdraw study claiming to create human sperm from embryonic stem cells.			222
California man has own stem cells implanted in his heart.			320
CDC recommendations for use of vaccine against H1N1 virus gives immunocompromised patients high priority.			439
Cell Transplantation Society.			54
Chinese health ministry to overhaul transplant regs after reports of foreign patients being transplanted.			322
Chinese hospital to use pigs for transplantation experiments.			198
CryoLife receives CE mark approval of for use of its BioFoam Hemostatic Technology in Europe.			151
FDA requires labeling change for immunosuppressant drugs.			157
Fired Houston IT director gets two-year prison term.			242
Flu shots may be less effective after kidney transplant.			348
Genzyme's Mozobil approved by EU for treating certain cancer patients requiring a stem cell transplant.			241
German man making progress after double arm transplant.			254
Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), is reported to be under investigation for an alleged conflict of interest.			94
Jean Dausset, MD.		Brief article	276
Johns Hopkins researchers report successfully creating stem cells from developing sperm from fruit fly.			282
Kent Holloway, Chief Executive Officer of the Lifeline of Ohio Organ Procurement Agency (LOOP), was named the recipient of the Association of Organ Procurement Organization's (AOPO) 2009 Achievement Award.			50
Margaret Billingham, MD.			238
More ovary transplants possible.			268
National Institutes of Health.			85
OPTN calls Federal investigation into organ trafficking highly troubling.			13
OPTN statement regarding Federal Investigation into organ trafficking in New Jersey.			309
Researchers at the University of Alberta in Canada have found that exercise rehabilitation can improve overall physical fitness in heart transplant recipients.			198
Stem cells from human fat tissue used for 'biologial' pacemaker.			202
US Food and Drug Administration.		Brief article	58