The Dr. Frank R. Berenson of the USA recently visited the city with the intention of personally evaluate the stem cell transplant program that is currently carried out in the practice of Dr. Consuelo Mancias-Guerra, of the Hematology Service of the University Hospital, U.A.N.L.Berenson is a physician located primarily in Atlanta, Georgia, and his specialties…
His achievements against leukemia make David Gómez Almaguer one of the most recognized hematologists in the country.Thanks to the professionalization that he implemented, David today chairs the Hematology Unit of the University Hospital, which has its own equipment, stem cell banks and umbilical cord, which allows research and save many lives."Our biggest challenge was to…
Monterrey is shaping up to be a medical tourism capital worldwide due to the offer and potential for infrastructure, technology, and location.This is stated by the director of the Corporation for the State Tourism Development (Coetur), Lorena de la Garza to publicize the sectorial plan of Medical Tourism, which highlighted the advantages of the entity…
Outpatient services not only represent a considerable reduction in costs, they can also mean a better quality of life in the care of patients.Such are the observations made by Ezekiel J. Emanuel in his New York Times article where he infers that outpatient services usually lead to a faster recovery. In addition to having a…
The Blood Bank of the University Autonoma de Nuevo Leon is the only one of its kind in Mexico since it fulfills two functions: stores the blood of voluntary donations and it serves as a harvest of stem cells."Our Hematology Service has that quality because it has -let's say- two banks of high-tech blood and,…
Nancy and Victor had made the most painful decision of their lives. They no longer wanted their three-month-old baby to suffer, so they would not accept that he went through another surgical process.Both became mom and dad on March 13 when their twins Víctor Daniel and Celeste Carolina were born in a hospital in Brownsville,…
Founded in 1996, FACT places standards for high quality medical and laboratory practice in cellular therapies. FACT is a non-profit corporation co-founded by the International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT) and the American Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT) for the purposes of voluntary inspection and accreditation in the field of cellular therapy.The Hematology…
A research protocol of the Hematology Service of the University Hospital in which stem cells are treated with children with autism spectrum could change the course of their disorder."The struggle of the parents and the patient is great, we can all do our bit," says the hematologist Consuelo Mancias, commemorating the World Day of Autism…
Roberta is a young woman from Palermo who left everything - including work - eight years ago and followed her love in Padua. It is there that Francesco, also from Palermo, works as a doctor. That's where they got married. And it is there that shortly after, Luca, their first child, was born. Six months…
They were given in a clinical protocol to the brain of a child and the scale of the condition was low in six months from 45 to 33 points.The Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon promotes research based on the application of stem cells from the bone marrow directly to the brain, in order to counteract…
For his commitment to research and transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells, the hematologist David Gómez Almaguer received the Distinguished Service Award, awarded by the Center for International Research of Blood and Bone Marrow Transplants, United States.The Head of the Hematology Service of the University Hospital of UANL received the award along with Dr. Guillermo Ruiz-Argüelles,…
Doctors of the University Hospital "José Eleuterio González" carried out a research protocol that seeks to improve the quality of life of people suffering from diabetes. This treatment is carried out in twelve weeks, during which time the patient is under observation.The treatment consists of a transplant of stem cells of the anthologous type because…