Hepatitis C-positive donors a viable option to expand heart donor pool
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Patients who were transplanted with hearts from hepatitis C-positive donors had comparable outcomes after one ...
Tag: Transplantation
A test of a customized implant for hip replacement
Scientists developed a mathematical model of an 'endoprosthesis-skeleton' system; special attention was paid to the geometry and internal structure of ...
Treatment with PD-1 prior to stem cell transplant is safe for Hodgkin lymphoma patients
Post-transplant treatment with cyclophosphamide reduces rates of acute GVHD and relapseCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute A new analysis shows that a ...
The next step in organ transplants: New startup takes aim at reperfusion injury
Charleston, SC-based Lydex Pharmaceuticals has received a small business technology transfer grant from the NIH to investigate and develop compounds ...
Researchers create ‘smart’ surfaces to help blood-vessel grafts knit better, more safely
Credit: Georgia Kirkos, McMaster University HAMILTON, ON, Nov. 27, 2019 - Researchers at McMaster University have created a new coating ...
Tailored T-cell therapies neutralize viruses that threaten kids with PID
Because viral infections can be controlled by T-cells, the body's infection-fighting white blood cells, the Children's National Hospital first-in-humans Phase ...
New cell therapy improves memory and stops seizures following TBI
Transplanting new inhibitory neurons may repair damaged brain circuitsCredit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, Calif. - November 14, 2019 - ...
Research award for project on heart transplantation
Credit: Steven Kohl Heart failure is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the most severe ...
New study casts doubt on China’s organ donation data
Credit: Benjamin John Keough, ANU The Chinese government may have been systematically misreporting the number of organs it claims it ...
Artificial intelligence tool predicts life expectancy in heart failure patients
Algorithm developed by physicists and cardiologists achieved 88 percent success rateCredit: Avi Yagil When Avi Yagil, PhD, Distinguished Professor of ...
University of Cincinnati finds new option for liver transplant patients
Common drug offers fewer side effects than prednisone, but similar organ rejection rates in liver transplants in preliminary studiesCredit: Colleen ...
Stem cell transplants used to grow fully functional lungs in mice
Credit: Columbia University Irving Medical Center Researchers at Columbia University were able to grow fully functional lungs in mouse embryos ...
Viagra shows promise for use in bone marrow transplants
By dilating blood vessels, Viagra enhances the mobilization of blood-forming stem cells from the bone marrow so they can be ...
Most kidney transplants between people with HIV have long-term success
Recipients living with HIV show no indication of secondary infection with donor HIV strainCredit: NIAID People living with HIV who ...