Bacteria in donor organs complicate immune response after transplantation
Organ transplant recipients take life-long immunosuppressive drugs to prevent their bodies from mounting an immune response against the donated organ, ...
Tag: Transplantation
BU study: Stem cell transplantation for AL amyloidosis leads to long-term survival and possible cure in selected patients
(Boston)—AL amyloidosis is a life-threatening disease related to bone marrow cancer, multiple myeloma. It is caused when a person's antibody-producing ...
Successful heart xenotransplant experiments at NYU Langone set protocol for pig-to-human organ transplantation
NEW YORK, NY, JULY 12, 2022 – A team at NYU Langone Health successfully transplanted two genetically engineered pig hearts ...
New review paper proposes framework for advancing application of animal-to-human transplantation
“The potential for xenotransplantation to allow for an unlimited donor supply and resolve the organ shortage is now closer than ...
Uterine transplantation is efficacious and safe
Transplanting a uterus is an effective, safe method to remedy infertility when a functioning uterus is lacking. This is the ...
Research Brief: Study finds fecal microbiota transplantation to be cost effective treatment for any recurrent Clostridiodes Difficile infection
Research recently published in Clinical Infectious Diseases from the University of Minnesota Medical School has found that Fecal Microbiota Transplantation, ...
New research findings could help improve bone marrow and stem cell transplantation for patients with blood-related diseases
BOSTON – Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) have the capacity to both self-renew and differentiate into all mature blood cell types, ...
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center receives NCI grant to fund research to personalize GVHD treatment after bone marrow transplantation
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher Sophie Paczesny, M.D., Ph.D., received a $628,188 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to use machine ...
Survival rate of adult patients with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia after hematopoietic cell transplantation has steadily increased over the past two decades
Bottom Line: For patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) carrying the Philadelphia chromosome and whose disease relapsed after allogeneic hematopoietic ...
New resource from NCCN shares evidence-based approaches to recognize and manage graft-versus-host disease after stem cell transplantation
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA — The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN®) today announced the publication of new NCCN Guidelines for Patients®: ...
Penn-led team receives $8 million to build on success of hepatitis C kidney transplantation research
PHILADELPHIA – In 2016, Kiran Shelat thought that he was out of options. Since receiving a diagnosis of a type ...
Sense of unreality in maternal role after uterus transplantation
Becoming a mother after receiving a uterine transplant, with the radical change in daily life it brings, gives a feeling ...
Cord blood cell transplantation and curcumin administration tested as therapy of Tay-Sachs disease
Tay-Sachs disease is one of the orphan diseases currently in focus of attention for many research groups in the world. ...
Individual donor strains do not show link between fecal microbe transplantation and successful melanoma immunotherapy
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The mix of microbes in the gut can shape a person’s immune response. In immunotherapy for melanoma, ...
Perfecting collagen production in osteogenesis imperfecta
By studying the controversial idea that hematopoietic stem cells could give rise to osteoblasts, researchers at MUSC Health aim to ...
Cardio-cerebrovascular disease history complicates hematopoietic cell transplant outcomes
Researchers find pre-transplant cardiovascular diseases indirectly affect mortality and survival through increased post-transplant disease occurrenceCredit: Chinese Medical Journal Hematopoietic cell ...
Llama ‘nanobodies’ could hold key to preventing deadly post-transplant infection
Scientists have developed a 'nanobody' - a small fragment of a llama antibody - that is capable of chasing out ...
Policy changes to kidney allocation may unintentionally reduce access to transplant for South Carolina
Researchers at MUSC Health look at the outcome of the Organ Procurement and Transportation Network's latest allocation changes and argue ...
Artificial sweeteners enable delivery of carbon monoxide to treat organ injury
ATLANTA--An oral prodrug developed by a team of scientists led by Binghe Wang, Regents' Professor of Chemistry at Georgia State ...
New guidance on how to diagnosis and manage osteoporosis in chronic kidney disease
Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) typically suffer from impaired bone quality and quantity, with a non-vertebral fracture risk ...
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Experts optimistic about converting coal plants to production of clean geothermal energy
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U.S. Department of Energy selects Los Alamos National Lab to lead $9.25 million advanced computing partnership
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Reinvigorating ‘lost cause’ exhausted T cells could improve cancer immunotherapy
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Surprise, surprise: Subsurface water on Mars defy expectations
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Study links protecting Indigenous peoples’ lands to greater nonhuman primate biodiversity
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U-M study: Local renewable energy employment can fully replace U.S. coal jobs nationwide