Health and Medical Guide to Transplantation and Donation Pancreas Transplantation Health information topics about Pancreas Transplantation: Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Pancreas Transplantation National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=%22pancreas+transplantation%2... Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Transplant Glossary United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/Community/glossary.aspx 2. Transplantation Glossary National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/transplant/glossary.htm 3. Pancreas Transplantation: Glossary of Terms Insulin-Free World Foundation http://www.insulinfree.org/glossary.htm Directories 1. Member Directory United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.unos.org/members/search.asp Organizations 1. National Organ and Tissue Donation Initiative Dept. of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.organdonor.gov 2. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and K http://www.niddk.nih.gov/ Overviews 1. Organ Facts: Pancreas United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/OrganFacts/pancreas.aspx 2. Pancreas Transplantation: A Surgical Route to a Be Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DA00047 3. Pancreas Transplantation American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes/pancreas-transplants.jsp Research 1. Single-Donor Pancreas Islet Transplantation Proced American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ4U550D5E&sub_... Specific Conditions 1. Organ Facts: Kidney /Pancreas United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/OrganFacts/kidneypancreas.aspx 2. Medical Insurance Insulin-Free World Foundation http://www.InsulinFree.org/opinion.htm Statistics 1. Fast Facts about Transplants Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients http://www.ustransplant.org/csr_0105/facts.php 2. Organ Facts United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/OrganFacts/default.aspx 3. Pancreas Center Data Profile Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network http://www.optn.org/organDatasource/stateData.asp?type=state&mqsd=1&display...   Transplants / Organ Donations News From Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Age And Obesity Increase Complications: Unrelated Kidney Donor Study Patients who have received a new kidney are significantly more likely to develop transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) if they are obese or over 50, according to research published in the September issue of the Journal of Renal Care... 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Under the leadership of Alan J. Koffron, M.D... Vitrolife: New Study Shows Improved Survival With Perfadex A recently published study in The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation shows that the patients who are most seriously ill before lung tranplantation have better one-year survival when Perfadex is used as the preservation solution for donor lungs compared with UW solution... Eyegenix™ Artificial Cornea Achieves Major Advancement Towards Curing Corne... Eyegenix™, the ophthalmic division of Cellular Bioengineering, Inc. (CBI), announced that the results of a pilot clinical trial using a synthetic cornea for which Eyegenix™ holds the exclusive global license for transplantation were published in the peer-reviewed journal, Science Translational Medicine (Volume 2, Issue 46, August, 25, 2010)... 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