Sunshine and Payments to Doctors from the Pharmaceutical Industry
We have all been accustomed in the past to receiving lecture fees, assistance with travel to conferences and even dinners provided by the pharmaceutical industry. However this type of subsidy of doctors’ activities is decreasing and is going to be far more transparent than hitherto. Andrew Jack, the pharmaceutical correspondent for the Financial Times, states […]
Read moreMasters of Nephrology awarded
At the recent European Renal Association Meeting held in Paris, Sir Peter Morris was one of 24 pioneers in Nephrology in Europe who were honoured at the opening ceremony as Masters of Nephrology. Professor Stewart Cameron and Professor Stanley Shaldon were the other Masters from the UK. Each of the Masters had been interviewed during […]
Read moreSuccessful transplantation of a tracheobronchial airway
This fascinating report appeared in the Lancet on line in the last couple of weeks (Jungebluth et al Nov 24, 2011). This is a single  case report from a team led by Paolo Macchiarini who three years ago reported the first tissue engineered tracheal transplantation with a non immunogenic scaffold of allogeneic human donor trachea […]
Read moreESOT Congress 2009, Paris
The CET had its own stand at the ESOT congress in Paris (August 2009). Computers were available for live demonstrations of the Transplant Library. There was also information on the other activities of the CET. Work from the Centre was also presented, including a paper by Liset Pengel and Peter Morris entitled “Do wound complications […]
Read moreSir Peter Morris made an Honorary Member of ESOT
Sir Peter Morris was made an Honorary Member of the European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT) at the opening ceremony of the ESOT congress in Paris.
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