Article: Thymus transplant could save babies, study finds.(researchers find that babies born without a thymus might live with transplantation)(Brief Article)

Article: BLEEPER TO SAVE BABIES BORN TOO SOON.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  May 16, 2006 ;     514 words ...AN INNOVATIVE 'pacemaker' could prevent thousands of premature births. The battery-powered device, which is worn on the surface of the mother's skin, sends electrical impulses into the womb to stop early contractions. Results from clinical trials showit can delay birth for days, with no

Article: Thymus transplant might save babies born ...
Immunotherapy Weekly;  August 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ...2003 AUG 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Babies destined to die because they were born without a thymus - the organ that generates immune cells - can be given lifesaving tissue normally discarded during cardiac surgery on other infants, researchers have found. Duke University Medical Center

Article: Transplanting Thymus Tissue May Save Babies ...
Transplant News;  November 1, 2006 ;     482 words ...Using an experimental transplantation procedure, doctors at Duke University Medical Center have successfully treated seven of 12 children born without a thymus, the organ that generates immune cells. Their research, published in the August 1st issue of Blood, demonstrates that transplanting thymus

Article: Genetic Testing and Modified Diets May Save Babies ...
PR Newswire;  June 3, 1999 ;     700+ words ...WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Genetic testing and dietary modification may save the lives of children born with a defect in the gene controlling fatty acid breakdown, a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center physician reported in the June 3 issue of the New England Journal of

Article: SUPER-PREEMIES: An anguished difference of opinion divides ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 5, 1998 ;     700+ words ...vegetables? Physicians _ some of whom routinely defy the law by letting such infants die in peace _ are divided. By Mark Hunter The American Is keeping alive newborns who are likely to suffer serious disability ``a dramatic success or a misguided effort? That was the question posed by Dr. Monika

Article: Continental Airlines Partners With March of Dimes to Save ...
PR Newswire;  February 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... education, and advocacy to save babies. Among the top targets ... than half a million babies born in the U.S. every ... Dimes in the fight to save babies from premature birth ... greatly needed funds to save babies." As the official ...

Article: Caring and Available Prenatal Resources Save ...
Precinct Reporter;  April 24, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Caring and Available Prenatal Resources Save Babies' Lives When sixteen-year-old Latanya ... against him. Low birthweight infants - babies born weighing less than 5.5 pounds - are ... that same year, 12.1 percent of all babies born to African-American women were low ...