Liver transplants from drug overdose deaths rose sharply during COVID-19 pandemic
San Diego, CA (May 22, 2022) — Liver transplants from drug overdose donors rose significantly in the pandemic’s first year, ...
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Novel biomaterial prevents rejection of transplants for type 1 diabetes
BOSTON – In type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune response attacks the pancreas’s insulin-producing beta cells, leading to marked fluctuations in ...
Biomaterial improves islet transplants for treatment of type 1 diabetes
Islet cell transplants are a promising treatment that can cure difficult-to-treat type 1 diabetes. The cells, taken from a donor ...
Faecal transplants reverse hallmarks of ageing
In the search for eternal youth, poo transplants may seem like an unlikely way to reverse the ageing process. However, ...
Personalized dosing of preparatory drug leads to safer stem cell transplants
A stem cell transplant can form an important part of treatment for some children with leukemia. Preventing the immune system ...
NEJM: New data on COVID-19 lung transplants
A Smidt Heart Institute analysis of lung transplantations performed nationally shows significant help for patients with severe, irreversible lung damage ...
Successful transplants using damaged kidneys on the rise, but organ donors still wasted
A new analysis of national kidney transplant and organ discard data concludes that too many deceased donor organs with acute ...
Penn Medicine awarded $14 million NIH grant to apply CAR T immunotherapies to match more patients in need of kidney transplants
PHILADELPHIA — Penn Medicine has been awarded a prestigious seven-year, $14 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) ...
New technique may lead to safer stem cell transplants
For hard-to-treat leukemias, lymphomas and other blood cancers, stem cell transplantation is the gold standard of care. The procedure involves ...
Patients with kidney transplants more vulnerable to common, usually harmless bacterium
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 11, 2021) – It’s a pervasive bacterium found in soil and water that rarely causes disease, but a ...
Fungal transplants from close relatives help endangered plants fight off disease
For the endangered Hawaiian plant, Eugenia koolauensis, fungi could be both its demise and its savior. The fungal pathogen myrtle ...