News
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ISN Announcements
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22 May 2009
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ISN Press Room
Pakistan: Cutting Down on 'Kidney Tourism'
22 February 2008
Pakistan’s Transplantation of Human Organs and Human Tissue Ordinance 2007 mandates punitive measures for those who deal in organs or remove them improperly. More importantly, the ordinance explicitly bans the donation of organs to foreigners. Opportunities to donate organs to non-relatives are also curtailed.
Renal News
ASMBS: Obesity Surgery Resolves Diabetes but for How Long? (CME/CE)
MedPage Today Nephrology : July 03, 2009
DALLAS (MedPage Today) -- Weight-loss surgery allowed a majority of obese type 2 diabetes patients to stop or reduce medical therapy, but questions persisted about the durability of the effects, according to three studies reported here.
Target Antigen Identified for Common Kidney Disease (CME/CE)
MedPage Today Nephrology : July 03, 2009
CLEVELAND (MedPage Today) -- A newly identified target antigen -- M-type phospholipase A2 receptor or PLA2R -- may hold the key to both diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy, according to a multinational team of researchers.
