Patients, family and donors invited to special bone marrow transplant event in Frankfurt, Germany
The 45th EBMT Annual Meeting will be held from March 24-27 in Frankfurt The 45th Annual Meeting of the European ...
Tag: Transplantation
Cell therapy could replace need for kidney transplants
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., -- March 13 2019, -- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists are working on a promising ...
Antiviral therapy improves survival rates for kidney transplant recipients with hepatitis B or C
Large-scale study confirms antiviral therapy should be systematically offered to hepatitis B- and C-infected kidney transplant recipients, reported in the ...
Rejection of transplanted organs: Long-awaited structure offers new insights
Credit: Paul A. MacAry Rejection of any kind is always hard to deal with, but when one's body rejects a ...
Lab Owl, an ACC Company, joins the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI)
The Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) brings together a consortium of over 100 partner organizations from industry, government, academia and ...
Blood holds key to liver regeneration
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The liver is the only organ in the body that can regenerate. ...
$2 million NIH grant to study nephrotic syndrome
Credit: Children's National A Children's researcher has received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ...
Timing of Medicare loss may affect long-term success of kidney transplantation
Kidney transplant recipients under 65 years of age qualify for Medicare coverage following transplantation, but coverage ends after three years. ...
First genetic clue for elusive pediatric liver disease
Biliary atresia with splenic malformation -- connection to ciliopathy gene A nationwide consortium of researchers has identified the first genetic ...
Research suggests that medications for kidney transplants increase risk of skin cancer
Wednesday, 27 February 2019: A study led by researchers at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) has analysed the ...
Yale New Haven becomes first in Connecticut to perform pediatric heart transplants
New Haven, Conn. - Yale New Haven Children's Hospital (YNHCH) today announced that it has become the first hospital in ...
Powering a pacemaker with a patient’s heartbeat
Credit: American Chemical Society Implantable pacemakers have without doubt altered modern medicine, saving countless lives by regulating heart rhythm. But ...
NIH trial to track outcomes of liver transplantation from HIV+ donors to HIV+ recipients
Study follows passage of HOPE Act of 2013, allowing people with HIV to become organ donorsCredit: NIAID The first large-scale ...
Genetics Society of America awards 2019 Edward Novitski Prize to Joseph Heitman
Prize recognizes extraordinary creativity and ingenuity in genetics researchCredit: Duke University Joseph Heitman, MD, PhD of Duke University is the ...
Brazil will have the technology to transplant pig organs into humans
Gene-edited pigs may reduce Brazil's transplant waiting list; still in its initial stages and presented at FAPESP Week London, a ...
A bioengineered factory for T-cells
Injectable sponge-like gel enhances the quantity and quality of T-cellsCredit: Harvard University Bone marrow transplants, also known as hematopoietic stem ...
Scientists seeking to regrow kidneys make promising discovery
Kidneys can repair rhemselves after birth -- and that's good newsCredit: Dan Addison | University Communications Scientists seeking to regrow ...
Molecule silences barrel, bullet pointed at transplanted organ
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb. 5, 2019) - A powerful immune molecule helps protect transplanted ...
Compounded pain creams no better than placebo
1. Compounded pain creams no better than placebo for pain relief Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M18-2736 URLs go live when the embargo lifts ...
New clues discovered to lung transplant rejection
Points toward treatment to prevent a particularly deadly form of rejection A lung transplant often remains the only option for ...
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