Transplant
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April 12, 2012
Targeting post-transplant diabetes
Targeting diabetes that develops after a stem cell transplant may help moderate graft-vs.-host disease, an adverse effect of the procedure, and improve outcomes. -
January 5, 2012
Number of heart transplants at VUMC on rise
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June 8, 2006
First Adult Cancer Patient in Nashville to Receive Stem Cell Transplant from Umbilical Cord Blood at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
When 24-year-old Charles Dougherty checks into Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center tomorrow, he'll be preparing for a treatment that has never been performed before in an adult patient in Nashville, and will be only the second case in Tennessee history. -
February 16, 2005
First-time surgery may save newborn from bowel transplant
The newborn baby of a Fort Campbell soldier family has become the first to receive a new type of surgery at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children‘s Hospital at Vanderbilt. -
November 8, 2004
Infant Twins’ Sudden Illness Leads to Need for Dual Heart Transplants at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Four-month-old identical twins Abigail and Shea Patrick were miracle babies. Their parents tried to have children for years. -
May 30, 2003
VUMC receives top international ranking for heart transplant trial
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been ranked No. 3 worldwide in enrollment for an international trial testing the efficacy of a new immunosuppressant drug for use in heart transplant patients.